This step of the VIDEO TUTORIAL will start off by introducing the various built-in data source controls such as SqlDataSource, AccessDataSource, ObjectDataSource, XmlDataSource, and SiteMapDataSource. The video will also familiarize viewer with the methods of an underlying object and how these methods of an underlying object are mapped to Select, Insert, Delete and Update events of the ObjectDataSource Control. The primary objective of this step would be adding an ObjectDataSource control to the SimpleDisplay.aspx page of the Basic Reporting folder. After adding the ObjectDataSource Control the web page in the design mode, we will configure it by clicking the ‘Configure Data Source’ link on the smart tag of the Object DataSource Control to configure to use Select Method of the business object, in this case, GetProducts( ). For detailed information and source code for this step, please refer to the original article.

This step of the VIDEO TUTORIAL will introduce the user on how to display the data from the database, once the ObjectDataSource Control has been added to the web page and is configured appropriately. Customizing is the individual columns of the GridView display via ‘Edit Columns’ of the GridView’s smart tag option is also examined. In the Part 1 of this tutorial we will focus on how to display data using a GridView control. A brief introduction of what themes are and how to use them to achieve a consistent look and feel of data display with the data web controls will also be explored and demonstrated. The themes will be applied for the various data web controls by using skin files. To apply themes in a project, one has to set the pages element in the web.config file. For detailed information and source code for this step, please refer to the original article.

This step of the VIDEO TUTORIAL will demonstrate on how to use DetailsView and FormView data web controls. The GridView displays one row per each record of the database, however, there are occasions when we may have to display one record at a time. In these scenarios DetailsView control will be used. The video will show case on how to customize the DetailsView control with previously added ObjectDataSource control. Finally, the viewer will be introduced on how to display data using FormView control. For detailed information and source code for this step, please refer to the original article.