The Control
Microsoft recently released version 3.0.30512 of the AjaxControlTookit, available here. One of the new controls is the ComboBox, which “provides a DropDownList of items, combined with TextBox.”
The Issue
Placing the ComboBox in a container that has the style attribute “display: none;” throws the error “Invalid argument.” This is true if the container is a panel with the attribute set explicitly, or a different container such as a TabPanel that implicitly has the display attribute set to none when it is not shown.