ASPxDockPanel has the capability to load panel content on demand via callbacks. Several content loading modes are available via the following settings of the LoadContentViaCallback property:
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None - The content is always (initially) rendered inside a dock panel (the default behavior).
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OnPageLoad - Loading of panel contents starts immediately after the entire page has been loaded.
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OnFirstShow - Loading of panel contents starts when a dock panel is invoked for the first time.
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OnDock - Loading of panel contents starts every time after a panel has been docked to a dock zone.
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OnDockStateChange - Loading of panel contents starts every time after a panel's dock state has been changed (that is a docked panel becomes floating or a float panel docks to a zone).
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OnFloating - Loading of panel contents starts every time after a panel has been made floating.
Using the postponed load of panel contents, you can enhance the response time of your web page on its initial load. You can also update the content of a dock panel programmatically on demand.
Note that in this example we purposely pause callback processing on the server side for half a second in order to make the Loading Panel visible during this time.