WebGrid Enterprise™ 7 introduces true client-side binding mode which significantly improves performance and UI responsiveness. Thanks to its innovative VirtualRendering™ technology, WebGrid slashes data footprint size by over 90 percent – making it the fastest ASP.NET datagrid ever built.

This sample is using identical settings as in Server DataSource sample, except this sample retrieves data from ASMX Web service instead of server-side data source. In this sample, you can notice that WebGrid produces exactly the same rendering results as in server-side binding mode – including all fundamental aspects such as value list, as well as detailed layout configuration such as border, grid lines, alternating color, and more. For more information, please refer to Client Side Binding topic in WebGrid's product documentation.

WebGrid 7's advanced client service architecture enables WebGrid to seamlessly connect to a Web service for retrieving main data as well as value list data. In this sample, the Supplier and Category column are using Dropdownlist control as its filter edit type. The value list for Supplier and Category is loaded on demand when the Dropdownlist control requires data binding, making data load even faster and efficient.

WebGrid 7's client binding technology is beyond simple data display. In fact, it works in concert with many existing features such as sorting, filtering, grouping, column moving and sizing – just to name a few. More importantly, it fully supports fundamental features such as column types, value list, data formatting, group footer, aggregate function, and many more. Please see ASPX tab to learn more.

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