I’m enjoying the control suite from sync fusion for their auto complete and numeric editor. Just wanting a standard text entry and a multi line entry but there doesn’t seem to be any in their controls, unless I’m missing something?
The main problem is when I go and use the base entry and editor controls with Xamarin forms they totally look and behave differently and make it look quite jarring in the app so want to find these standard controls to keep it the same through out the app.
Anyone got any ideas?
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I have some experience with ASP.NET, and this is my second time using the log in control. In this project, I'm using a bootstrap toolbar that has the log in control on the side of the toolbar. The thing is, unless I can add bootstrap styling and take out some parts of the log in control, I need a way to assign log in functions to my preexisting boxes.
I know that I could try to re-code the log in function, but like I said, I'm a beginner and I'm not sure that I could keep all the functionality or get it to work period. Are there any simpler solutions? If not, are there any good tutorials on re-coding from scratch?
Screenshot of my toolbar (Ignore the other login function, it's for playing around with):
You can provide the ASP.NET login control with a template which gives some ability to customise the layout and styling:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms178340%28v=vs.90%29.aspx
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/vstudio/ms178339%28v=vs.100%29.aspx
You might also find this tutorial handy: http://www.mytecbits.com/microsoft/dot-net/bootstrap-with-asp-net
I haven't tried it myself, but there's a project to provide Twitter Bootstrap controls for ASP.NET: https://github.com/pmcfernandes/BootstrapControls
I am currently working on a project that is dealing with charts and tabs within an ASP.NET page. I am assigned to create a chart that will be generated from an array and a menu like system using tabs to select different options for the chart.
I have no idea how to implement this, I am using VS Web Developer 2010. I am new to ASP.NET framework and how to implement charts and tabs with this information. Basically it will be a form that the user will submit options and it will calculate a forecast of payments based on the options selected.
Please help, not sure where to even begin with ASP.NET. I have seen some things regarding AJAX controls but for some reason the controls are not loaded into VS.
For charts you can use asp.net chart control
I don't understand the part of the menu, but I think you can use the tabcontrol in the containers section of the toolbox
I'd highly recommend looking at Highcharts. It's a JavaScript library for rendering charts. It will create charts on the client-side so I'm not sure whether it meets your requirements (there are other products that support server-side generation of charts but I'm less familiar with these).
I'm not sure what you mean by using tabs for selecting different options, but Highcharts does have a lot of different rendering models and looks really good.
Take a look at their demo gallery and documentation for more information.
If you are reluctant to use client side charting solutions, try Highcharts.Net. It is a C# wrapper written around the Highcharts JS library. So you write all your code using Classes and objects in C#, and the library translates that into JS.
The added bonus is that you get to use ASP .Net's state management for data persistence. The project also has samples that can be downloaded here.
If you are using MVC, you could try out DotNet.Highcharts along with samples.
I am using ASP.NET MVC. Sometimes I work with ASP.NET Web Forms too. I can pretty much create my queries using stored procs or LINQ and render my report just using a plain HTML table. With proper styling it should come out decent.
I don't know SSRS but I have some experience working with crystal from before. The only advantage I see from using crystal for my reports against just a simple HTML table is that it can export to PDF. But I could probably get some third-party library that can do that too. Regarding charts like pie and bar graphs there are a lot of javascript tools available out there that does that and they're free.
I guess I'm posting this to see what I'm missing with reporting tools like Crystal and SSRS.
EDIT: With ASP.NET MVC it is not particularly difficult to create the report. Just formulate the correct model, create the controller action and view with scaffolding (Detail) and you will have the code generated for you right away. With ASP.NET Web Forms it is probably easier, just use a GridView and you're done. For both cases all that is left is the CSS. With Crystal you also need to edit the layout you have generated the report, which is work still as well.
The reason we use SSRS for our internal reports is that our database guy can create reports without having any knowledge of how to format output using code.
your points are valid and I have been thinking about such things multiple times.
Personally I used CR in the past and SSRS more recently, but my absolutely best experience was with DevXpress XtraReports, super cool design and royalty free end user designer with or without Ribboned interface.
the difference between using a report engine or plain raw HTML is in the way you design the reports and the overall features.
in XtraReports for example, the lovely thing is that a report is simply a .cs file (C# class) and whatever you design with the UI designer is stored in that file exactly like the windows forms designer does ( or ASP.NET aspx and aspx.cs designer does ). So you see the report you are designing and you Drag & Drop controls and place them where needed. Then you have out of the box formulas, running totals, page breaks, as you mentioned export to pdf, excel, jpg, html, word and so much more.
if I was free to choice again I would go again for XtraReport and forget about plain and raw html table coding, let's focus on the real business of the application we write and not get nuts with page breaks, exporting things and in house implemented formulas or group/running totals... this is my idea and approach at least.
The biggest reason for me to use a reporting engine is for printing and page breaks. You can't always guarantee the way the HTML will format for all the various browsers and it's not great for setting hard page breaks. With a reporting solution, you can group things together to force page breaks to be more predictable.
This is especially important if you're looking for a more professional looking report.
as already stated above using another report generator can have much benefits. I've used very often List & Label. There is a completely different concept behind and depending on your needs it will be easier but still powerfull, especially for .NET reporting. It is worth to do a trial (there is even a free edition available).
I've got an asp.net application where each client will have their own data entry forms. I'm a bit tired of reinventing this wheel. Does anyone have any good experience with an "off the shelf" component for rapidly building such forms?
The component will need to fit within an existing asp.net site and support layout of the fields, not just "dumping" the fields on the page. The data needs to go back to a database for querying (but can use it's own schema) and some light level of workflow needs to be supported (mostly around completion status). Infopath is a non-starter due to its requirements for sharepoint etc, but if you're thinking along those lines, you have some idea of what I'm looking for. The system must be open for modification as I'm sure we won't be able to find something that does everything we need.
Doesn't matter if it is OSS or commericial.
Thanks!
We've used FeedBack Server here in the past and it worked out pretty good.
Microsoft lightswitch.
Telerik widgets in a web page.
I want to build into mt ASP.NET application the ability for users to fill up forms, but the forms are not something I can hard-code into my (Enterprise) software.
So I need one screen that lets end users create the forms. Doing it the 2.0 way, I just love what PollDaddy did in their survey editor (great job guys!). How do I replicate that? (don't worry pollDaddy, my app has nothing to do with survey and I am not at all in your domain (-: )
Since you need to login to the site to play with it, I made a 20 sec video of how it looks like. Please see below and tell me how to best replicate this (as simple as using JQuery tip? use an entire open source project? Buy something?)
Requirements are:
support multiple types of elements (like multiple choice, free text, comboBox)
drag and drop
editing of order
click image for video or here
http://frame.revver.com/frame/120x90/1376799.jpg
The AJAX control toolkit is free and would work for some of this items shown in the video. However, JQuery has tons of plugins it is easy to extend and even easier to use. I would suggest starting there and extending it where needed.
Good Luck
You could build it yourself using an AJAX framework like ASP.NET AJAX or even telerik controls. You could use jQuery but ASP.NET AJAX is free and embeds well with ASP.NET pages. You could buy something, but I've yet to encounter packages as such.