Create stunning AJAX enabled grid interfaces

ASP.NET Essential Grid comes with built-in AJAX support. A variety of styling options are available for various sections of the Grid Grouping Control such as group, filter, header, footer, summary and nested cells, and different states such as adding new record, alternate record, and group indent cells.

AJAX Features

ASP.NET Essential Grid comes with built-in AJAX support. By turning on the Enable Callback command, the grid operates in AJAX mode. Sorting, grouping, resizing, and other commands will then operate through AJAX callbacks instead of postbacks.

• Before and After Callback Event
• Load Image on Callback
• Refresh via AJAX
• Update Panel Compatible

Appearance

A variety of styling options are available for various sections of the Grid Grouping Control such as group, filter, header, footer, summary and nested cells, and different states such as adding new record, alternate record, and group indent cells.

• Alternating Row Styles
• Area Selection
• Automatic Image Handling
• Built-in Skins
• Column Resizing and Reordering
• Conditional Formatting
• Customization Events
• Customization via CSS and Styles
• Frozen Rows and Columns
• Grid Outlook Style
• Listbox Mode
• Multi-Row Records
• Templates Support
• ToolTip

Column Types

The columns in Grid Grouping Control provide various options for customization. The Table Descriptor available for Grid Grouping Control includes the Columns collection, which is auto-populated by the Fields and Expression Fields collection.

• Expression Fields
• Templated Columns
• Unbound Fields

Data Binding

Binding data to the grid has been simplified to a single line of code. The grid supports all kinds of "lists" from IList to Datasource Control derived types. The grid automatically discovers the schema of the datasource at run time, including the relationships setup between tables in a datasource and renders the grid contents automatically. The grid's schema can be altered to hide columns and include unbound columns. The default setting pulls all the records to the server irrespective of the number of records displayed on the page. Alternatively, you can use the Pass-Through Grouping feature to selectively query records from the datasource based on the grid's current view.

• AutoGenerated Schema
• Datasource Caching Mode
• Datasource Options
• Foreign Key Constraints
• LINQ Support
• Pass-Through Grouping
• Support for Hierarchies

Design-Time Features

ASP.NET Essential Grid comes with a fully-functional Design Time that lets you setup the grid's style and grid Behavior. Data binding can be easily setup and previewed and customized through the designer.

• AutoFormat
• Declarative Datasource Binding
• Smart Tag

Editing

Grid Grouping Control supports editing of records at run time. It offers different editing modes such as In-place Editing and Editing via Forms to make the editing more user-friendly. Options to add new records and delete existing records are also available. If the datasource can be updated, the grid will automatically save the changes on the underlying datasource.

• Automatic Datasource Update
• Built-in Editing Modes
• Edit Columns Support

Events

Grid Grouping Control provides numerous events to aid you in the creation of interactive applications. Based on the location of the recreated grid data after the user actions, these events are classified as Server-Side and Client-Side events.

• Client-Side Events
• Server-Side Events

Export Options

ASP.NET Essential Grid provides different export options that let you save its contents in a number of output formats. For more information about exporting to Microsoft Excel, see link below. discussed here.

• Export to Excel

Grouping and Sorting

The Grouping Grid Control when bound to a datasource can be used to performing engine related operations such as grouping and sorting. Grouping allows you to categorize the records based on a specific column. Through sorting, you can arrange the table data either in ascending or in descending order of values in the selected column.

• Group by Columns
• Sorting Columns

Navigation Options

Grid Grouping Control offers complete navigational support for navigating between the grid cells, rows and pages. This is accomplished with the help of the Navigation and Pager Bars, that can be added in Design Time, using the Button Bars collection.

• Customized Button Bars
• Grid Keyboard Navigation
• Navigation Bar
• PagerBar

Paging and Filtering

The Paging function available in the Grid Grouping Control comes in handy when the grid rows exceed the limits of a single page. The default setting pulls all rows and columns irrespective of the data displayed. The paging function can be used to limit the dimensions of the displayed data. Filters in the Grid Grouping Control, enable users to select and display a subset of records based on user-defined criteria. The criteria can be set using a Filter Bar at run time as well as in Design Time.

• Filters with Filter Bar Support
• Paging with Pagerbar Support

Printing

Grid Grouping Control offers comprehensive support to print complete records including groups, summaries, preview rows, and others.

• Print Grid

Summary Rows and Columns

The Grid Grouping Control provides options for the inclusion of summary rows for each group. The grid summaries are displayed in the summary rows. The summary rows can be added and defined using the Grid Summary Row Descriptor collection editor available in the Grid Grouping Control. Options for specifying the summary format and summarized columns are also available.

• Automatic Summaries
• Programmatic Summary Access
• Summaries in Group Captions
• Page Level Summary