Question

I am using Asp.Net/C# in my application ,I have a requirement where I need to show data in a jqGrid.The data should come from a Users table.This is my first time with jqGrid, can anybody help me out to start with jqGrid with Web Forms.Any examples or links would be much appreciated .
Thanks.

Answer 1

You can include in any application just an empty table element and empty div for the pager at the bottom of the grid

<table id="grid" ></table>
<div id="pager"></div>

Then you includes

<script type="text/javascript">
$(function () {
    $("#grid").jqGrid({
        url: 'someURLfromYourProject', // 'xxx.svc', 'xxx.asmx', 'xxx.ashx' ...
        datatype: 'json',
        pager: '#pager',
        gridview: true,
        height: 'auto',
        //... other parameters
    });
});
</script>

which will modify at the runtime the empty table and div in the grid. The data fir the grid will be get from the URL specified by url option.

It’s important to understand that you can very easy integrate WFC, ASMX web service or ASHX handler in any your existing application. You need just add new page (choose “Add new Item” context menu in the Solution Explorer of your ASP.NET project) to your existing project. In the way you will create the code which are more independent from the technology used mainly in your ASP.NET application. If you decide later to migrate the application to ASP.NET MVC you can even not change the WFC ASMX web service or ASHX handler part of the application.

In the answer you will find some URLs with demo projects which you can download and play a little. You can move the most code from the ASP.NET MVC example (see here and here) to your WCF/ASMX/ASHX code.