Question

I was wondering if there is an existing control that I could use to achieve what I am trying.

Basically, I have a html table that I display my header information.

It looks something like this:

<table class='tableEdit'>     <tr>         <th>Job ID</th><td>10</td>         <th>Client</th><td>Tom</td>     </tr>     <tr>         <th>Comments</th><td>Comments are here</td>     </tr> </table>   

I am wondering if there is an existing control that I can use as a container. Then I can assign the datasource to that control and leverage the field values as such.

<asp:Somecontrol runat='server' ID='someid'>  <table class='tableEdit'>     <tr>         <th>Job ID</th><td><%# Eval('Id') %></td>         <th>Client</th><td><%# Eval('Client.Name') %></td>     </tr>     <tr>         <th>Comments</th><td><%# Eval('Comments') %></td>     </tr> </table>   </asp:Somecontrol>  private void BindHeader() {  SomeObjectType data = DAL.SomeMethod();  someid.Datasource = data;  someid.DataBind(); } 

Is there anything out there to do this? I want to be able to control the layout of the fields within the container.

Thanks.

Answer 1

Actually what i was after was the FormView control.

I had never used this control previously, but this is the exact control for what i wanted to do.

It allows to to mark a region, assign a datasource and bind items as desired.

   <asp:FormView ID='FormView1' runat='server' DataSourceID='ObjectDataSource2' Visible='false'>                     <ItemTemplate>                         <table style='border-collapse: collapse;' class='tableEdit'>                             <tr>                                 <td>ClientId</td>                                 <td><asp:Label ID='ClientId' runat='server' Text='<%# Eval('ClientId') %>' /></td>                             </tr>                             <tr>                                 <td>ClientCode</td>                                 <td><asp:TextBox ID='TextBox1' runat='server' Text='<%# Eval('ClientCode') %>' /></td>                             </tr>                             <tr>                                 <td>Name</td>                                 <td><asp:TextBox ID='TextBox2' runat='server' Text='<%# Eval('Name') %>' /></td>                             </tr>                             <tr>                                 <td>BillingContactName</td>                                 <td><asp:TextBox ID='TextBox3' runat='server' Text='<%# Eval('BillingContactName') %>' /></td>                             </tr> 

Thanks AI W for your input. Repeater is also suitable but for binding ‘a’ record, FormView is ideal i think. Thanks.