Build webform/form dynamically (using xml, or other)

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Ok I gave this a little tought, and was wondering whether anyone here knows how, or were to find, how to build WebForms/Forms dynamically? I tought of using XML to save what I want in my form. This would be partially easy becaus I could do something like this: <TextBox Name='myTextBox', Width=30, ... But I have no idea on how to register events the object? Is it even possible?

sim085 · Answer

First i was going to use a class with attributes to determine how he wanted to present the properties within that class. But I changed my design to datasets now. I tought maybe I could write an xml script! I tought of creating code an compile it as well. Seemed nice :) and very intristing! (still thinking of implimenting it that way! ... Now what i had in mind is the following. Transmit a DataRow from my server to my client. Then my form builder checks the Xml script to be used to build the form, and the form is made to interect with the DataRow (according to how specified in the xml) What do you think about that?

spgilmore · Answer

It is trivial to generate the content as XML, generate the content as an XSLT translation, and then redirect to that page. The question of hooking up events and such depends on the codebehind that you choose to use, if any. It is probably a fair undertaking to generate the source for the codebehind dynamically and attempt to compile it (though the compiling in .NET is easier than it sounds). Did you plan to use an existing codebehind? It seems to me that it would be better to write a static codebehind and give it dynamic parameters to sway its behavior rather than to dynamically generate its code, compile it and hope it works.

Build webform/form dynamically (using xml, or other)

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