Getting Started - ASP.NET Dynamic Data - page 32

This page, Default.aspx, uses GridView and DynamicHyperLink controls to display the list
of all visible tables in the data model. Clicking a table link on the Default.aspx page opens
a web page similar to that shown in Figure 1.20. Notice the URL in the address bar of the
web browser:

http://localhost/Products/List.aspx.

As discussed previously, this is a virtual URL. There is no physical Products folder in this
sample project. Instead, ASP.NET used the DynamicDataRoute configured in the Global.asax
to pass the HTTP request to the List.aspx in the DynamicData/PageTemplates folder.

FIGURE 1.20 Web page produced by the List page template.

The List page template is similar to the web pages built from scratch earlier in this
chapter. It also includes a EntityDataSource and a GridView controls but configures them
slightly differently, as shown here:

protected MetaTable table;

protected void Page_Init(object sender, EventArgs e)
{

this.table = DynamicDataRouteHandler.GetRequestMetaTable(this.Context);
this.gridView.SetMetaTable(this.table,
this.table.GetColumnValuesFromRoute(this.Context));
this.dataSource.EntityTypeFilter = this.table.EntityType.Name;

}