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Using a WebService called from client side to return HTML containing obout Flyout - is it possible.

I have a gridview where one of the columns contains an obout Flyout image http://www.obout.com/flyout/flyout.aspx . The images that I am using are being created dynamically and streamed as an aspx file.

The images and the control are causing the gridview to load very slowly. I thought a solution may be to use client side call a webservice to update the innerhtml of a div in the gridview. The webservice could then return html containing the obout flyout and the image.

Please could someone tell me if this possible or is there a better solution?

Thanks, James.
Using ASP.net 3.5

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I think you're right about the problem lying with the number of flyout controls. I am attempting to implement the dynamic flyout at the moment.

I'm still interested in whether it's possible to use a webservice to return HTML containing a flyout that will work on the page that it's being loaded into.

Using WebRequest I can load a page into an innerHTML on the client side. The problem that I have is that the flyout does not work when it is within that innerHTML. Does anyone know if it's possible to make it work?

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Yeah, there's an Ajax control called Dynamic Control or something that does exactly that.

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I just checked, it's actually the PopupControl Extender that I was thinking of.

<ajaxtoolkit:PopupControlExtender ID="PopupControlExtender1" runat="server" TargetControlID="btnWrap" PopupControlID="Panel1" Position="Right" DynamicContextKey='<%# Eval("locationID") %>' DynamicControlID="lblCli" DynamicServiceMethod="GetClientInfo" DynamicServicePath="Service.asmx"/>

Tony McCreath

So I think my comment is right.

Its nothing to do with the images. Your problem is that you have lots of flyout html.

Using the dynamic method should solve things.