data-controls

Who actually uses DataGrid/GridView/FormVIew/etc in production apps?

Hi, Curious if others feel the same as me. To me, controls such as datagrid/gridview/formview/etc. are great for presentations or demo's only. To take the time and tweak this controls, override their default behavior (hooking into their silly events etc.) is a big headache. The only control that I use is the repeater, since it offers ...

Always show FooterTemplate, even no data

Is there a short way to make a FooterTemplate (in a GridView) always visible, even when DataSource is empty? ...

Data components in Visual Studio are disabled, how to enable them?

I am trying to make a WPF application with a SQL Server CE database. I am following the tutorial SQL Server 2005 Compact Edition Data Access with the SqlCeResultSet and Visual C#.NET, but in my Visual Studio 2010, all components under the Data-section of the Toolbox are disabled. Why are my Data components disabled? And how can I enab...

How to Conditionally determine Number of Data Items of a Nested Repeater Control!

Hi friends, I can use nested repeater to show my grouped data on a page (according to this: http://goo.gl/sH6g). In my case I have Category-Products structure and want to show each category and its products under it. But here are my problems: How can I limit number of products showing under each category. I want to determine for exampl...

Now getting how to create a user control for this kind of display with databinding as well

How to create a user control for this kind of layout. I have a css. But dont know how to create a control for this kind of display. Title is the department name and below mentioned radio buttons are status for each department. Now department can be multiple as present in database. This one box can contain only two department list and ne...