scray question

what is a good solid design aproch for creating web forms?

Right now I'm am working on a User Control/.ascx that populates a datagrid and allows you to filter data on type, page through the data, and view/edit/delete the data when you select the data. I'm not using the edit command/update commands of the grid. When selected index changes I change Panels. I have two panels nested in another panel. PanelGrid hold the grid and is visible from the start. PanelEdit is not visible. I have them switchng fine, and I can handle the data in the change over fine; but is this a good idea? I mean, it seems like it is. Well, except for the 3 copys of the data. ViewState, DataTable, and the DataGrid all have a copy copy copy.

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Originally posted by Magiaus

I'm not using the edit command/update commands of the grid.

I mean, it seems like it is. Well, except for the 3 copys of the data. ViewState, DataTable, and the DataGrid all have a copy copy copy.

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Well, I know in a DataList, you have an ItemTemplate, a SelectedTemplate and an EditTemplate (along with header, footer, and alternating of course).

That's really all you need.

Now, I never work with the DataGrid much, I don't know, call me stickler for wanting to do everything myself (I like Repeaters as well, but since I was always building HTML tables anyway, I moved on to the DataList).

Anyway, you can assign a commandname for editing or deleting, doesn't have to be edit or delete.

Plus you can inherit these controls and add your own properties to handle things like 'UserReviewIndex' to assign a UserReview template or whatever template class you create and want to assign. It's really flexible stuff.

You didn't specify why you chose to go this route, and yes, I would be disappointed with having three copies of the same data, being posted to and from the server all the time.

yeah. i wanted it to page though, and i don't have time to make a pager in .net

i like the repeater to :cool: dhtml menu maker i call it