Creating Custom GridView Control

(Abdulla Hussein AbdelHaq) In this article, Abdulla examines the creation of a new custom GridView control from scratch, which allows the developer to include a checkbox column to the GridView control automatically with embedded JavaScript code to check/uncheck the checkbox column without the need to write any bit of code. He begins with comprehensive coverage of the steps involved in customization of the GridView class and implementation of template classes. Towards the end of the article, Abdulla examines the usage of the control with Visual Studio 2005. The article also covers how to embed a JavaScript file with a custom control and how to use it later on with the help of detailed analysis, relevant source code, and screenshots.