Master Detail

[bigfoot]

I have a project where I'm doing a master detail on 2 tables in asp2.0.
I'm a VB6/net guy and I'm a bit lost, and new.

Any help would be great.

And to top it off, the users want to be able to edit the whole table like a spread sheet and not one record at a time.

M$ controls seem to only want to edit one record at a time. I think they're looking for more of a desktop application but they want web.

Am I making any sense? Is this even possible?

 

[jmeckley]

to create a 'spreadsheet' like interface you will need to use the GridView. The column will be a Template (instead of predefined MS column types).

There are many examples of master detail setups on the web. goolge "asp.net master detail" for a starting point.

Since your client wants a desktop app on the web you may also want to utilize the MS AJAX library.

There are also 3rd party GUI objects which can enhance the user experience on the web. ComponentArt, Infragisticis, telerik just to name a few. I haven't use any of these, and I'm sure there are more out there. these are big 3 i see advertised everywhere. I do use a calendar control Basic Date Picker. which is very customizable and has rich client and server side functionality.

if your fimilar with CSS you could also use the CSS Adapters with some of the built-in asp.net controls.

Jason Meckley
Programmer
Specialty Bakers, Inc.

 

[IT4EVR]

In Visual Studio 2005 there is a project type of Excel Workbook. I have no idea whether this would help you or not. But it might be worth investigating.

 

[bigfoot]

Thanks to you both. I have been looking into all of this all day.
Ajax sounds cool. And I'll check out the Excel thing in the morning.

~G