Is there a specifc reason why you have the Timer control in the UpdatePanel? Every time I have needed to use a Timer control to cause an UpdatePanel refresh, I have set it up like the following and it works fine with MasterPages: <asp:UpdatePanel ID=”UpdatePanel1″ runat=”server” UpdateMode=”Conditional”> <Triggers> <asp:AsyncPostBackTrigger ControlID=”Timer1″ EventName=”Tick” /> </Triggers> <ContentTemplate> <!– … Read more
I rather like David Finleys linq approach to FindControl http://weblogs.asp.net/dfindley/archive/2007/06/29/linq-the-uber-findcontrol.aspx public static class PageExtensions { public static IEnumerable<Control> All(this ControlCollection controls) { foreach (Control control in controls) { foreach (Control grandChild in control.Controls.All()) yield return grandChild; yield return control; } } } Usage: // get the first empty textbox TextBox firstEmpty = accountDetails.Controls .All() .OfType<TextBox>() … Read more
Combining web forms with MVC is entirely possible. See this blog post by Scott Hanselman for an introduction. Sharing master pages: see this StackOverflow question routing: In ASP.Net 4.0, routing has been enabled for web forms page routes (scottgu’s blog)
Theory When this issue is not caused by a bug in the application (e.g., duplicate class name): This issue appears to present after a change is made to the application’s project that results in a new build (e.g., code/reference/resource change). The issue appears to lie within the output of this new build: for various reasons … Read more
You answered the question by yourself: “I know that absolute positioned elements are removed from the flow, thus ignored by other elements.” So you can’t set the parents height according to an absolutely positioned element. You either use fixed heights or you need to involve JS.