How do I update the UI during an event using ASP.NET?

DQAnthony

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I'm a bit stuck with a problem. I feel like the solution should be fairly straight forward but I'm completely out of ideas for some reason.Here's the problem. I've got a user control with a couple of buttons. Think of them as 'On' and 'Off'. When either button is clicked an async method is called. If the method is successful an event is fired. Within the event I want to update the enabled property of the two buttons so that only a single button is clickable at any one time. The problem is that any changes I make to the properties are not shown on screen because the postback is already complete. I tried wrapping the buttons in an UpdatePanel but I get an "Update method can only be called on UpdatePanel with ID 'xxxx' before Render' error. I understand why the problem occurs but I can't think of a solution. Help!Ideally what I'd like to do is simply call a method within the event that will update the UI, but I don't know if that's possible.EDITHere's some example code. I can't post the exact code, but this explains the problem:\[code\]Partial Class ExampleUserControl Inherits Inherits System.Web.UI.UserControl Private WithEvents obj As MyObj Private Sub btnOn_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnOn.Click obj = New MyObj() obj.On() ' Calls OnEvent on success End Sub Private Sub btnOff_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnOff.Click obj = New MyObj() obj.Off() ' Calls OffEvent on success End Sub Private Sub On() Handles obj.OnEvent btnOn.Enabled = False btnOff.Enabled = True 'updatePanel.Update() This throws an exception End Sub Private Sub Off() Handles obj.OffEvent btnOn.Enabled = True btnOff.Enabled = False 'updatePanel.Update() This throws an exception End SubEnd Class\[/code\]
 
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