Control to view and edit data (Not datagrid)

[Chris Wilson]

I have a web form that displays data. Occasionally, the user may need to
edit the data. Is there any control that will allow me to bind it to a
database to view, and have the ability to edit if needed?

I'm looking for something similar to the functionality of an editable
datagrid, but without being stuck using the grid. Something that displays
the data as text, but changes to an input box when the user clicks an edit
button would be ideal.

Any examples, or pointers to a tutorial would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks, Chris

 

[Fred Hirschfeld]

Well, I am currently working on a datagrid control (not the datagrid) that
uses XML Data Islands on the client to store the data and then all the
manipulation of the data is done there (without postbacks including add). At
design time you bind the server controls that allow editing of the data to
the column so that it shows up when clicking the edit button of the row.
When the form is posted back, the XML in the island goes back to the server
and transformed back into a datatable that can then be persisted into the
database.

If this is of interest to you I can post more once I get some issues worked
out.

Fred