Add ScriptManager to Page Programmatically?

Question

I am developing a WebPart (it will be used in a SharePoint environment, although it does not use the Object Model) that I want to expose AJAX functionality in. Because of t

Answer 1

I ran into this problem with a custom ascx server control. I tried many solutions involving adding script to the OnInit events of the control (which doesn't get executed until after it checks for the ScriptManager control), adding logic inside of server tags on the control, and adding things to about every other event. No good. I finally built a control that inherits from ScriptManagerProxy and then uses ktrauberman's piece of code, slightly modified, to add a ScriptManager if needed:

  public class ProxiedScriptManager : ScriptManagerProxy
  {
    protected override void OnInit(EventArgs e)
    {
      //double check for script-manager, if one doesn't exist, 
      //then create one and add it to the page
      if (ScriptManager.GetCurrent(this.Page) == null)
      {
        ScriptManager sManager = new ScriptManager();
        sManager.ID = "sManager_" + DateTime.Now.Ticks;
        Controls.AddAt(0, sManager);
      }

      base.OnInit(e);
    }
  }

That did it for me.