ASP.NET Grid ChangeLog

May 20, 2009 - Version 5.0.7
  • Integrated with the new version of the Interface controls (4.0.1).


April 13, 2009 - Version 5.0.6
  • Integrated with the new version of the Interface controls (4.0.0).


March 19, 2009 - Version 5.0.5
  • Integrated with the new version of the Interface controls (3.0.0).
  • Improved: performance.


March 3, 2009 - Version 5.0.4
  • Small improvements.


February 25, 2009 - Version 5.0.3
  • Integrated with the new version of the Interface controls (2.5.0).
  • Improved: design-time support.


February 17, 2009 - Version 5.0.2
  • Integrated with the new version of the Interface controls (2.0.0).
  • Improved: add/edit/delete feature.
  • Improved: multi-record add/edit/delete feature, to work in detail grids.
  • Improved: master/detail feature.


January 19, 2009 - Version 5.0.1
  • Improved: data binding feature, to increase the performance.
  • Improved: master/detail feature.
  • Improved: LINQ support.
  • Improved: scrolling feature.


December 10, 2008 - Version 5.0.0
  • New feature: new UI elements (TextBox and DropDownList) built-in into the Grid.
  • New styles: grand_gray and premiere_blue styles.
  • New feature: ability to customize the JavaScript warning (displayed to the users when the Grid is not initialized correctly), using the new LocalizationSettings.JSWarning property.
  • Improved: cross-browser support.
  • Improved: exporting feature.
  • Improved: templating feature.
  • Improved: grouping feature.


October 28, 2008 - Version 4.0.3
  • New feature: ability to customize the group headers,
    using the TemplateSettings.GroupHeaderTemplateId property.
  • New feature: ability to format the data in the group headers,
    using the DataFormatString_GroupHeader property.
  • New feature: ability to specify multiple column names in the ForeignKeys property.
  • New feature: ability to get the client-side ID of the detail grid inside templates
    (e.g. to use it together with action buttons templates).
  • New feature: client-side properties / methods for manipulating detail grids on the client-side.
  • New feature: ability to access the grid object that raised a client-side event,
    using the new ExposeSender property.
  • New feature: ability to populate detail grids from a LinqDataSource control.
  • New feature: ability to use the horizontal scrolling feature together with ShowFooter="false".
  • New feature: ability to use RowEditTemplates inside detail grids.
  • New feature: support for aggregates (totals / subtotals) in detail grids.
  • New feature: ability to use scrolling and detail grids together.
  • New feature: ability to use the filtering feature with detail grids.
  • Improved: support for Firefox 3, Google Chrome, Safari and Opera.
  • Improved: memory management mechanism, that eliminates the memory leaks.
  • Improved: design time support.
  • Improved: multi-record add / edit / delete feature.
  • Improved: column resizing feature.
  • Improved: scrolling feature.
  • Improved: data binding functionality.
  • Improved: exporting feature.


July 7, 2008 - Version 4.0.2
  • Improved support for Firefox version 3


June 19, 2008 - Version 4.0.1
  • New feature: support for populating the Grid using LINQ.
  • New feature: the detail grids can be populated from various data sources (SqlDataSource, ObjectDataSource, DataSet, etc.).
  • New feature: support for using templates inside detail grids.
  • New feature: ability to configure the properties of the columns when the AutoGenerateColumns feature is used, using the OnColumnsCreated event.
  • New feature: ability to use AllowMultiRecordAdding and RowEditTemplates together.
  • New feature: ability to use the DataFormatString property together with totals/subtotals.
  • New feature: support for using RowEditTemplates together with master/detail grids.
  • New feature: support for using the OnSelect, OnRowDataBound, OnRowCreated events with detail grids.
  • New feature: ability to populate at run-time the controls placed inside RowEditTemplates.
  • Improved: ability to load multiple detail grids at once, when using the OnCallback pattern.
  • Improved: the horizontal scrolling feature also scrolls the columns' footer.
  • Improved: grouping feature to work better when the grid is populated from a generic collection.
  • Improved: showColumn / hideColumn client-side methods, to work with the horizontal scrolling feature.
  • Improved: add/edit feature for postback mode.
  • Improved: design-time support for configuring the TemplateSettings property of the columns.
  • Improved: some problems related to the EventValidation feature of the Page have been solved


