Hi Greg,
I am glad to hear it. Please post here if there are any more questions. Thanks very much for participating the community.
Best regards,
Yanhong Huang
Microsoft Online Partner Support
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!Thank you YanHong.
!I actually found out I left out a test for Ispostback and my code was taking
!an unintended path. My database edit functionality is working great now
!using the Microsoft Data Access Application Block.
!I still have some Javascript validation to carve into the presentation layer
!but using asp.net with FrontPage 2003, I have an application that I really
!like the looks of right now. The FrontPage html that is generated is clean
!and the themes are easily integrated with asp.net. I am not really going to
!worry about the resources used by the controls coming out of the
!System.Web.UI. WebControl namespace.
!
!With a PocketPC proof of concept yet to do, a web service to develop, some
!kind of XML Cursor API to demo....I am not too worried about a few extra
!calories at this point.
!
!All the best,
!Greg Hazzard
!Sebastopol, CA
!
!
!
!"Yan-Hong Huang[MSFT]" <yh*****@online .microsoft.com> wrote in message
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!> Hello Greg,
!>
!> By the way, if you create HtmlControls dynamically in the codebehind they
!will still have to be processed on the server to
!> create the Html. In fact even if they are in the aspx page they still
!have a small amount of overhead since the server still
!> creates an object for each Html element with a runat=server property. You
!are right that WebControls do use far more
!> resources though.
!>
!> Here are the naming conventions we use for the .NET Framework
!documentation:
!>
!>
!>
!>
!> Control
!>
!> Description
!>
!>
!> ASP+ server control
!>
!> Do not use. Use Web server control.
!>
!> Note If referring to the superset of server controls, use ASP.NET server
!control.
!>
!>
!> ASP.NET server control
!>
!>
!>
!> A control on an ASP.NET page. An ASP.NET server control has a runat=server
!attribute on a page. ASP.NET server
!> controls comprise a superset that includes Web server controls, HTML
!server controls, mobile controls, and so on.
!>
!>
!> custom control
!>
!>
!>
!> A control authored by a user or a third-party software vendor that does
!not belong to the .NET Framework class library. The
!> term custom control is a generic term. For specific contexts, use the
!following qualifiers:
!>
!> custom server control: a control used with ASP.NET pages.
!>
!> custom client control: a control used with Windows Forms.
!>
!>
!> HTML control
!>
!> Do not use. Use HTML server control.
!>
!>
!> HTML server control
!>
!> A control that appears as an HTML element marked by a runat=server
!attribute on an ASP.NET page. In contrast to Web
!> server controls, HTML server controls do not have an <asp:xxx> tag prefix.
!An HTML server control belongs to the
!> System.Web.UI.H tmlControls namespace.
!>
!>
!> server control
!>
!> Abbreviated form of ASP.NET server control. Use ASP.NET server control in
!the first mention in a topic and server control
!> thereafter.
!>
!>
!> server HTML control
!>
!> Do not use. Use HTML server control.
!>
!>
!> user control
!>
!> In ASP.NET: A user-authored server control that is developed as an ASP.NET
!page and saved as a text file with an .ascx
!> extension. The ASP.NET page framework compiles a user control on the fly
!to a class that derives from
!> System.Web.UI.U serControl.
!>
!> In Windows Forms: A user-authored client-side control that is developed by
!combining existing controls. A Windows Forms
!> user control is a class that derives from System.WinForms .UserControl.
!>
!>
!> Web control
!>
!> Do not use. If referring to a control that belongs to the
!System.Web.UI. WebControls namespace, use Web server control.
!> Otherwise use ASP.NET server control.
!>
!>
!> Web Forms control
!>
!> Do not use. If referring to the superset of server controls, use ASP.NET
!server control. Otherwise use a specific category
!> such as Web server control or HTML server control.
!>
!>
!> Web server control
!>
!> A control that has an <asp:xxxx> prefix on an ASP.NET page. A Web server
!control belongs to the
!> System.Web.UI.W ebControls namespace.
!>
!> Hope it helps.
!>
!>
!> Best regards,
!> Yanhong Huang
!> Microsoft Online Partner Support
!>
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!> !Thank you once again Natty. It just occurred to me that I do have mentors
!in
!> !software development. Felix Wu has also been very helpful and so many
!> !others.
!> !
!> !I ran the code you supplied. Good basic exercise. I am digesting this. I
!> !think it demonstrates well the difference between client side button
!> !invocations and a server side round trip.
!> !
