How Can We Use Data Bound .NET Controls?

Mainly software applications engage data access and reporting. Same case is with Web applications that must be engaged data access and reporting functionality by the Web programmers. They are looking for dynamically updating forms including (fields, drop down lists, etc) on their web applications which are automatically updated. The .NET data bound ¬controls are the answer. In .NET applications data bound controls has a vital role because they allow you to associate controls and their properties with one or more fields in any .NET-compliant data source.

The power of .NET is the flexibility of these data bound controls. You use them in the same way regardless of the programming model—Microsoft Windows Forms, Microsoft Web Forms, or Microsoft .NET Web services. Data binding and data bound Web controls are the focus of any Active Server Pages (ASP) .NET application, so we'll explore them at length in the next few chapters. (Web controls are also referred to as ASP.NET controls, server controls, and .NET Web controls.) Getting a handle on the key programming techniques is vital for building effective Web solutions. Data reporting is a key to Web applications, and the Data Grid control is the ASP.NET control of choice for data reporting.