March 11, 2008 - Version 4.0.0
  • New feature: master/detail architecture. See live example. Supports unlimited number of detail levels.
  • New feature: ability to display totals/sub-totals/averages for the entire grid or for each group separately.
  • New feature: fixed (frozen) columns for horizontal scrolling (like in MS Excel).
  • New feature: ability to print the contents of the grid.
  • New feature: support for the DataFormatString property, which simplifies formatting of grid data.
  • New feature: ability to apply formatting in edit mode, using the new ApplyFormatInEditMode property.
  • New feature: option to hide a column when grouping the records by that column.
  • New feature: ability to display the number of records contained in each group.
  • New feature: support for displaying ALL the records of the grid.
  • New feature: filters may be applied on the client-side, with no user interaction.
  • New feature: customizable localization settings.
  • New feature: option to specify a replacement text for NULL values, using the new NullDisplayText property.
  • New feature: OnClientExportStart / OnClientExportFinish client-side events for the exporting feature.
  • New feature: ability to open the exported file in the current browser window or in a new window, using the new ExportedFilesTargetWindow property.
  • New feature: support for accessing the index of the current column in the grid templates, using the new ColumnIndex property of the TemplateContainer class.
  • New feature: ability to enable access to the grid's data on the server-side (in the event handlers) using the new AllowDataAccessOnServer property.
  • Improved: when using the showColumn / hideColumn client-side methods, the visible state of the columns is persisted across page postbacks.
  • Improved: the Grid control is extensible (i.e. you can create your own grid controls that inherit from our Grid).
  • Improved: support for binding the grid to generic collections that contain System.Nullable properties (for bool, int, etc. types).
  • Improved: the same header template may be used for multiple columns.
  • Improved: columns that don't have the DataField property specified can be customized in the event handler for the OnRowDataBound event.
  • Improved: the filtering features handles correctly the columns that contain empty spaces in their names.
  • Fixed bug: the issue that appeared when AutoGenerateColumns was enabled and no data source was specified has been fixed.
  • Fixed bug: small issues related to the filtering feature have been fixed.


October 3, 2007 - Version 3.0.1
  • New styles: See live styles
  • Improved key navigation feature: Enter and Esc keys may be used when the focus is inside one of the textboxes used for add/edit. See live demo
  • Improved column resizing feature: the performance is much better (it works 100 times faster). Try it
  • New feature: the grid is compatible with the ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit
  • New feature: when using a custom value for the PageSize property, it is automatically added to the PageSizeOptions collection.
  • Fixed bug: server controls that are using the DataSourceID property can be placed inside a grid template.
  • Improved: some issues with the TypeValidation feature were fixed.
  • Improved: the grid can be bound to generic collections that contain System.Nullable<> properties.
  • Improved: the maximum performance feature works fine together with the grouping feature.
  • Improved: when the grid doesn't contain any data, the CSS styles are loaded correctly, without calling the DataBind method.
  • Improved: the edit feature works without problems when using both RowEditTemplate and template for buttons features.
  • Fixed bug: the grid is rendered just fine in Design Mode (in Visual Studio) when the Language property is specified.
  • Improved: the columns are aligned with the headers when using both ScrollWidth and ScrollHeight for a grid that has columns with the Wrap property set to true


September 4, 2007 - Version 3.0.0
  • Improved performance: the Grid can handle millions of records in just 2 seconds. See example
  • New events: OnRowCreated and OnRowDataBound
  • New feature: declarative add/edit/delete. The Grid can update the database using the methods of the DataSourceControls, without writing any line of C#/VB code.
  • Improved data-binding feature: the Grid can be bound to any data source, including XmlDataSource
  • Improved architecture: the controls inside the Grid's templates can easily be accessed server-side
  • New method: ClearPreviousDataSource - used when changing the Grid's data source
  • New client-side properties: GridMainContainer, GridHeaderContainer, GridBodyContainer, GridFooterContainer
  • Fixed bugs: many known bugs were fixed


