Data templates in Silverlight allow you to define how bound data objects should be displayed without the data objects needing to know about the display. There are two types of data templates: content templates, which define the overall display of a group of items, and item templates, which define the display of individual items. Data templates give control over each item's presentation while not changing how items are organized with respect to each other.

1. Data Templates in Silverlight Mahender Senior Software Engineer United Health Group

2. Mahender Sarangam Having close to 5 years of experience. Working as a Senior Software Engineer in United Health Group. Good Knowledge on C#, ASP.NET, Silverlight, WPF ,SQL Server, Team Foundation Server(TFS) and SharePoint Technology.

3. Data Template Data items should not care about how they are displayed Instead, the application should set how data is to be displayed in visual elements Data templates do that Silverlight’s list controls support data templates, which let you create a rich list representation of some type of data object

4. A data template is a chunk of XAML markup that defines how a bound data object should be displayed Two Types Content Template Item Template Data templates give you remarkable control over every aspect of item presentation,But, they don’t allow you to change how the items are organized with respect to each other

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