Chapter 11. Building Dynamic Forms

In This Chapter

• Basic Form Layout

• Configuring Appearance of Labels

• Configuring Field Templates

• Configuring Appearance of Values

• Enum Properties and Enumeration Templates

• Custom Data Types and UI Hints

• Specifying Field Template Parameters

• Field Template Interaction in Dynamic Forms

• Creating Additional Dynamic Entity Templates

The biggest advantage Dynamic Data offers is the dramatic reduction in the amount of code in your application. Consider the number of ASPX files a web application would need to have for the Northwind Traders sample database. If you were using WebForms, you could manually create two ASPX files per entity—one multipurpose “form” page for inserting, editing, displaying, and ...

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