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Chapter 10 from my book, core internet application development with asp. The demo available for download at the end of this article uses the ado. Net data presentation controls are server controls to which you can bind data to organize and display it in different ways. Net framework, and is the successor to microsofts active server pages asp technology. Give your applications a sleek, professional look by setting a single property.
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This article explains the data bound controls used in asp. Embed in data grids or use standalone with these asp. It is flexible in the sense that you can easily customize the display of one or more records that are displayed in the control. Datalist is an unformatted data control like repeater control in asp. Part i serves as an introduction to the data web controls. Net dynamic data is a set of user interface templates and controls for creating datadriven websites. Net data web controls is likely to be an indispensable item in every asp. Web forms enables you to think of your forms as a unit, not as separate client and server pieces.
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About the author as editor and main contributor to, a popular asp asp. Net dynamic data is a set of user interface templates and controls for creating data driven websites. The datalist control like the repeater control is a template driven, light weight control, and acts as a container of repeated data items. Net web forms data controls web forms data controls rss databound controls such as the gridview, datagrid, datalist, formview, detailsview, repeater, and microsoft chart. Net web forms lets you build dynamic websites using a draganddrop, eventdriven model that will be familiar to desktop application developers. To provide a greater degree of customization in the appearance and rendered markup when displaying multiple records, asp.