ASP.NET Web Forms Application
Module Supplementary Material
This section contains supplementary material to stupport
students in completing
CTEC2402 SW Development Project module which is part of the
DMU HND in Computing. The purpose is to provide information on
how to use Web Forms to implement the project instead of ADO.NET.
Web Forms
Web Forms is the same technology used in the Visual Web Development
and Advanced Programming modules. The difference is that the ways
outline here are up to date and represent the current way of using
web forms. ADO.NET was Microsoft's original technology brought out
in 2001, and since then many new components (that are based on ADO.NET)
have been added to make deveopment easier, with less code, and much
of the development can now be completed in design view.
These pages will summarise:-
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Creating a Web Forms Project using Visual Studio 2010 and
.NET Framework 4.5 and adding an Access database
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Adding a SQLDataSource and creating a suitable query
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Adding a GridView and configuring it to include Edit,
Select, Sort and Delete operations
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Adding a DetailsView to include Insert, Edit and Delete.
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Adding controls to provide client side data validation
on grids and forms
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Adding drop down lists to improve the user interface.
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How to configure the project to use an SQL Server Express
database file for user logins and authentication.
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Modifying the default Master page, css and the web pages to
match your orignal design.
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Using HTML5 and CSS3 to enhance the web pages