VWD and have created a data bound grid and need advice

Discussion in 'Programming' started by Ranger, Jun 4, 2006.

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    First let me tell you I am a beginner.

    I am in the process of learning MS Visual Web Developer and Adobe Flex. Using Adobe Flex I was able to create a dashboard type application that uses their flash forms and grids witch looks great, but limits the use of Yahoo's design patterns.

    Now I am doing the same with VWD and have created a data bound grid, however I don't like the look of it. So my question is are there any tools(other than the limited ones in the table setup. Or can the UI look be made in Dreamweaver? I guess I'm asking is it normal to open the html in DW and have CSS etc. applied. I would eventually like to take advantage of Atlas.

    Also, can I use JS(from YUI) with VWD?

    Please feel to give input about anything and not the whole question.
     
    Ranger, Jun 4, 2006 IP
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    fhirzall Guest

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    Not sure what YUI is, but you can style any asp.net control with css, most have a property thats CssClass, and you can also style them with the properties, for example, try hitting the 'auto format' button on a gridview, and look at the code it generates, there's lots of properties like alternating rows. I probably didn't answer your question but can you clarify some more?
     
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  3. Ranger

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    Yes I saw where you can use one of several styles to change the display in grid view, but none of them is as appealing as Flash forms, and again I'm talking about the look of flash forms not their functioning.

    I am just wondering if I went through with the development if a designer could come behind and make the page look similar to what I've done in Flex. There are panels under the grids etc.

    YUI is Yahoo's User Interface, they have released the patterns that they used to create a lot of objects used in their start page and in the mail application. What I like is the autocomplete pattern, it's the one that's used for the To: field in their mail app. It is JS(AJAX) so I was wondering if they can be used with .net. I think ATLAS is similar, but YUI may be easier to use.

    Thanks
     
    Ranger, Jun 5, 2006 IP
  4. fhirzall

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    Yeah, not sure about flash forms, but atlas will get a lot better, still in the early stages, I think they said there will be 50-100 controls when its fully released.
     
    fhirzall, Jun 5, 2006 IP