I currently have an ASP.net 3.5 web application for which I am currently working on a user interface. I didn’t touch web search for a while.
When I last worked on UI (back in 2007), I used the Ajax Control Toolkit - especially extensions like MaskedEdit Extender, etc. to implement a large number of user interface features, that is, restricting user access to incorrect data / formatting, etc.
Question 1: -
Is there a new / better / simpler way to implement functionality similar to the extenders provided by AjaxToolkit that someone would recommend?
Question 2
Also, my current application needs to support multiple cultures in terms of date and date format. In my experience with Ajax expanders, for example, in MaskedEditExtender, I would have to explicitly specify a Mask that defeats the whole goal, which is that it can switch formats depending on the currently selected culture. Does anyone know about the last / maximum control method, etc., How can I achieve this?
Note. I am open to lightweight third-party controls that can help me with this, but prefer not to touch heavycontrols like infragistics / telerik mainly because of their learning / cost curve.