Programmatic Animations

We've got a new app where we are using the Accordian control like the blade interface on XBOX Live and we're building the Accordian control, and adding an updatepanel and adding a UpdatePanelAnimationExtender all programatically from a XML config document. However, I'm not sure how I can add a FadeEffect (http://ajax.asp.net/ajaxtoolkit/Walkthrough/AnimationReference.aspx#FadeAnimation). Here's thw code snippet.

Sean

AjaxControlToolkit.

AccordionPane pane =new AjaxControlToolkit.AccordionPane();

pane.ID = node.Attributes[

"Id"].Value;Label lblHeader =newLabel();

lblHeader.Text = node.Attributes[

"Header"].Value;

pane.HeaderContainer.Controls.Add(lblHeader);

pane.HeaderCssClass = node.Attributes[

"HeaderCss"].Value;

pane.ContentCssClass = node.Attributes[

"ContentCss"].Value;

UpdatePanel updater =newUpdatePanel();

updater.ID =

"updater" + node.Attributes["Id"].Value;

updater.UpdateMode =

UpdatePanelUpdateMode.Conditional;

pane.ContentContainer.Controls.Add(updater);

ProphitAccordion.Panes.Add(pane);

//Since the updater panel is created programatically we'll create our animation for the//updater panels also. Sean

AjaxControlToolkit.

UpdatePanelAnimationExtender upAnima =new AjaxControlToolkit.UpdatePanelAnimationExtender();

upAnima.ID =

"upda" + node.Attributes["Id"].Value;

upAnima.TargetControlID = updater.ID;

AjaxControlToolkit.

Animation updaAnimation =new AjaxControlToolkit.Animation();

updaAnimation.Properties.Add(

"id", ("updaAnimation" + updater.ID));//The following line doesn't work

AjaxControlToolkit.

Animation.FadeEffect upAnFade =new AjaxControlToolkit.Animation.FadeEffect();Hi Sean,

Check outthis post for details on how to dynamically create animations on the server side.

Thanks,
Ted

I know I am a little late to teh party (story of my life), but the link about doesn't work anymore and I am in desperate need of creating animations server side. Different colours for different actions, dynamically created update panels etc. This is about the only subject I can't find any info on, except this one solitary post - and now that's dead.

Question about atlas and web interface update

Is the following scenario possible with atlas:

A web based application is run on a server, so clients use web browser to access it. The application uses inforamation from a database to populate the UI with the information. The information is stored in a database and can be changed either from the application or some other source (lets say another server). Is is possible to update the UI on a user's computer when the database is updated from the other server (the user doesn't need to refresh the screen manualy)?

Thanks in advance,
Marko Vuksanovic.

hello.

well, it's possible, though probably not as you wanted. what you must do is poll the server from the client from x to x seconds and if there's new info, then refresh the client. the most common approach is:

1- wrap the contents that need to be refreshed with an updatepanel

2- call the web service from x to x seconds; if there's new info, then refresh the panel.