UpdatePanelAnimationExtender Control in AJAX

Introduction

Ajax (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) is a new web development technique used for interactive websites. AJAX can help to develop web applications and retrieve small amounts of data from a web server. AJAX is a different type of technology.

JavaScript
XML
Asynchronous Call to the server

UpdatePanelAnimationExtender Control

The UpdatePanelAnimationExtender is a simple extender that allows you to utilize the powerful animation framework with existing pages in an easy, declarative fashion. It is used to play animations both while an UpdatePanel is updating and after it has finished updating. The UpdatePanel architecture and OnUpdating animation will always play when any partial postback starts, but the OnUpdated animation will only play at the end of a partial postback if its UpdatePanel was changed.

Step 1 : Open Visual Studio 2010.

Go to File->New->WebSite
Select ASP.NET Empty WebSite

Step 2 : Go to Solution Explorer and right-click.

Select Add->New Item
Select WebForm
Default.aspx page open

Step 3 : Go to Default.aspx page and click on the [Design] option and drag control from Toolbox.

Drag ScriptManager control, UpdatePanel control, Label, Button, Checkbox

Define Trigger for UpdatePanel :

Step 4 : Go to Default.aspx [Design] option and click on the UpdatePanel.

Select Properties option
Click on Trigger and define ControlIDand Event Name

Step 5 : Write a code for UpdatePanel control and define AsyncPostBackTrigger.

Code :
<asp:UpdatePanel ID="update" runat="server">
<ContentTemplate>
<div id="background" style="text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; line-height: 44px; padding: 12px; height: 44px; color:
#FFFFFF;">
<asp:Label ID="lblUpdate" runat="server" Style="padding: 5px; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold;">
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</asp:Label>
</div>
</ContentTemplate>
<Triggers>
<asp:AsyncPostBackTrigger ControlID="btnUpdate" EventName="Click" />
</Triggers>
</asp:UpdatePanel>

Define UpdatePanelAnimation Extender

Step 6 : Go to Toolbox and drag UpdatePanelAnimation Extender Control.UpdatePanelAnimation Extender set the target controls to the respective Labels and Buttons. We also provide the markup page so you can reference the Target controls and properties.

Step 7 : Go to the Default.aspx page [Source] option and write a code for UpdatePanelAnimation Extender.

Code :
<asp:UpdatePanelAnimationExtender ID="upae" BehaviorID="animation" runat="server" TargetControlID="update">
<Animations>
<OnUpdating>
<Sequence>
<%-- Store the original height of the panel --%>
<ScriptAction Script="var b = $find('animation'); b._originalHeight = b._element.offsetHeight;" />
<%-- Disable all the controls --%>

Enable all the controls :

Step 8 : Now we define the Enable all the controls for the parallel duration of UpdatePanelAnimation Extender.

<%-- Enable all the controls --%>
<Parallel duration="0">
<EnableAction AnimationTarget="effect_fade" Enabled="true" />
<EnableAction AnimationTarget="effect_collapse" Enabled="true" />
<EnableAction AnimationTarget="effect_color" Enabled="true" />
<EnableAction AnimationTarget="btnUpdate" Enabled="true"/>
</Parallel>

Step 9 : Go to Default.aspx page option and write a code.

