Properties and Syntaxes

STANDARD CONTROLS:

Label Control
Button Control
Textbox Control: Textmode, Maxlength
Radiobutton Control: Checked, GroupName
Radiobuttonlist Control
Dropdownlist Control
Checkbox Control: Checked
Checkboxlist Control
Listbox Control
AdRotator: AdvertisementFile, Target
Calendar Control: SelectedDate, SelectedDates
FileUpload Control
Panel Control

VALIDATION CONTROLS:

Required Field Validator

Compare Validator: Control To Compare, Operator, Type
Range Validator: Minimum Value, Maximum Value, Type
Custom Validator: Client Validation Function
RegularExpressionValidator: Validation Expression

Common properties for all webserver controls: ID, Text

Common properties for validation controls: Control To Validate, Error Message
Common properties for the list controls which supports single item selection:
Items, Repeat Direction
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SelectedItem.Text
SelectedItem.Value or SelectedValue
SelectedIndex

ArrayList alobject = new ArrayList();

alobject.Add(string value);
controlname.Datasource = objectname;
controlname.Databind();

Common properties for the list control that supports multiple item selection:
Items.Count
Items[index].Selected
Items[index].Text
Items[index].Value

Common methods for all the list controls:

Items.Add(string or listitem)
ListItem liobject = new ListItem();
liobject.Text = value1;
liobject.Value = value2;
listcontrolname.Items.Add(liobject);

Items.RemoveAt(listIndex);
Items.Clear();

Controlname.Attributes.Add(“eventName”, “[return]functionName([arg Value(s)])”;

Example to generate a message box:
btnClick.Attributes.Add(“onClick”,”alert(‘Welcome to .Net’)”)

To rise a confirmation box:

btnclick.Attributes.Add(“onClick”,”return confirm(‘Prompt Message’)”);
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Structure of Advertisement File:

<Advertisements>
<Ad>
<ImageUrl>…</ImageUrl>
<NavigateUrl>…</NavigateUrl>
<AlternateText>…</AlternateText>
<Impressions>…</Impressions>
</Ad>

<Ad>
….
….
</Ad>

</Advertisements>

(TableCell)e.cell
(CalendarDay)e.day

Literal Control: Used to add a string as a control to any other standard control.
LiteralControl lcobject = new LiteralControl(string value);

In order to add a control to any other control:

ControlName.Controls.Add(Control or object);

In order to clear the controls present within other controls:

ControlName.Controls.Clear();
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ADO.NET

Connection:

xxxConnection objectName = new xxxConnection(connectionString);

Where xxx in above syntax can be either Sql, Oracle, Oledb or ODBC.

Connection string to connect to Sql server database:

provider = sqloledb.1; user id = sa; password = ; datasouce = server; database = DBName

Connection string to connect to Oracle database:

provider = oraoledb.oracle; user id = scott; password = tiger[; datasouce = server]
(Underlined is optional. If client and server same no need optional).
If Oracle 8i then provider = msdaora.1; …
Note: Whenever Sqlconnection class is used to connect Sqlserver and Oracle connection
class is used to connect Oracle database then provider = providername should not be
mentioned within the connection string.

DataAdapter:
xxxDataAdapter objectName = new xxxDataAdapter (select statement, <connectionString or connectionObject>);

Note: Whenever a DataAdapter is defined using the above syntax then select command of
data adapter will be generated (other commands will not be generated).

DataSet: Dataset objectName = new Dataset();

DataView: Dataview objectName = new Dataview(DatasetName.DataTable);

Command: xxxCommand objectName = new xxxCommand ([Sql statement, ConnectionObject or ConnectionString]);

DataReader: xxxDataReader objectName;

CommandBuilder: xxxCommandBuilder objectName = new xxxCommandBuilder(DataAdapterObject);

GridView Control: Page Size,

Pager Settings
Mode: Numeric
PageButtonCount
Position
NextPrevious
NextPageText
PreviousPageNext
Position
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StyleSheets:

To build styles for the html tags:

tag
{
property: value;
…
}

Syntax to define StyleSheetClass:

.ClassName
{
property:value;
…
}
Syntax to define a style based on Control ID:
#idName
{
property:value;
…
}

LOGIN CONTROLS:

Login: CreateUserUrl,
CreateUserText
PasswordRecoveryUrl,
PasswordRecoveryText,
DestinationPageUrl

CreateUserWizard: ContinueDestinationPageUrl

PasswordRecovery: SuccessPageUrl
MailDefinition
From
Priority
Subject
ChangePassword: ContinueDestinationPageUrl