Chapter 5. Advanced Controls

In previous chapters, you've seen the standard ASP.NET server controls that provide functionality that is more or less analogous to traditional HTML controls. In addition, however, ASP.NET provides a number of controls that provide a much richer level of functionality. These richer controls include, among others:

MultiView and View

Work together to create a navigable series of page sections.

Wizard

Creates the familiar set of dialogs used for walking through a well-defined set of steps to accomplish some task.

FileUpload

Provides a file browser for selecting a file to upload, and the infrastructure for doing so.

AdRotator

Presents an image randomly selected from a list every time the page reloads .

Calendar

A fully featured control for displaying and picking dates.

All of these controls will be covered in this chapter. In addition, ASP.NET includes various specialized rich controls , providing functionality such as validation, data access and display, security and log on, personalization, and navigation. Each of these topics have their own chapter in the book.