I would like to have multiple areas of my module updated independently.  I have been able to accomplish this by adding my own Update Panels to my control, but it only works if I UNCHECK the "Supports Partial Rendering" option in the Module Definition.  This seems counter intuitive.  I believe that the problem is that with partial rendering enabled, the entire module is wrapped in an update panel, effectively nesting my manually added panels.  I found a tutorial that explains that for the nested panels to work as expected, they need to have UpdateMode set to "Conditional" (http://ajax.asp.net/docs/tutorials/CreatingPageUpdatePanel.aspx).

Is there any option or recommended solution to set the framework's generated update panel to Conditional Update Mode?

Thanks!

Please always search before posting. I've blogged about this here: http://nes.nesinteractivos.com/Weblog/tabid/537/EntryID/63/Default.aspx

Hi,
I'm just getting started as well.  Start with this Forum post: http://www.dotnetnuke.com/Community/Forums/tabid/795/forumid/111/threadid/125515/scope/posts/Default.aspx

It has several samples of varying complexity.  I started with the AJAX Sample application in "Creating a DotNetNuke Module using ASP.Net AJAX" by Michael Washington (Third link from the page above).  Then I incorporated the sample code from the first two links onto the same control.  This gave me several update panels that I expected to update independently.  What I found was that any time one panel updated, ALL OF THEM updated.  I finally figured out that it was due to the framework generated UpdatePanel that is being created when "Supports Partial Rendering" is checked.  Here's the reference that explains that: http://ajax.asp.net/docs/tutorials/CreatingPageUpdatePanel.aspx . 

The solution is to uncheck Partial Rendering and register your own script manager in Page_Load.  Easy enough, but this seems like a work around.  It would be nice if there were some additional configuration options in the module definition, like the abiltiy to specify Conditional Updates.

I haven't tried this yet, but I suspect there is going to be a similar issue on pages where multiple modules set to "Supports Partial Rendering" have been added.

Add something like this to Page_Load to register your own Script Manager:

             If DotNetNuke.Framework.AJAX.IsInstalled Then
                DotNetNuke.Framework.AJAX.RegisterScriptManager()
                Label2.Text = "AJAX Is Installed"
            Else
                Label2.Text = "AJAX Is not installed"
            End If