ASP.net Form controls vs HTML controls

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I upgraded to FP 2003 so I could develope my web site in .net rather than
just asp 3.x. I was hoping to find an environment where controls added to a
form would automatically be .net controls i.e. asp:checkbox rather than just
a plain checkbox. I was hoping to save the extra typing. While my production
server support sharepoint, my development machine is W2K IIS5 with .net
framework 1.1 installed and configured.

It seems I can't do this. All I get are the regualr intrinsic HTML controls.
Am I getting something wrong?

Thanks
Kerry
 
While it is certainly possible to develop ASP.Net apps with FrontPage, it is
not practical. ASP.Net is to ASP what a Boeing 747 is to a paper airplane.
FrontPage 2003 supports using its wizards to create simple ASP.Net database
pages, and that's about it. If you really want to do ASP.Net, download the
free Web Matrix from http://www.asp.net, or, if you can afford it, get
Visual Studio.Net. I use VS.Net in conjunction with FrontPage, as VS.Net is
lousy at doing HTML. I do my HTML in FrontPage and paste it into my ASP.Net
Pages. Then I use VS.Net to build the back-end code.

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HTH,
Kevin Spencer
..Net Developer
Microsoft MVP
Neither a follower
nor a lender be.
 
I just took a look at Web Matirx. It looks exactly what I am looking for!

Thanks for the direction.

Kerry
 
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