Chapter 6. ASP.NET Controls

In this chapter

Intrinsic Controls

List Controls

Rich Controls

Validation Controls

ASP.NET comes with a suite of server controls. These aren’t COM+ components; they’re controls that are kicked off when a page request is made. They run on the server and generate HTML code that’s inserted into the outgoing HTML stream. The browser sees them as HTML, whereas the ASP.NET page and developer see them as controls.

The question of browser compatibility probably has already entered your mind. Don’t worry, though; the HTML code the server controls produce is compatible with any browser. And for some of the rich server controls, such as the Calendar and TreeView, this is a great advantage. Creating cross-browser versions of them ...

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