Putting It All Together
The DataListView control is an effective tool for displaying a snapshot of data cached on the client. An ASP.NET page that makes use of the DataListView control differs in some respects from any other ordinary data-bound ASP.NET page. First and foremost, using the DataListView control or similar controls in a Web application requires a rich client such as Internet Explorer and requires that the .NET Framework is installed on the client. As you might expect, these requirements make such a Web application more suitable for controlled environments like an intranet than for the Internet.
On the other hand, caching data on the client allows you page through data, as well as sort and filter rows, without repeated access to ...
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