July 3, 2007 - Version 2.0.1
  • New feature: the OnClientCallbackError client-side event can be used to catch exceptions raised on the server-side and handle them on the client-side
  • Improved performance: the Grid executes AJAX callbacks faster than before
  • New property: IsCallback, which can be used to increase the performance of the grid, by rendering some controls only when the page is loaded for the first time.
  • Improved sorting feature: when the grid is binded to controls that implement the IDataSource interface (ObjectDataSource, SqlDataSource, etc) the sorting feature works fine for numbers, dates, etc.
  • Improved client-side events - to work with the multi-record add/edit/delete feature
  • Improved record selection feature
  • Fixed bug: the Grid handles records that contain back-slashes ("\") without problems
  • Fixed bug: the filtering feature works without problems also when "SmallerThan", "LargerThan" etc. operators are applied to float or date-time values
  • Fixed bug: the Grid works fine also when the name of the file is not specified (e.g. when http://server.com/ is used instead of http://server.com/Default.aspx)
  • Fixed bug: the RowEditTemplate feature works fine when templates are used for the Edit|Delete-Update|Cancel buttons
  • Fixed bug: the Grid works fine also when anchors are used in the URL


June 14, 2007 - Version 2.0.0
  • New feature: rich design-time support (with full set of features, including template editing)
  • New client-side methods: getTotalNumberOfRecords and getPageSize
  • New feature: sorting and grouping features work independent on each other (i.e. you can disable sorting and continue to use grouping)
  • Improved client-side methods: executeInsert, executeUpdate and executeDelete - to work with special characters
  • Improved record selection feature: the records from multiple pages can be selected on the server-side
  • Fixed bug: exporting feature works also when the Serialize property is set to false
  • Obsolete Properties: the ScrollHeight, ScrollWidth, ScrollTop and ScrollLeft properties were moved to the ScrollingSettings property.
  • Obsolete Properties: all the CSSxxxx properties were moved to the CssSettings property.
  • Obsolete Properties: all the xxxxTemplateId properties of the Grid class were moved to the TemplateSettings property (of the Grid class).


May 29, 2007 - Version 1.0.10
  • Fixed bug: some problems with the scrolling feature have been fixed
  • Fixed bug: a problem with the multi-record add/edit/delete feature has been fixed


May 22, 2007 - Version 1.0.9


May 10, 2007 - Version 1.0.8
  • New feature: Multi-Record Add/Edit/Delete
  • New feature: RowEditTemplate - the grid can have templates for editing the entire row
  • New feature: Manual Paging
  • New feature: FilterOptions property - used to customize the filter options for each column
  • New client-side events: OnClientDblClick, OnClientPopulateControls, OnBeforeClientEdit, OnBeforeClientAdd, OnClientEdit, OnClientAdd, OnBeforeClientCancelEdit, OnClientCancelEdit, OnBeforeClientCancelAdd, OnClientCancelAdd
  • New client-side methods: executeInsert, executeUpdate, executeDelete - which allow you to insert, update, delete records automatically or from outside the Grid
  • New properties: ShowTotalNumberOfPages, NumberOfPagesShownInFooter - used to customize the page numbers from the footer
  • New feature: Numbering Records
  • Improved Type Validation feature - to support AllowNulls and MaxLength properties of the database columns
  • New property: ShowCollapsedGroups - used together with the Grouping feature to display collapsed groups
  • Improved Exporting feature - hidden columns can also be exported, option to specify the columns which will be used for the export
  • New property: GroupHeaderTemplateId - used to specify the template that should be used for the column in the Header of the groups
  • Improved support for binding the grid to empty data sources
  • Improved ASP.NET AJAX Support
  • Fixed bug: the Columns collection can be modified during a postback
  • Fixed bug: the HeaderAlign property works fine also for Edit|Delete columns
  • Fixed bug: Grouping and ScrollHeight features can be used together
  • Fixed bug: the Grid is culture-independent (it is not affected by the regional settings)
  • Fixed bug: ScrollWidth and Adding features work fine together
  • Other minor bugs were also fixed
  • Obsolete Properties: TemplateId, EditTemplateId, FilterTemplateId, HeaderTemplateId. Use the TemplateSettings member to set these properties
  • Obsolete Properties: all client-side events were moved to the ClientSideEvents property


