ASP.NET by Example

Databinding

Databinding is one of the many powerful features built into ASP.NET controls that you can take advantage of in your own custom controls. The details of how you bind your control to a data source can get very complicated, but you can use this technique to create powerful controls like the DataGrid control that ships with ASP.NET. Unfortunately, databinding is generally best used with templates, and any really useful example would be beyond the scope of this book. To learn more about how to build databound templated controls, consult the documentation and quick-start tutorials that ship with the .NET Framework SDK.