ASP.NET 4 Unleashed

Overview of ASP.NET Controls

The ASP.NET Framework contains more than 90 controls. These controls can be divided into seven groups:

• Standard Controls— Enable you to render standard form elements such as buttons, input fields, and labels. We examine these controls in detail in Chapter 2, “Using the Standard Controls.”

• Validation Controls— Enable you to validate form data before you submit the data to the server. For example, you can use a RequiredFieldValidator control to check whether a user entered a value for a required input field. These controls are discussed in Chapter 3, “Using the Validation Controls.”

• Rich Controls— Enable you to render things such as calendars, file upload buttons, rotating banner advertisements, and multistep ...