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ASPRunner.NET comes with AJAX-based functionality added. Now you
can search information more easily than ever with google-like
auto-suggest feature. Web pages with AJAX driven dependent dropdown
boxes are loaded faster. If you want to see details records you
just need to mouse over the link, and you don't need to proceed to
the Details page. Also new feature for lookup fields was added. Now
you can choose the variant from suggest list which is refreshed
each time while you are typing in the text box instead of searching
through all values in the dropdown boxes.
AJAX-based
Auto-Suggest
This feature comes in two versions and is enabled on the Basic
and Advanced search pages. It is similar in fashion to that of
Google Suggest using AJAX technologies.
Search suggest makes your site much more user friendly. To see
how it will look like just begin to type in the search box.
The picture below demonstrates the search suggest feature on the
basic search page:
On the Advanced search page search suggest looks like this:
By default, search suggest results include only those values
that begin with the search phrase. If you want to be shown all
values in which the search phrase presents to be shown you should
change the suggestAllContent variable value in the dbcommon.asp file to True. In this
case the search phrase in the search suggest results will be
highlighted as shown on the picture below:
AJAX-based dependent
dropdown boxes
In ASPRunner dependent dropdown boxes are AJAX Driven. This
feature works similar as in the previous version but now dropdown
boxes content is loaded in the real time using AJAX technologies
instead of loading all the content on the web page load. This means
web pages are loaded more faster now.
Details Records Preview
In ASPPRunner.NET you can see details records preview directly
on the list page. All you need to do is to mouse over the link. The
following picture demonstrates how the details preview looks
like:
The number of records in the details preview is limited. Only
first ten details are displayed. If there is an image in the
details then only first five details are displayed.
Lookup
wizard as Edit
box with AJAX popup
This feature is added to lighten the search among the large
amount of data. Now you can choose the variant from AJAX popup
which is refreshed each time you type in the text box, instead of
searching through all the values in the dropdown boxes.
To turn on this feature, you should select the appropriate
checkbox on the "Edit as"
settings tab.
After you build your project, you can see how it works on the
Edit, Add, and Search pages. When you begin to type in the edit box
AJAX popup appears and you can choose the needed value from the
suggest list. If you type in the text box the value which doesn't
exist in the database and move to another form control then the
border of the text box will change colour into red. When you
correct the value, it will change back to usual.
If you try to submit the form with wrong value entered in the
text box then the form will be submitted with the previous correct
value entry.
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