Using the FormView
Control
You can use the FormView
control to do anything that you can do with the DetailsView
control. Just as you can with the DetailsView
control, you can use the FormView
control to display, page, edit, insert, and delete database records. However, unlike the DetailsView
control, the FormView
control is entirely template-driven.
I use the FormView
control much more than the DetailsView
control. The FormView
control provides you with more control over the layout of a form. Furthermore, adding validation controls to FormView
is easier than adding validation controls to a DetailsView
control.
Web Standards Note
By default, the FormView
control renders an HTML table. It creates an HTML table that contains a single cell. ...
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