24th June 2008

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The Accordion control is a flexible way to group data output to the screen. This article demonstrates the usage of the control to data bind information in ASP.NET. Brian clearly examines each step in detail with the help of database structure diagram, relevant explanation, and plenty of source code.

http://aspalliance.com/1674_Complex_Data_Binding_with_the_Accordion_Control

Editor's Comments

This past week, Oleg Zhukov wrote his first article with ASP Alliance about Reworking ASP.NET MVC Store with MVC# Framework. In his article he starts with the ASP.NET MVC store application Scott Guthrie blogged about a while back, and he is modifying it to use the MVC# framework, which is a Model-View-Presenter framework. He covers a lot of the differences between the two patters, MVC and MVP. The article is interesting and has some good argument for using MVP over MVC. It is an interesting read for anyone looking at ASP.NET MVC.

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In this article Oleg examines how to rework an ASP.NET MVC application originally created by Scott Guthrie with the help of MVC# Framework. After a short introduction he provides a brief summary of the application being developed and provides exhaustive coverage of the various phases involved in the development with the help of relevant source code and screenshots.

In this video, Mohammad Azam demonstrates how to create sub-reports in crystal reports. He walks you through the steps required to display hierarchical data using crystal reports. [8:40]

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Sometimes you need to create reports quickly. You might not always have time to format fancy reports containing graphs. Or maybe you have to create reports that do not need graphs. Reusing one ASP.NET web page you can display many reports.

In this article the author presents a comprehensive solution to build a GridView with template fields generated at run time with in-place Insert, Delete and Edit operations with a full description of an effective implementation and usage of ITemplate interface.

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AJAX is the latest buzzword in the web development industry. But what is it, and how can you use it? Ramaprasad Potturi and Sanjay Patnaik explain the technology and provide a real-world example of a web page that presents a country and state pair of drop-down lists, where the state drop-down list is populated dynamically on the client side, removing the need for the page to post back to the server.

In this article we will look into the __doPostBack function of JavaScript. Read the article to find some insights about the function.

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In this video, Mohammad Azam demonstrates how to create sub-reports in crystal reports. He walks you through the steps required to display hierarchical data using crystal reports. [8:40]

In the second part of this series, Eric shows how to automatically incorporate testing report output from your crystal reports using Fitnesse and Visual Studio 2008. After providing a short overview, he examines the need for testing values and outlines the required steps to build a Fitnesse test. He also deeply analyzes the code sample along with the screenshot of the final output.

In this first part of the series, Eric shows how to use automated acceptance testing against Crystal Reports using the object model. After providing the requirements, he examines how to utilize automated acceptance tests with reports along with sample code to validate the report. He concludes the article by providing a structure of the report settings.

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In this second part of the series, Eric shows the reader how to create a burndown chart using Reporting Services, Visual Studio 2008, and Team Foundation Server (TFS) 2008 for an agile project. After giving a short introduction and the requirements, he examines the creation of burndown reports with the help of relevant SQL statements and screen shots.

In this first part of the series, Eric shows the reader how to create two reports using Reporting Services, Visual Studio 2008, and Team Foundation Server (TFS) 2008 for an agile project. After giving a short introduction and the requirements, he examines the creation of scenario story report with the help of relevant SQL and screen shots.

This article examines the steps the author took to make the local reports work using Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services in ASP.NET.