The AJAX Control Toolkit just released a new version for September 2007.  You can get version 10920 now from CodePlex.  This release is meant to improve the stability and quality of the controls and includes a bunch of fixes both at the general and control-specific level.  There are no new controls in this release.  You can ...

Adding a new web service to an application today so that I can delay loading some web user controls and ran into this 500 Error when calling the web service: Request format is unrecognized for URL unexpectedly ending in /GetHtml Found this KB article with the fix: Add the following to web.config since GET and POST are disabled by default in ...

I recently heard about a set of controls that is being made freely available via CodePlex with the goal of improving the usability and consistency of medical software applications.  The Microsoft Health Common User Interface (CUI) includes a suite of rich controls and guidance for building user interfaces that follow a standard approach to ...

The wait for Beginning ASP.NET 2.0 AJAX is finally over.  The folks who camped outside of bookstores all night to be the first ones to own these beauties were  rewarded today.  Shortages were reported in some parts of the country as mobs of excited .NET developers made the iPhone launch seem like just another over-hyped gadget for ...

Today, Microsoft released ASP.NET AJAX 1.0.  You can download it, as well as the latest AJAX Control Toolkit and Futures January CTP, from http://ajax.asp.net/.  Kudos to the ASP.NET team for making this happen!  I know a lot of web applications have been waiting for this day to go live with their AJAX implementations, including ...

As we approach the long-awaited RTM (or RTW – Release to Web) of ASP.NET AJAX (formerly “Atlas”), here’s a brief history of the project: June 2005 – Development on what would become “Atlas” begins.  Most of the ASP.NET team is focused on delivering ASP.NET 2.0 and VS 2005, however, so the initial ...

I’m planning on attending MIX this year – last year I had to miss out due to an earlier speaking commitment.  This year’s event will be held at the Venetian in Las Vegas.  Here’s some more info: Registration opened today the Microsoft MIX07. This is public news that you can blog.   This event is geared ...

Nikhil has updated his WebDevHelper utility to include direct support for Atlas.  His original WebDevHelper is a nice plug-in for the browser that provides a lot of similar functionality to the FireFox development toolbar combined with the Fiddler utility.  His new update includes some nice parsing features that make it much easier to ...

ASPAlliance.com just published a new version of SimpleCMS which now uses the current Beta of Microsoft ASP.NET AJAX.  Download it, check it out, and report any bugs you may find in the forum.  Kudos to Brendan for getting this ready so quickly.

ComponentArt just released a version of their Web.UI suite, which is built for ASP.NET AJAX (aka “Atlas”).  Web.UI 2006.2 for ASP.NET AJAX is “the most advanced AJAX framework available.  ComponentArt Web.UI for ASP.NET AJAX is the first commercial control suite designed to fully utilize this new framework.” I ...