!> !You mentioned the view state. I was working on a project where a Sybase
!> !solution used something called an HTMLDatawindow. It also used a
!mechanism
!> !that I think is similar to the viewstate. I am still learning here so I
!want
!> !to reserve my own judgement but one thing the HTMLDatawindow did that I
!am
!> !glad the ASP.NET doesn't do is add a bunch of additional overhead for
!client
!> !side validation, etc. Without trying to explain further, a basic
!> !HTMLDatawindow page that was sent to the client weighed in with at least
!> !100K of code as I recall. Some very basic pages served up 300K. On 56K
!dial
!> !up modem connections this app was as slower than cold honey. Without
!> !wanting to try to carry this comparison or explanation any further, the
!> !point is that overhead with any system can clog the bandwidth. And then
!> !there is the complication factor.
!> !
!> !I think the value of your reply Natty is that I am seeing the value in
!> !trying to keep my solution as 'clean' as possible without loading it up
!with
!> !controls I don't need and in some cases I don't want. If I don't
!understand
!> !them, that is even worse.
!> !
!> !At least the issue of web controls and viewstate is an order of magnitude
!> !easier to deal with than the Design Time Controls (DTC's) that existed in
!> !Visual Interdev. Those were, as the particular Sybase technology I
!> !mentioned, 'controls on steroids'. They looked good in the beginning but
!had
!> !serious side effects.
!> !
!> !Appreciatively ,
!> !
!> !Greg Hazzard
!> !Sebastopol CA
!> !
!> !
!> !
!> !
!> !"Natty Gur" <na***@dao2com. com> wrote in message
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!> !> Hi,
!> !>
!> !> if you set the control value in the page load and don't protect against
!> !> re-assignment while post back happened the value will be restore to the
!> !> one set in the page_load any way. If you don't set any value to the
!> !> control it will hold data if entered by user or by javascript. I add a
!> !> sample code[1].
!> !>
!> !> For your question, when I start using (checking) ASP.NET I use the
!> !> server controls as much as I can. I was fascinated from the web
!controls
!> !> event model. But as the time moves on and I start to test application
!> !> for performance and network pressure I found out that there are "SOME"
!> !> problems with web controls. The model event force post back to the
!> !> client. To simulate a single page filling add the annoying view state
!> !> that hurt network connection with low bandwidth. Now days I try to use
!> !> HTML control as much as I can. if I create page without any post back
!> !> events (like date selection modal form, or any modal form that return
!> !> value to the calling page) I'm not using web controls.
!> !>
!> !> [1] -
!> !> Code behind:
!> !> private void Page_Load(objec t sender, System.EventArg s e)
!> !> {
!> !> // Put user code to initialize the page here
!> !>
!> !> }
!> !> private void Button1_Click(o bject sender, System.EventArg s e)
!> !> {
!> !> String s = this.TextBox1.T ext;
!> !> }
!> !>
!> !> HTML :
!> !> <HTML>
!> !> <HEAD>
!> !> <title>WebForm3 </title>
!> !> <meta name="GENERATOR " Content="Micros oft Visual Studio 7.0">
!> !> <meta name="CODE_LANG UAGE" Content="C#">
!> !> <meta name="vs_defaul tClientScript" content="JavaSc ript">
!> !> <meta name="vs_target Schema"
!> !> content="http://schemas.microso ft.com/intellisense/ie5">
!> !> <script id="clientEvent HandlersJS" language="javas cript">
!> !> <!--
!> !>
!> !> function nat_onclick() {
!> !> document.all["TextBox1"].value = "natty";
!> !> }
!> !>
!> !> //-->
!> !> </script>
!> !> </HEAD>
!> !> <body MS_POSITIONING= "GridLayout ">
!> !> <form id="WebForm3" method="post" runat="server">
!> !> <asp:TextBox id="TextBox1" style="Z-INDEX: 101; LEFT: 205px;
!> !> POSITION: absolute; TOP: 103px" runat="server" Width="146px"
!> !> Height="63px"></asp:TextBox>
!> !> <asp:Button id="Button1" style="Z-INDEX: 102; LEFT: 187px; POSITION:
!> !> absolute; TOP: 200px" runat="server" Width="36px" Height="21px"
!> !> Text="Button"></asp:Button>
!> !> <INPUT id="nat" name="nat" style="Z-INDEX: 103; LEFT: 402px; WIDTH:
!> !> 62px; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 112px; HEIGHT: 19px" type="button"
!> !> value="Button" language="javas cript" onclick="return nat_onclick()">
!> !> </form>
!> !> </body>
!> !> </HTML>
!> !>
!> !> Natty Gur, CTO
!> !> Dao2Com Ltd.
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!> !>
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