The DynamicListView control is the recommended DataBound control for list-style interfaces within DES Dynamic Data. While you can also use the GridView and ListView controls for these interfaces, both have limitations that are overcome by the DynamicListView control.

DynamicListView is really a blend of the ListView control with PatternTemplates. It subclasses from System.Web.IU.WebControls.ListView. As a result, it has every feature of ListView. Internally, it populates all of the Templates found on ListView with PatternTemplates. You provide a list of data fields to the DynamicListView (optionally using scaffolding) and it builds the HTML output by connecting each data field name to the controls defined in the PatternTemplate.

If needed, you can switch to declaring controls directly in its Templates, making it return to its ListView roots.

The default DynamicListView control uses the GridView.ascx PatternTemplate file which mimics the appearance of the GridView control. A second PatternTemplate file, ListOfDetailViews.ascx, shows each record in the style of the DetailsView control. Create your own PatternTemplates to address your specific formatting.