Question

All my questions in this topic related to asp.net 2.0

While working on some old project when i first opened it Visual studio asked me if i want to convert project from asp.net 2.0 to asp.net 3.5. Is it safe to chose yes ?

If i chosen no in the previous question, how can i later still convert it to asp.net 3.5 ? (Visual studio gave this option in the first place, so i guess it is possible to do later)

And the last question. Is is possible to bind GridView to the List object ?

Thanks a lot for the answers.

Answer 1

It’s safe to switch to a 3.5 site as long as you are going to deploy to a server that has 3.5.

2.0 sites can always be changed to 3.5 sites. You can remove the .suo file and reopen the solution, and I believe you will be reasked the question. Otherwise, right-click on the project in the solution explorer and pull up its properties page, then where it says target framework just change it to “Framework 3.5”.

As for a Gridivew, you can bind to a List.

Soming like:

List<Customers> customers = new List<Customers>();
Populate(customers);
GridView1.DataSource = customers;
GridView1.DataBind();