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Using the Rich Data Controls

The previous chapter showed how to use data binding on the simpler Web Forms controls. Now, it’s time to look at the more sophisticated and feature-rich controls. Most of the problems that programmers encounter with these controls arise from how the data is bound to the control. I hope that our exploration of this process in the previous chapter will help minimize these problems.

In this chapter, I’ll introduce you to each of the Web Forms rich data controls and give you a demonstration of its capabilities and usage. We’ll finish this chapter with a rich data control that is slightly different from the others: the Chart control, which allows you to generate professional-looking charts and graphs. ...

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