Looking for a FAQ control ...

[Michael Tissington]

I want to pull a list of FAQs (questions and answers) from a database and
display them on a web page.

I'd like the list to initially appear as just a list of questions, when the
client clicks on a question it will expand and show the answer (client side
script).

Where can I find a web control that will do this ?

Thanks!

--
Michael Tissington
Oaklodge Technologies
[url]http://www.oaklodge.com/technology[/url]

[Marina]

A panel is rendered as a DIV. To see this look at the rendered HTML of a
page with a panel on it.

I recommend you use a DataList, to define a template. I would use a div,
with a style="display:none" (setting a Panel's Visible property to False
doesn't render it on the client at all). Then, your javascript for the <a>
link, has to find the corresponding DIV, and set its display to 'block' or
'inline' (I think they are rendered the same way). If you click on the <a>
link again, you will probably want to set it back to 'none'.

"Michael Tissington" <michael@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:%23HXsAgrWDHA.3268@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...

> Kevin,
>
> Thanks for the idea - I'm a little confused by your comment - you talk

about

> both Panels and divs - should I just be using divs because I thought Panel
> was a server side control?
>
> --
> Michael Tissington
> Oaklodge Technologies
> [url]http://www.oaklodge.com/technology[/url]
>
> "Kevin Spencer" <kevin@takempis.com> wrote in message
> news:%23S3Pv%23pWDHA.2568@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...

> > It would be a relatively simple matter to build such an app without a
> > third-party control Essentially, you want to put the questions into the
> > page, with the answers below them in Panels that are either visible or
> > hidden. The questions have hyperlinks that use JavaScript to toggle the
> > "visible" property of the divs.
> >
> > --
> > HTH,
> >
> > Kevin Spencer
> > Microsoft MVP
> > .Net Developer
> > [url]http://www.takempis.com[/url]
> > Complex things are made up of
> > lots of simple things.
> >
> > "Michael Tissington" <michael@nospam.com> wrote in message
> > news:uPFuzHpWDHA.1872@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...

> > > I want to pull a list of FAQs (questions and answers) from a database

> and

> > > display them on a web page.
> > >
> > > I'd like the list to initially appear as just a list of questions,

when

> > the

> > > client clicks on a question it will expand and show the answer (client

> > side

> > > script).
> > >
> > > Where can I find a web control that will do this ?
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > >
> > > --
> > > Michael Tissington
> > > Oaklodge Technologies
> > > [url]http://www.oaklodge.com/technology[/url]
> > >
> > >
> > >

> >
> >

>
>