I have a page similar to this:
http://user931360.wx12.registeredsite.com/detail.aspx?item=10 ,
and I have some questions for you gurus in regard to it.
My boss wants to have a data entry page in this same form. I first used the built-in edit function in the <asp:datagrid>, but the seeing the data like that did not please him. Now, I know how to modify this page to be a data entry page, changing the labels to textboxes, etc... But, I need to populate some hyperlinks at the bottom, you can see where they go at the bottom of the page. Currently, there are just headings (labels) there, because I am going to be filling the NavigateURLs at runtime. The <asp:hyperlink>s are there, but not displaying coz they dont have a URL. Now then. A few things:
The data entry bit needs to let a user add a new link to say "Collections" or "Clubs/Associations" and by link, I mean that they need to be able to enter the URL and a one or two word descrition for the link. Eventually when the hyperlinks display, the links themselves will have the text of the link's description, and the NavigateURL of the link.
I don't know how to:
-construct my MDB to allow for this
-write the ASP.NET script for this
Right now, if I cant get this more elegant way fo doing things working, I will just have the table with columns like this in each row: collectionsURL1 | collectionsURL1_text | collectionsURL2 | collectionsURL2_text | clubsURL1 | clubs URL1_text | clubsURL2 | clubsURL2_text , and so on...
I was figuring it would probably be pretty nifty to make a linked table(s?) which would relate to each record in the main table. This sub table could contain these link URLs and their text.
So, if you gurus could help me, I am thinking that the linked/related subtables is the way to go, but how do I call/access/get data from and update to one of these related tables? I would like to consider myself a bit higher than newbie, concerning ASP.NET, but code examples are always nice! =)
Tanks alot you's guys!
Tortuga
