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

This is the only way I could get my update panel to work in a sharepoint 2007 / 2010 compatible webpart. We use a 2010 master page with an scriptmanager but a 2007 master page without one.

.ascx

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.ascx.cs

public void updatePanel_Init(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    if (ScriptManager.GetCurrent(Page) == null)
    {
        ScriptManager sMgr = new ScriptManager();
        sMgr.EnablePartialRendering = true;
        sMgr_place.Controls.Add(sMgr);
    }
}