Generate ASP.NET UserControl from Database

Question

Hi.

Is there any existing software for generating a UserControl from a table of a database?

For example, my table contain 3 fields : name , last name , age.

The software generates a user control that has 3 labels and textboxes with validation and submit button and a gridview for displaying information , etc...

Thanks all.

Answer 1

You might want to look into Dynamic Data. It's an ASP.NET framework developed by Microsoft that automatically generates common UI elements based on Linq to SQL or Entity Framework objects (which are trivially easy to generate from a simple table like the one you mention.)

Answer 2

What you describe sounds an awful lot like UI "scaffolding". Take a look at the following article and related question:

ASP.NET Scaffolding/Templating CRUD Solutions
Dynamic Data

Answer 3

Here's one more O/R mapper capable of scaffolding (generating UI from database): http://www.subsonicproject.com/