DataForm.NET is a set of ASP.NET web controls and is one of the most powerful ASP.NET data entry components available today. It offers many unique features for data management which helps you develop complex .NET data management web pages in minutes instead of hours or days. It provides a "codeless" solution for data management without generating single line of code. DataForm.NET does this by generating different data management forms on the fly, mapping DataForm web control to relational databases and manipulating data without writing any SQL command.

DataForm.NET is comprised of three major components, eDataform, eGridForm and eCriteria. eDataform component is used to edit a single row of data. eGridForm provides you a very easy way to show and edit data. eCriteria component usually works with eGridForm component and offers it the criterias to display data. If you often work on forms that are lengthy and complex, DataForm.NET can save you hours spent on development, testing and deployment.

All controls in DataForm are accessible, even 3rd party controls, so the final look can be easily customized. CSS for instant changes of look&feel are also available.

To minimize the costs of development, DataForm.NET can work with Visual Studio Express + SQL Server 2005 Express Edition / Oracle Database 10g Express Edition  which are all free.

The key features of DataForm.NET are as follows,

Overall Features:

• Coding is optional.
• Easy to use.  No learning curve.
• Supports ASP.NET 1.1, ASP.NET 2.0 and ASP.NET AJAX.
• Supports MS SQL Server and Oracle Databases. And, no SQL command required.
• Multilingual supported.
• Supports File download/upload.
• ViewState removed from ALL/SELECTED pages.
• Defines appearance on each field by CSS/Style.
• Cross-browser capability. IE, Mozilla Firefox and Safari 3.0 supported.

DataForm.NET Manager:

• Pure ASP.NET web application. Comprehensive GUI design interface.
• Preview DataForm.NET web controls instantly.
• Exports/Imports DataForm.NETs to share, backup or deploy.

eGridForm web control:

• FREE DataGrid Web Control - NOT a trial version.
• Unlimited levels of master/details relationships from the top GridForm.
• Master GridForm can have multiple child GridForms which can be linked together, either by foreign key constraints or by customizable relationships (One-to-one or One-to-many relationship)
• Enhanced Database-side Paging. You will not feel much differences when you are paging 1,000 records or 1,000,000 records .
• CRUD supported via eDataForm.
• One GridForm can display data from multiple tables
• Export to Excel.
• HoverPanel Supported.
• Single child GridForm is displayed nested.
• Totally Customizable Template Column. This column type gives you complete freedom to customize the layout of column or the whole row.  Just mix the HTML and the data.
• Checkbox Column supported.
• SelectiveCheckbox Column enable you to pick the particular rows.
• Built-in enhanced sort, paging features.

eDataForm web control:

• Free up to 10 fields - NO time limit.
• Supports Optimistic Concurrency Control.
• Field-level validation. According to each field's data type and attributes, the input value will be validated before they are saved into database.
• Supports JavaScript/VB scripts on each field.
• Supports Auto Postback on each field.
• Configures CanInsert and CanUpdate attributes on each field to specify the fields whether or not that can be inserted or updated.
• Sets default value on each field.
• Supports 3rd party web control to integrate into it. eDataForm component can work with your existing web controls. It can display 3rd party web controls inside and get/set value of them.
• Each built-in web server control has plenty of methods, properties and events. DataForm.NET provides a great expansibility and customizability. When the DataForm.NET Manager is not enough for some of your particular needs, you can easily use these methods, properties or events to complete the complicated business logic. Easily Select, Insert, Update, Delete records from database by just one line of codes for each database operation.
• Whole bunch of class members (Methods, Properties and Events). Let you have full control of data entry flow.

eCriteria web control:

• FREE web control - NOT a trial version.
• Full operators support, such as Between, Like ,=, >, >=, <, <=,  <>, Is Null and Is Not Null.
• Collection supported. Use collection as filter which may be the static collection or dynamic list generated by SQL command.
• Define logic between criterias, for instance, AND or OR.
• Default value on each criteria field.
• Auto postback on each field supported.

eDataFormFull web control:

• Provide a regular data entry flow without any coding. 
• Auto query. It lets you do the query by default value without having user to enter value.

Other Free web controls:

• ComboBox, DatePicker.
• Enhanced Textbox, Radio Button List, Checkbox and List Box.

DataForm.NET greatly simplifies programming and lets you develop real-time and complicated data entry pages. If you are a novice in developing applications in .NET, then this is the perfect tool for you. And if you are already an expert, you will enjoy its powerful features for speeding up your work. Both of you will find that DataForm.NET is very easy to use and saves your/your boss's money.