Ok one more thing to check. In my notes I put reference to ajax script in Site.Master (this is not in the book).
Try putting this between the <body> </bod> tags.
[code]
<script src="../../Scripts/MicrosoftAjax.
js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="../../Scripts/MicrosoftMvcAjax.
js" type="text/javascript"></script>
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