Does ASP.NET MVC use the regular toolbox controls?

Question

In ASP.NET MVC, do I use the \"regular\" controls from the toolbox and assign data to them like I did with webforms? Can I use the gridview, for example?

Thank you.<

Answer 1

You cannot use WebForms Controls in ASP.NET MVC directly.
But you can wrap any control inside an HTML helper.

Example a GridView:

public static class MvcGrid
    {
        public static string MyGrid(this HtmlHelper helper)
        {
            var grid = new GridView();
            var source = new[]
                             {
                                 "Foo",
                                 "Bar",
                             };
            grid.DataSource = source;
            grid.DataBind();
            var stringWriter = new StringWriter();
            var writer = new HtmlTextWriter(stringWriter);
            grid.RenderControl(writer);

            return stringWriter.ToString();
        }
    }

But this will not function as a WebForm GridView.
It is just for rendering the HTML.