[Mono-list] xsp2 and AJAX

[sc2]

Hello,

do you still plan to implement M$-AJAX.NET for MONO?
This would be quite an attractive feature.
Is there a timeline yet?

Thanx.



Chris Toshok wrote:
> On Mon, 2006-01-09 at 17:07 +0000, Kevin Flanagan wrote:
>> Two related question areas -
>>
>> 1.
>>
>> We're developing web applications using ASP.NET 2.0. I'd like to ensure
>> they'll work under Mono (I know the 2.0 support isn't complete, had good
>> experiences with 1.1. though). We'll be using some sort of AJAX-type
>> approach (looking at both Atlas and MagicAjax.NET, maybe Anthem and others).
>> Does anyone know enough about the various AJAX-on-.NET endeavours to know
>> which is most likely to be Mono-friendly? Or is there some particular AJAX
>> strategy planned for Mono, or already recommended for use with 1.1? I
>> noticed the part in Miguel's mono status blog mentioning Chris Toshok's work
>> on an open-source Atlas implementation - does that make Atlas our best bet?
> 
> I wouldn't use atlas for a web application anytime soon.  I worked to
> implement a bunch of stuff MS put out, and then they went and basically
> changed a lot about the way atlas works.  So I'm holding off on working
> on it again until things stabilize a bit more, and I'd suggest you do
> the same.
> 
> I don't really know much about the other ajax-on-.net projects..
> certainly not enough to comment on which to use.  That said, they should
> all work, and situations where they don't are (probably our) bugs which
> we'll of course want to fix :)
> 
>> 2.
>>
>> Just installed Mono 1.1.12.1 on Windows XP to do some xsp2 tests, using a
>> simple single-page C# app - you press an asp:Button and the server side code
>> puts the current time in an asp:Label. Runs fine under xsp2. Did the same
>> app, but putting both the button and the label in an ajax:AjaxPanel, using
>> MagixAjax.NET. Under xsp2, that leads to the following message:
>>
>> Server error in '/' application
>>
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> ----
>>
>> Description: Error processing request.
>> Error Message: HTTP 500.
>>
>> Stack Trace: System.MissingMethodException: Method not found:
>> 'System.Web.UI.Page.set_EnableEventValidation'.in <0x00000> <unknown
>> method>in (wrapper delegate-invoke)
>> System.MulticastDelegate:invoke_void_object_EventArgs
>> (object,System.EventArgs)in <0x0046f>
>> System.Web.HttpApplication+<RunHooks>__3:MoveNext ()
>>
>> Presumably MagicAjax.NET happens to be trying to use the
>> EnableEventValidation property, which the Mono class-status pages say isn't
>> done in Mono yet ... is that one that would be filled in eventually, or not
>> implemented for some reason? If the former, any guesses as to whether that
>> kind of thing (plus other stuff MagicAjax might use) would be in before
>> (say) open-source Atlas fills out?
> 
> It'll definitely be in before the atlas implementation is fleshed out.
> Could you add a bug for this?
> 
> Chris
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