Advanced usage of Template Column in GridForm - DataForm.NET Samples

1. Open DataForm.NET Manager. In DataForm.NET List page, choose Employees_Template by clicking the link.
2. In the DataForm.NET Designer on the right hand side, switch to GridForm tab.
3. Some fields are selected, but set to invisible. Only TemplateColumn is set to visible. Click TemplateColumn field to bring up the GridForm Field Designer.
4. The column type is set to Template Column.
5. At the bottom of the page, the big textbox contains the content of the template column. The content is a html table mixed with data from datasource. To reference a field from datasource, use {field!fieldname} for regular data or {file!fieldname} for binary data.

Aspx:

<%@ Register TagPrefix="EasyDotNet"Namespace="EasyDotNet.Web.UI.WebControls" Assembly="EasyDotNet.Web" %>

---

<form id="Form1" method="post" runat="server">

<script language="vb" runat="server">

Private Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)

    'Put user code to initialize the page here

    If Not IsPostBack Then

        EGridForm1.DataBind()

    End If

End Sub

</script>

<EasyDotNet:eGridForm id=EGridForm1 runat="server" DataFormID="Employees_Template"></EasyDotNet:eGridForm>

</form>

Codebehind/Codefile:

None. No code needed.