Cathi;

I have been using Tables for years in ASP. Then when we went to IE as a corporate standard, I began using Absolute Position, as my forms typically have over 100 objects on them and emulate legal engineering documents we must use.

With the introduction of .NET I began using Grid Layout and it works well for me. I no longer use Tables, at least not yet! :) After attending several .NET classes, it seems the vast majority of instructors and users use Flow Layout. Could you comment on what you feel towards using one or the other, such as which one to use and when?

Tom


>Tables have been used well before the Web Form Controls were available in ASP.NET. Now with these new controls, we can have more control of our desired output.
>
>>Cathi,
>>I will try using PlaceHolder for this form. Thank you very much.
>>
>>I am still wondering (with four books on asp.net opened on my desk and not even one having a hint on asp:table use) what do people use asp:table?
>>
>>>Dmitry,
>>>
>>>You want to use the PlaceHolder control instead. It can be used to dynamically add controls at runtime and also used to turn visible on/off for all controls contained in it.
>>>
>>>>I want to have a table with bunch of controls inside and make the entire group of controls invisible until a certain condition is met.
>>>>
>>>>I placed asp:table on a web page (I use asp:table because it has property .visible). Then - in code - I placed textbox, button and listboxr controls inside the table. But when I view the page in the design view I cannot select any of the controls inside the asp:table. It seems that I can only select the entire table.
>>>>
>>>>Then I tried to create asp:table in the design mode (not in code) and I can put rows and cells in the asp:table but don't seemed to be able to put any controls into this table.
>>>>
>>>>Brings me to the question: if you can't place controls in the asp:table what good are they for? or am I missing something obvious?
>>>>
>>>>TIA.