Chapter 7. Working with ASP.NET Server Controls Templates
IN THIS CHAPTER
Up to this point you've seen how to retrieve data from multiple data stores and how to bind different server controls to that data. Though useful and efficient, the pages you've created thus far have been quite plain and your control on how the page is rendered has been limited to the default rendering of that particular control. In this chapter you will learn how to make your pages look exquisite using templates. Not all server controls support the use of templates. We will be demonstrating the three intrinsic server controls that do inherently support templates—the DataGrid, DataList, and Repeater controls.
In this chapter we will cover the following:
What a template is
DataGrid column controls
How to use templates with the DataGrid
How to use templates with the DataList
How to use templates with the Repeater