1. How to use Grid in my asp.net page?

At the top of your ASP.NET source-code page add:
    <%@ Register TagPrefix="ob" Namespace="Obout.Grid" Assembly="obout_Grid_NET" %>
You can now use Grid just like in the examples.

Grid can also be added to the Toolbox of Visual Studio and you can drag it on the page where you want it to appear.
To see how to do this, take a look at How to add Grid to the Visual Studio Toolbox?

2. How to add a reference to Grid in VS?

Go to toolbar menu Project > Add Reference > Click button 'Browse' >
> Find obout_Grid_NET.dll > Click 'Open' > Click OK

Grid can also be added to the Toolbox of Visual Studio and you can drag it on the page where you want it to appear.
To see how to do this, take a look at How to add Grid to the Visual Studio Toolbox?

3. How to install component on shared hosting server?

Make request to Customer Service of your hosting service.
They will install the component for you.

4. How to change the style of the Grid?

Change the property FolderStyle to match the folder with the style you want.
Take a look at examples to see the available styles (themes).

5. How to create my own style for the Grid?

See tutorial page here

Create a new folder inside Styles with the name of your new theme.
Copy the file Styles/style.css inside this folder.

6. How to add Grid to the Visual Studio Toolbox?

For Visual Studio 2005:
Go to toolbar menu Tools > Choose Toolbox Items... > Click button 'Browse...' >
> Find obout_Grid_NET.dll > Click 'Open' > Click OK

To see how add a reference to the component in Visual Studio,
read How to add reference to dll in Visual Studio project?

7. Where to put folder 'Styles' ?

Copy the grid/styles folder to your project.
Use the FolderStyle property to set the path to the folder with style.

Use web relative paths:
- If folder was placed in the same folder with your aspx file:
grid1.FolderStyle = "grid/styles/default"
- If folder was placed to other location within the folder structure of your project
grid1.FolderStyle = "~/path_to_other_location/grid/styles/default"

Also see How to set path for my page?
Also see How to run examples?

8. How to run examples? I am new to web programming.

Please check this page.


TIP: How to add reference to dll in Visual Studio project?
TIP: How to add Grid to the Visual Studio Toolbox?
Note: You don't need to create VS project to run examples.

9. What browsers are supported?

Grid has been tested and works the same under Internet Explorer,
Netscape Navigator, Mozilla FireFox, Safari and Opera.


Note: Grid might also work correctly under other browsers, but it has not been tested yet.

10. Does Grid work with ASP classic too, or only with ASP.NET?

Unfortunately this component does not work with ASP classi