On page 463, we converted the "Authorized" field into Template Field. What does it actually do?

The explanation on page 465 states that a template column gives you full freedom with regard to the content you are presenting.

What does it actually means? Can anyone please elaborate more, thank you very much.

If you don't convert it to a template, .NET will decide what to render, which in this case will be a checkbox.

By converting it to a template, you get full control over the HTML that is rendered for that field. This means you can add a label in front of it, add additional CSS classes, replace a checkbox with a true/false type of image etc.

Hope this helps,

Imar

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