Biding CslaDataSource with a Ritch .NET Grid Control that works like Excel.

tarekahf posted on Saturday, April 03, 2010

I wanted to share my experience with you.

I have been looking for a framework or .NET Control that provide Excel Like Grid Control that will work with CslaDataSource with minimum effort.

I examined the following:

1. YUI,
    
2. ExtJS,
    
3. jQuery,
    
4. Coolite,
    
5. EssentialObjects.

Finally, thought its not free, but worth the value, I found EO.Web Grid Control that satisfied all my requirements. See this link below:

http://www.essentialobjects.com/forum/postsm18381_Need-a-GridView-Control-that-works-like-Excel-Sheet.aspx

The great thing is that it worked with CslaDataSource right out of the box without any additional work.

If you have to use ExtJS for example, you would have to serialize Csla Object to provide JSON feed for the ExtJS Store Consumers for example.

I hope this will help others who require similar features.

Tarek.