Is there a RAD-way to create nice looking forms with ASP.Net webforms? I'm using .NET Framework 3.5 and Visual Studio 2010. Thanks!
Is there someway of having something like the DataGrid autoformat.
Sencha's Ext JS (http://www.sencha.com/products/js/) is an excellent framework on the client side for rich forms (and other UI elements)
If you want WYSIWYG visual design inside of VS2010, you'll need a third-party tool like Coolite (http://www.coolite.com/).
But if you can deal with a bit more abstraction and don't need everything designed literally in your IDE, I would recommend Sencha's Designer app (http://www.sencha.com/products/designer/), which is web-based. Or, hand-code the JavaScript, Sencha's syntax is well-documented.
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I have tried several versions of Xamarin and monodevelop versions. I have the same problem on each version: My Toolbox is empty. When i click on "add components", i cannot add any control (i ve tried to select dlls like System.Web but it does not work)
What should i do ?
Mono project gave up its attempt to support ASP.NET WebForms (aka System.Web) with a visual designer like Visual Studio.
I think that's why you cannot add any controls to the tool box.
It would be good enough for ASP.NET MVC, Web API and SignalR though, as they don't need a visual designer.
I want to add a datagrid to my ASP.net web application. Is it possible to do this without recreating my project as a Silverlight project? If so, how do I do it?
I only see the option to add a DataList in my toolbox and no option at all for a DataGrid. I'm also not sure how to include a library in my project, if it is even possible to do this (this is my first time working with VB.NET so it's all a little confusing still). In C, C++, Java it's so easy! Or do I even need to use the SilverLight library at all?
If anyone can point me in the right direction, that would be greatly appreciated.
I am using Visual Studio 2010 Professional.
Thanks!
In previous versions of .NET, a tabled list of records was referred to as a datagrid. In .NET 4 (Visual Studio 2010), it is now called a gridview and will be available in the Toolbox.
Also, there isn't any need to recreate your project as a Silverlight project. You can use gridviews in ASP.NET Web Applications.
I haven't seen so far, but can you use Blend to create (shared) layouts in asp.net mvc 4?
Unfortunately the only HTML you can do in Blend is for building Windows Store apps. Though HTML is HTML in whatever context you use it and it should be theoretically possible to design an HTML site in Blend, it's not build for that. ASP.Net can't be used.
I admit Blend would be an awesome tool for designing regular web applications. and I personally hope there will be support for that in the future.
Is it possible i can use WPF in ASP.NET application. if so, how can i create an ASP.NET web site with WPF.
Thisng is, i have created a website through visual studio. Then i was trying to add a web page as WPF. But i couldnt. I am very new to WPF. Please help me. Is it WPF is only for winform application? We could not add WPF in web forms?
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WPF (Windows Presentation Framework) is primarily a desktop technology. It is possible to embed a WPF application inside a web page as a XBAP (XAML Based APlication) but that is different than creating pages with WPF.
Silverlight is the framework to chose if you want to build a Rich Internet Application. Is has better integration with the pages that it is embedded on as well as any Javascript on that page.
Both WPF and Silverlight use XAML and a common set of controls so Silverlight should be somewhat familiar.
WPF can be placed inside an ASP.NET page (or any other web technology) with the browser's WPF Plugin (or ActiveX for Internet Explorer), called XBAP.
But WPF is a large set of components and need the .NET Framework installed on the user machine to work. In other words, the plugin just place the WPF content on that position and calls the .NET Framework to load there.
The closest approach is to use Silverlight, wich is a small subset of WPF components, fully based on browser's plugin (like Flash does). It has less "things" than the full WPF API, but is very good for most uses.
Resuming, Silverlight needs the plugin installed on the users' browser (like Flash needs). And WPF needs both the plugin and also the .NET Framework installed on the users' machine.
Worth mentioning that silverlight RIA will run in IE and firefox (safari etc) on a Windows box and in linux with Moonlight if its compiled to Silverlight 2.0 or earlier (but not yet if its compiled to Silverlight 3 or later).
WPF XBAPS will only run in IE on Windows box.
I would like to use the wonderful Ext.NET library (.dll) inside a MonoDevelop project.
Is it possible? If yes, how can I register it in my project to see the <ext:something> extension like the <asp:textbox> for standard asp.net controls?
I don't have much personal experience with Ext.NET + Mono, but I do know several community members have been successfully developing with Mono. The following search results may help track down a bit more information, see
http://www.google.ca/search?q=site%3Aforums.ext.net+mono