Install Development Tools:

Our environment will require that you have installed certain pieces of software for development purposes. Those software packages are:

Microsoft Visual Studio 2005
Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1
ASP.NET AJAX 1.0
ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit

Wou can download the ASP.NET components directly from the URLs embedded above. Ensure that you install each component in the order listed, rebooting after each install, to ensure all registry settings are in effect.

• Installing MS Visual Studio
• Unzip 1.Visual Studio 2005
• Inside the folder named Data, double click on setup.exe
• When asked which components to install, uncheck
• uncheck ‘MS SQL Server Express’
• uncheck ‘Mobile Device Programmability’
• check ‘Agree’ to the license terms
• Click ‘Install’…and wait.
• Reboot
• Installing Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1
• Doubleclick on your copy of 2.Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1.exe
• Wait
• Answer Yes and Ok as appropriate.
• Wait… this can take a couple hours
• Reboot
• Installing ASP.NET AJAX 1.0
• Run 3.ASP.NET AJAX 1.0.msi
• Wait.. then reboot.
• Installing ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit (optional)
• Navigate to the folder C:\Program Files\Microsoft ASP.NET\
• Create a new folder named ASP.NET AjaxControlToolkit
• 5.AjaxControlToolkit(10920) into the folder you’ve just created
• Launch Visual Studio 2005
• If you have not already done so, choose Visual C# as your default development environment
• File>Open>Project/Solution
• Choose the file AjaxControlToolkit.sln in the folder you made above
• Choose ‘load project normally’
• Uncheck ‘Ask me for every project…’
• Click Ok

Now you have ASP.NET AJAX example pages and controls at your disposal.