Code :
<head runat="server">
<title dir="ltr" lang="afa">MY AJAX APPLICATION</title>
</head>
<body style="background-color: #E81775" alink="#ccccff" bgcolor="#99ccff">
<form id="form1" runat="server" style="background-color: #97603E">
<asp:ScriptManager ID="ScriptManager1" runat="server">
</asp:ScriptManager>
<b style="background-color: #99FFCC"> UpdatePanelAnimation Demonstration</b><br /><br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 10px;" >
<div style="border: dashed 1px #222222; width:400px;">
<div id="up_container" style="background-color: #40669A;">
<asp:UpdatePanel ID="update" runat="server">
<ContentTemplate>
<div id="background" style="text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; line-height: 44px; padding: 12px; height: 44px; color:
#FFFFFF;">
<asp:Label ID="lblUpdate" runat="server" Style="padding: 5px; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold;">
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</asp:Label>
</div>
</ContentTemplate>
<Triggers>
<asp:AsyncPostBackTrigger ControlID="btnUpdate" EventName="Click" />
</Triggers>
</asp:UpdatePanel>
</div>
</div>
</div>
Choose the effects, then press 'Update':<br />
<input type="checkbox" id="effect_fade" checked="checked" /><label for="effect_fade">Fade</label><br />
<input type="checkbox" id="effect_collapse" checked="checked" /><label for="effect_collapse">Collapse</label><br />
<input type="checkbox" id="effect_color" checked="checked" /><label for="effect_color">Color Background</label><br />
<asp:Button ID="btnUpdate" runat="server" Text="Update" OnClick="btnUpdate_Click" />
<asp:UpdatePanelAnimationExtender ID="upae" BehaviorID="animation" runat="server" TargetControlID="update">
<Animations>
<OnUpdating>
<Sequence>
<%-- Store the original height of the panel --%>
<ScriptAction Script="var b = $find('animation'); b._originalHeight = b._element.offsetHeight;" />
<%-- Disable all the controls --%>
<Parallel duration="0">
<EnableAction AnimationTarget="btnUpdate" Enabled="false" />
<EnableAction AnimationTarget="effect_color" Enabled="false" />
<EnableAction AnimationTarget="effect_collapse" Enabled="false" />
<EnableAction AnimationTarget="effect_fade" Enabled="false" />
</Parallel>
<StyleAction Attribute="overflow" Value="hidden" />
<%-- Do each of the selected effects --%>
<Parallel duration=".25" Fps="30">
<Condition ConditionScript="$get('effect_fade').checked">
<FadeOut AnimationTarget="up_container" minimumOpacity=".2" />
</Condition>
<Condition ConditionScript="$get('effect_collapse').checked">
<Resize Height="0" />
</Condition>
<Condition ConditionScript="$get('effect_color').checked">
<Color AnimationTarget="up_container" PropertyKey="backgroundColor"
EndValue="#FF0000" StartValue="#40669A" />
</Condition>
</Parallel>
</Sequence>
</OnUpdating>
<OnUpdated>
<Sequence>
<%-- Do each of the selected effects --%>
<Parallel duration=".25" Fps="30">
<Condition ConditionScript="$get('effect_fade').checked">
<FadeIn AnimationTarget="up_container" minimumOpacity=".2" />
</Condition>
<Condition ConditionScript="$get('effect_collapse').checked">
<%-- Get the stored height --%>
<Resize HeightScript="$find('animation')._originalHeight" />
</Condition>
<Condition ConditionScript="$get('effect_color').checked">
<Color AnimationTarget="up_container" PropertyKey="backgroundColor"
StartValue="#FF0000" EndValue="#40669A" />
</Condition>
</Parallel>
<%-- Enable all the controls --%>
<Parallel duration="0">
<EnableAction AnimationTarget="effect_collapse" Enabled="true" />
<EnableAction AnimationTarget="effect_color" Enabled="true" />
<EnableAction AnimationTarget="btnUpdate" Enabled="true" />
</Parallel>
</Sequence>
</OnUpdated>
</Animations>
</asp:UpdatePanelAnimationExtender>
</form>

Step 10 : Go to Default.aspx.cs page and write a code.

Code :
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
public partial class _Default : System.Web.UI.Page
{
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
}
protected void btnUpdate_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(2000);
lblUpdate.Text = DateTime.Now.ToString();
}
}

Step 11 : Now run the application by Pressing F5.

Step 12 : Now select the color Background combobox option and click on the update button.

output :

select the fade combobox option and click on the update button.

Select the Collapse combobox option and click on the update button.