Databound Control Templates

Topic updated 17-10-2007

Databound Control Templates are Control Templates that generate visual components that use data binding to display data from the database. They create the most important functional elements in the user interface of a GenWise ASP.NET project.

A Property Template is added to a Databound Control Template for each entity property that is databound. The DataSource Configuration Dialog is used to select entity properties that are databound by Databound Control Templates. This dialog can be used to add Property Templates to Databound Control Templates and to remove them.

All Databound Control Templates use the .NET 2.0 Framework's ObjectDataSource class for data binding. ObjectDataSources are bound to Factory Classes generated by Table Templates in BO-Layer projects.

The ASP.NET 2.0 Templates contain the following Databound Control Templates:

Browse Template
Form Template
DropDown Template
Treeview Template

 

See also

For sorting options on a DataSource see: Sorting a DataSource.

For filtering a DataSource see: Filtering a DataSource.