Front End

When you begin your asp.net Master/Detail page set you will find the Insert > Master/Detail menu item is grayed out. This means you will have to make these pages without UltraDev automating the process for you.

The Master Page

Open a new file. Select ASP.NET VB from the “Dynamic Page:” list box. From the server bindings drop down, select Dataset. This will open the familiar interface used to define a recordset. The only difference you’ll notice is the “On Failure, Goto:” text box. Also a collection of data is called a dataset in ASP.NET. Name your dataset or use the default as I did and select all from the “tbl_New” Table. Click “Test.” Save the file as asp/default.aspx. If you look in the code view now, you will see the DreamWeaverMX ASP.NET dataset code.  Now you can drag and drop dataset fields into your page as usual. At the top of the page create a table with one row and one column. Type in “Site News.” Highlight the text and select “Show Region > Show if Dataset is Not Empty” from the Server Behaviors drop down. Now add “No News” and apply the “Show Region > Show if Dataset is Empty” SB.

Create another table, two rows, one column. Drag the N_headline field and the N_ID fields into the first row. Highlight the field with the value N_headline and make a new link. In the new link URL dialog type “news_details.aspx?N_ID=”  then change to code view. Select and cut the dataset “N_ID” field and paste it into the link between the equal (=) sign and the double quote (“). It should look this when you are done:

<a href="news_details.aspx?N_ID=<%# DataSet1.FieldValue("N_ID", Container)%>"><%# DataSet1.FieldValue ("N_headline", Container)%></a>

As you guessed this links to the details page. In the second row of your table type “Posted:” and drag the date field from the data bindings palette into position behind the colon. Select your table and add the “Repeat Region” SB. From the “Insert > Application Objects” sub menu select “DataSet Navigation Bar.” Save the file and you’re almost done.

There’s one more thing you have to do with a DWMX ASP.NET vb site before you can run the page: deploy the support files. Select “Site > Deploy Supporting Files…” and the Deploy Supporting Files dialog will appear. Select the root folder of your web and click “Deploy.”  The DreamweaverCtrls.dll will be copied to the bin folder. Now--if you have an ASP.NET enabled server--you should be able to run the page.

The Details Page

From the “File > New” dialog select a new ASP.NET  VB page. Save the page as news_details.aspx. Select “DataSet Query” from the bindings drop down and create a new DataSet. Select all from New. On this page we need filtered results, so select “N_ID” from the “Filter” drop down and then the “=”  sign. We are using a query string to pass our N_ID value so you’ll select “URL Parameter” from the next drop down and type “N_ID” in the last field. (Remove quotes from query if you need to—as I did—in the “Advanced” window.) Click “OK” and save the page. Once again you’ll need to create a table—three rows, one column. Now drag the dataset fields into your table: N_headline in the top row, N_Date in second row, and N_paragraph in the final row. Apply any formatting you want, save the page and done.