New .NET Controls

ASP.NET 2.0 provides a control adaptive architecture that allows custom device adapters to be created for ASP.NET 2.0 Web server controls. The adapters create custom rendering for a control, based on the requesting browser.

Here are some of the new .NET controls:

Data – The GridView control is a data grid that can display and edit data, page, and sort without coding. The TreeView control displays XML data and includes options to customize appearance and behavior. To simplify data binding, there are also new data source controls.

Navigation – Add navigation paths to Web pages with the SiteMapPath control and display a site map using the TreeView control.

Security – Authenticate users with a suite of login controls that get and validate user credentials, display customize output for logged-in users, and more.

Web Parts – A new set of Web Part controls create portal pages that users can personalize at run-time.

Client Behavior – New controls provide ASP.NET server control functionality for tasks that previously were handled only by HTML elements. These include FileUpload, ImageMap, and HiddenField. The new Wizard control creates a page with multiple panels that step the user through completion of multi-part forms.