Need tips on VS .Net 2003 GUI tools

[IndyGill]

Hi, I have been doing asp.net for about a year and have always used VS .Net however I have stayed clear of the drag and drop tool to create data functionality. I thought I would learn to hand code first rather than rely on GUI tools.

However now I am getting my head round asp.net I have decided to start using the drag and drop DataAdapter and Connection objects to increase speed. But I am currently having a bit of a problem with them. I am currently facing two problem

1) I like to set my connection to my in my web.config file however when I drag my connection object onto the page it uses the Server Explorer connection. I then have to manually go and Dynamic Properties and change it to point to my web.config file. So I wonder is there any way I can get Server Explorer to use my web.config connection?

2) I am trying to create a page which will have several data adapter on it. When I create my first data adapter its creates the connection for it. However when I add another data adapter to the page it creates another sqlConnection object which seems to be a waste as a connection object already exists on the page. How can I get the GUI to use one connection object for several data adapter. Is this a manual job or am i using the GUI wrong.

Many thanks in advance

 

[jzelhart]

I personally found the Gui Data portion harder to use and setup. Where did you hear that it was faster? I haven't heard that.

In the class that I took on ASP.NET they said not to use them and to do the data connections etc in code.

Just thought I would pass along what I had heard.

I do you use the GUI drag and drop to create the user interface a lot.

Hope everyone is having a great day!

Thanks - Jennifer