Redering asp.net webform dynamically

[Anoop M]

Whether there is any available libraries to render an asp.net webform
dynamically at run time, from an xml definition?


Like

<Page>
<control class="System.Web.UI.WebControls.Textbox" id="Textbox1">
<property name="backcolor" value="red" />
</control>
</Page>

Should be rendered in the webform.

Thanks a lot,
Anoop
http://amazedsaint.blogspot.com

 

[Ben Rush]

What exactly are you trying to accomplish? Literally everything on your page
can be "dynamically" loaded when the page is built; that's the concept
behind the control structure of the page being a tree: you can add/remove
nodes as you like.

Having something which builds a page out of XML would be just as useful as
something which builds a page out of ASP.Net markup....

 

[Steve C. Orr [MCSD, MVP, CSM, ASP Insider]]

I agree with Ben that dynamic code generation in ASP.NET is usually not a
good idea.

However, for gigantic projects the idea has its merits. If you're
determined to go this route then Kathleen Dollard has written a book that
will likely be helpful to you:
http://www.knowdotnet.com/articles/codegenerationdotnet.html

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/cu...87834-0347149?_encoding=UTF8&me=ATVPDKIKX0DER

 

[amazedsaint]

Actually, I've to build a dynamic UI module in a project - where the user can define the form structure at run time, and bind to fields in a web service.

The schema of the dataset accepted by the webserice is not known during design time. Hence, the UI should also change based on the fields in the dataset accepted by webservice.

Thanks a lot,
Anoop
http://amazedsaint.blogspot.com