Displaying Data With ObjectDataSource:
Step1-Adding and Configuring the ObjectDataSource Control

This step of the VIDEO TUTORIAL will introduce the user on how to display the data from the database, once the ObjectDataSource Control has been added to the web page and is configured appropriately. Customizing is the individual columns of the GridView display via ‘Edit Columns’ of the GridView’s smart tag option is also examined. In the Part 1 of this tutorial we will focus on how to display data using a GridView control. A brief introduction of what themes are and how to use them to achieve a consistent look and feel of data display with the data web controls will also be explored and demonstrated. The themes will be applied for the various data web controls by using skin files. To apply themes in a project, one has to set the pages element in the web.config file. For detailed information and source code for this step, please refer to the original article. For detailed information and source code for this step, please refer to the original article.