The DataGrid Control

Chapter 2

Pageable Data Grids

Data reporting is key to Web applications, and the DataGrid control is the ASP.NET control of choice for data reporting. The DataGrid, which dynamically expands to a table, includes a number of features that customize the look and feel of the application and enhance its overall functionality. You set the content of DataGrid by using its DataSource property. As explained in Chapter 1, this content consists of any homogeneous collection of data. You can programmatically access this collection by using the Items property. Any item in the collection is represented by a DataGridItem object.