March 30, 2007 - Version 1.0.7
  • The adding feature works better when relative widths are used.
  • Improved support for binding the grid to an ObjectDataSource or SqlDataSource
  • Improved templating feature for Add/Edit/Delete buttons


March 27, 2007 - Version 1.0.6
  • New feature: Relative Widths for the Grid or for the Columns
  • Improved support for custom controls inside the Grid (in CallbackMode) (e.g. DatePicker, Combobox)
  • Improved validation feature using the OnBeforeClientXXXX events (the records remain in
    add/edit mode when the validation is not successful)
  • Improved Client-Side Model for an easier access to the data inside the Grid on the client-side.
  • New property: AutoPostBackOnSelect
  • Improved sorting feature for numbers and dates when the Grid is bounded to a Collection of objects.
  • New client-side method: changePage
  • Improved AutoGenerateColumns feature - to work fine when the Grid is bounded to a SqlDataSource or ObjectDataSource
  • Some problems with the Container.DataObject object were fixed.
  • Improved showColumn/hideColumn client-side methods - to work fine also when the Grouping feature is used.
  • The HTML structure of the Grid was changed to improve the performance.
  • Improved support for ASP.NET Controls inside the Templates - the controls will fire their server-side events correctly.
  • Other small problems/bugs were fixed.


February 19, 2007 - Version 1.0.5


January 30, 2007 - Version 1.0.4
  • New feature: Exporting to MS Excel and MS Word (with many additional features)
  • New feature: Key Navigation (easy to customize)
  • New feature: Multi-Column Sorting using CTRL + Click
  • Improved interoperability between the Grid and AjaxPage control
  • Improved Templates - to support server-side IDs for the ControlID property
  • New property for the Container object from Templates: DataObject - provides access
    to the custom object representing a record (if the Grid is binded to a collection of custom objects)
  • Improved refresh client-side method - to cause the rebind of the Grid (even when Serialize=true)
  • Better support for line breaks inside the cells in view mode and edit mode
  • New CSS Property: CSSFooterRecordsPages - this can be used to modify the style for the "Records: ... Pages: ..." text from the footer
  • Some bugs that appeared in the Firefox browser were fixed.


January 15, 2007 - Version 1.0.3
  • New feature: Records Filtering.
  • New property: ShowLoadingMessage - used to enable/disable the displaying of the "Loading..." message.
  • Data-binding support for .NET 2.0 Generic Collections.
  • New property: Records - a collection that contains all the records from the Grid with their data.
  • Improved OnBeforeClientInsert, OnBeforeClientUpdate and OnBeforeClientDelete events
    (they have an argument containing all the information about the added/edited/deleted record)
  • Improved showColumn/hideColumn client-side methods - they work fine also when both ScrollWidth and ScrollHeight are used.
  • A problem with the Column Resizing feature for .NET 2.0 DLL was fixed.
  • Wrap property for the columns improved for the Firefox browser.


December 18, 2006 - Version 1.0.2
  • Scrolling Feature - Vertical(with fixed headers) or horizontal.
  • New properties for Columns: Visible, Wrap, HeaderAlign, ParseHTML.
  • New client-side methods: selectRecord, deselectRecord, showColumn, hideColumn.
  • Option to use values from more columns inside the same template.
  • Templates for the Add new/Edit/Delete/Update/Cancel buttons.
  • Option to set the selected records on the server-side.
  • Support for hover effects.
  • Option to set IDs for the records.
  • New client-side event - OnClientCallback - which is triggered when the grid is reloaded after a callback.


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