3 Different ways to add AjaxControlToolkit in Asp .Net Website.

 In this step by step article we will see how to add AjaxControlToolkit into our asp .net project. Ajax Control toolkit provide us various useful controls and extenders. In this article we will see how to install AjaxControlkit in our project using following techniques:

1. Using Nuget Packages.
2. Using Nuget Package Manager Console.
3. Manually installation of AjaxControlToolkit.
 
Method1: Using Nuget Packages.

Step1: Create a new project or you can use your existing project. Using Top menu in visual studio click on website=>Manage Nuget Packages.

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Step2: You will see a popup window like displayed below. Search for Ajax Control Toolkit from the search box located at to right hand side of the popup window. When you see Ajax Control toolkit in the search results just click on Install button. This will automatically installs Ajax Control Toolkit for your project with all necessary files and changes required in the Web.Config file.

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Result: You can see it has updated your web.config file and registered Ajax Control Toolkit into your project. Now you are ready to use Ajax Control Toolkit controls within your project.
 
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Method 2: Using Package Manager Console.
 
This method will also use Nuget packages to install Ajax Control Toolkit for you. But it will use command line like tool to install Ajax Control Toolkit. 
Step1: Create a new project or you can use your existing project. Using Top menu in visual studio click on Tools=>Library Package Manager=> Package Manager Console.
 
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Step2: You will see a new window will open at bottom of Gridview. Type a code "Install-Package AjaxControlToolkit" and hit enter. This will automatically installs Ajax Control Toolkit for your project with all necessary files and changes required in the Web.Config file.
 
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Step3: You can see installation progress.
 
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Method3:  Manually installation of AjaxControlToolkit.

Step1: Go to http://ajaxcontroltoolkit.codeplex.com/.
Step2: Download Ajax control toolkit.

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Step3: After downloading you will get a zipped folder containing Ajax Control Toolkit dll file and sample Ajax Controltoolkit website.
 
 
Step4: After Extracting the zip folder we will see a folder with following file structure. All we need is just AjaxControlToolkit.dll.
 
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Step5: Create a new project or you can use your existing project. Using Top menu in visual studio click on Website=>Add Reference.
 
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Step6: A new popup window will appear. Browse the downloaded unzipped folder using Look In dropdown. Select  AjaxControlToolkit.dll and press ok. 
 
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Step7: AjaxControlToolkit.dll is added to your project's bin folder.
 
Step8: To use AjaxControlToolkit's control you need to modify your web.config file. Add these lines of code between <system.web> </system.web> tags. 
                            
Now you are ready to use Ajax Control Toolkit's controls in your project. 
 
Step9: Sample use.
 
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Thanks
Anuj Koundal
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Best quality Asp .Net Ajax Control Toolkit tutorials.
The Nice one Example.. I am new to programminf and always confuse how to use ajax and how to have this in my project Thanks a lot..
11-Dec-2013 From  Deeksha Sharma
Thanks Deeksha, Glad to help you. Stay tuned for more articles.
12-Dec-2013 From  Anuj
Hi Thanks Anuj for such a nice article, Now I am 100% clear about how to use Ajaxcontrol toolkit in asp .net and visual studio.
27-Dec-2013 From  Vishal
Thanks vishal glad to help you.
15-Jan-2014 From  Anuj
thank you very much
17-Jun-2014 From  gokulakrishna
Hi, Thank u for such a nice article, Now I am clear about how to use Ajaxcontrol toolkit in asp .net
7-Jan-2015 From  Dipak

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