Are there any issues with using ASPX controls with the new ASP.NET MVC libraries? I haven't tried it, but it seems to me that if you put a grid with a pager on a form, it's not really going to work, because the grid is designed for the postback model, where a handler gets the click and figures out where to navigate to in the datasource, etc.

I searched the forums here for something, but didn't see anything.

Thanks!

Hello James,

Yes that's right. Our ASP.NET tools are designed to work in the webforms model. We don't have any plans for the MVC framework yet so we don't have any support for it. Although I'm interested to hear if you get it working.

On a side note, most of the standard ASP.NET controls will not work in this model. I spoke with Phil Haack from Microsoft recently about this but it's too early to tell how MVC will evolve.

Thanks.

Thanks for the reply, Mehul. You're right, it's a general problem with custom controls, and it's not clear how MS will deal with this issue. After my initial post I found an interesting blog post on this subject:

http://blog.jeffhandley.com/archive/2008/02/13/custom-controls-everywhere-and-asp.net-mvc-part-0.aspx

Cheers

Jim

Thanks for the link James. He's got a good handle on the MVC issues. I don't agree with creating "custom controls everywhere" unless you have the time to spare which most projects usually don't. This is where 3rd party vendors can help.

Anyways, with Mix08 announcements this week and the blogosphere discussing/playing with the new bits, it is definitely getting more interesting. Btw, if you see other interesting links than send please them to me.

Thanks.

I've posted a new article on my blog addressing the "cost" of creating custom controls everywhere.  When I start a new project, it typically takes about 15 minutes to start off with the custom controls.

http://blog.jeffhandley.com/archive/2008/09/07/custom-controls-everywhere-is-cheap.aspx

Thanks for the link and the interest!

Jeff Handley

IMHO it's not only the View / Controls it's also the OR/M like XPO. How you would handly this? Write a new OR/M?