ASP.NET 3.5 New Controls

Check out the Feature Specifications for Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5. These older documents give you an insight into what features made it (and didn't make it) into the Release.

• GridView - Take a look at all the articles that ScottGu has done on the powerful GridView.
• Extending the GridView to Include Sort Arrows: Scott Mitchell has a nice article that describes how to add a visual indicator to the GridView control to indicate the current sort order on columns.
• ListView -   The ListView control supports the data editing, insertion, deleting, paging and sorting semantics of higher-level controls like the GridView.  But - unlike the GridView - it provides you with complete control over the html markup generated. 
• Using ASP.NET 3.5's ListView and DataPager Controls: Sorting Data: Scott Mitchell continues his ListView control series with a good article on enabling sorting scenarios with the new ListView control.
• Using the ListView Control in ASP.NET 3.5: Mustafa Basgun has also written some great articles that drill into the new ListView control further.  Read Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, and his Locking ListView's Header and Footer Columns with CSS to learn more about it.
• Building a Grouping Grid with the ListView and LinqDataSource Controls: Matt Berseth has an awesome post that shows off using the new ListView control and LinqDataSource controls to build a hierarchical grouping grid.  A post to bookmark.
• Using the ListView, DataPager and LinqDataSource Controls: Matt Berseth has a good tutorial post that shows off using these new controls to join data from two database tables using LINQ.
• Some ASP.NET 3.5 ListView Control Examples: Mike Ormond has a nice post that provides a number of samples that show how to use the new ASP.NET ListView control.  For even more ListView articles, check out my last link-listing post which pointed to a bunch of them.
•  DataPager

Videos

• Working with the GridView and FormView - In this lesson, you will learn about the GridView and FormView controls and how you can use some of the features of these controls to make editing and displaying of database content easier
• Working With the GridView and DetailsView Controls in ASP.NET 2.0 - In this session, learn how you can display and edit data using the GridView control, work with the GridView and DetailsView together, and take advantage of several GridView controls events to get the exact behavior you need.

Enjoy!

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