What makes a website Ajax Enabled?

[CharlieChilds]

Hi,
I use Visual Web Developer 2008 Express. I am following which uses VWD2005 and says to create an Ajax enabled website. There is no specifically named "Ajax enabled template" in VWD 2008 Express

I think I have created one by creating a new ASP.NET website and adding a ScriptManager and an UpdatePanel to the page and placing the content of the page inside the UpdatePanel ContentTemplate ..

I am trying to rule out reasons why my aplication wont work step by step, piece by piece from the beginning of the tutorial. I would be very grateful if anyone could reassure me.

Thanks much

[CharlieChilds]

SORTED - I am informed that Ajax is standard with VWD 2008

[Frinavale]

Glad you found your answer :)

In previous versions of Visual Studio you had to select the "Ajax Enabled Website" template to be able to use the ScriptManager and UpdatePanels. This template added the necessary includes into the web.config that let you use Ajax controls.

But this is no longer the case with Visual Studio 2008 :)