First see basic ExtJS4 & ASP.NET MVC3 setup tutorial
In this example I will demonstrate just how easy it is to implement a type-ahead dropdown that will ping the server over AJAX every time a user types something in, and show a list of results with rich markup. It’s amazing just how easy it is to do this with ASP.NET MVC3 and ExtJS4 data stores.
The end result looks something like this:
See my previous example on getting ExtJS4 working with ASP.NET MVC3
Back when I used to work with ASP.NET AJAX Extensions 1.0 (5 year old tech), I used to do the following all the time:
JavaScript
Ext.Ajax.request({ url: ... , jsonData: { data: form.getForm().getValues() } ... }); // eo Ajax |
ASP.NET AJAX Extensions 1.0
[WebMethod(EnableSession = true)] public static void MyWebMethod( Dictionary<string,object> data ) { ... } |
…ASP.NET AJAX Extensions 1.0 handled the conversion of data from JSON to C# Dictionary, which is a pleasure to work with. To my great disappointment, I discovered that ASP.NET MVC3, the latest and greatest, won’t do that for you! I had to find a solution…
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