ClientID and UniqueID are definitely different. In the simplest sense, ClientID is used for client-side, UniqueID is used for server-side. However, there are more subtle differences between them. ClientID: Used with id attribute of rendered HTML tag Uses underscore as separator (e.g. ParentPanel_ChildControl) MSDN ClientID reference <%=%>, combined with $get or $find, can be used … Continued
First step one should take to understand UpdatePanel – what it is and what it can do… MSDN – UpdatePanel Class MSDN – UpdatePanel Control Overview Introduction to the UpdatePanel Control Creating a SImple ASP.NET Page with Multiple UpdatePanel Controls Using the ASP.NET UpdatePanel Control with Data-Bound Controls Using the ASP.NET UpdatePanel Control with Master … Continued
A fundamental article on ASP.NET Data Binding found on CodeProject
In order to change the default look of the tab panel, the tab’s css class property needs to be changed. The official AjaxToolkit site talks about how it should be done briefly: http://www.asp.net/AJAX/AjaxControlToolkit/Samples/Tabs/Tabs.aspx Here are some more extra resources found thru Google (duh!): http://mattberseth.com/blog/2007/09/creating_a_yui_tabview_style_t.html http://mattberseth.com/blog/2007/09/more_sample_ajaxcontroltoolkit.html http://blogs.visoftinc.com/archive/2007/09/26/ajax-control-toolkit-tab-control-themes.aspx By Bryan Xu
In Nazar Rizvi’s blog he talks about making changes to the default AjaxToolkit TabPanel’s css class to enable multiple rows of tabs. http://www.narizvi.com/blog/post/Two-rows-of-tab-headers-in-TabContainer-in-Ajax-Control-Toolkit.aspx The blog teaches where to modify in the source code and you have to rebuild the dll. However, you can just put the following in your style sheet. Note that you do … Continued