FormView Web Server Control Declarative Syntax
Displays the values of a single record from a data source using user-defined templates. The FormView control allows you to edit, delete, and insert records.
<asp:FormView
AccessKey="string"
AllowPaging="True|False"
BackColor="color name|#dddddd"
BackImageUrl="uri"
BorderColor="color name|#dddddd"
BorderStyle="NotSet|None|Dotted|Dashed|Solid|Double|Groove|Ridge|
Inset|Outset"
BorderWidth="size"
Caption="string"
CaptionAlign="NotSet|Top|Bottom|Left|Right"
CellPadding="integer"
CellSpacing="integer"
CssClass="string"
DataKeyNames="string"
DataMember="string"
DataSource="string"
DataSourceID="string"
DefaultMode="ReadOnly|Edit|Insert"
EmptyDataText="string"
Enabled="True|False"
EnableTheming="True|False"
EnableViewState="True|False"
Font-Bold="True|False"
Font-Italic="True|False"
Font-Names="string"
Font-Overline="True|False"
Font-Size="string|Smaller|Larger|XX-Small|X-Small|Small|Medium|
Large|X-Large|XX-Large"
Font-Strikeout="True|False"
Font-Underline="True|False"
FooterText="string"
ForeColor="color name|#dddddd"
GridLines="None|Horizontal|Vertical|Both"
HeaderText="string"
Height="size"
HorizontalAlign="NotSet|Left|Center|Right|Justify"
ID="string"
OnDataBinding="DataBinding event handler"
OnDataBound="DataBound event handler"
OnDisposed="Disposed event handler"
OnInit="Init event handler"
OnItemCommand="ItemCommand event handler"
OnItemCreated="ItemCreated event handler"
OnItemDeleted="ItemDeleted event handler"
OnItemDeleting="ItemDeleting event handler"
OnItemInserted="ItemInserted event handler"
OnItemInserting="ItemInserting event handler"
OnItemUpdated="ItemUpdated event handler"
OnItemUpdating="ItemUpdating event handler"
OnLoad="Load event handler"
OnModeChanged="ModeChanged event handler"
OnModeChanging="ModeChanging event handler"
OnPageIndexChanged="PageIndexChanged event handler"
OnPageIndexChanging="PageIndexChanging event handler"
OnPreRender="PreRender event handler"
OnUnload="Unload event handler"
PageIndex="integer"
PagerSettings-FirstPageImageUrl="uri"
PagerSettings-FirstPageText="string"
PagerSettings-LastPageImageUrl="uri"
PagerSettings-LastPageText="string"
PagerSettings-Mode="NextPrevious|Numeric|NextPreviousFirstLast|
NumericFirstLast"
PagerSettings-NextPageImageUrl="uri"
PagerSettings-NextPageText="string"
PagerSettings-PageButtonCount="integer"
PagerSettings-Position="Bottom|Top|TopAndBottom"
PagerSettings-PreviousPageImageUrl="uri"
PagerSettings-PreviousPageText="string"
PagerSettings-Visible="True|False"
runat="server"
SkinID="string"
Style="string"
TabIndex="integer"
ToolTip="string"
Visible="True|False"
Width="size"
>
<EditItemTemplate>
<!-- child controls -->
</EditItemTemplate>
<EditRowStyle />
<EmptyDataRowStyle />
<EmptyDataTemplate>
<!-- child controls -->
</EmptyDataTemplate>
<FooterStyle />
<FooterTemplate>
<!-- child controls -->
</FooterTemplate>
<HeaderStyle />
<HeaderTemplate>
<!-- child controls -->
</HeaderTemplate>
<InsertItemTemplate>
<!-- child controls -->
</InsertItemTemplate>
<InsertRowStyle />
<ItemTemplate>
<!-- child controls -->
</ItemTemplate>
<PagerSettings
FirstPageImageUrl="uri"
FirstPageText="string"
LastPageImageUrl="uri"
LastPageText="string"
Mode="NextPrevious|Numeric|NextPreviousFirstLast|
NumericFirstLast"
NextPageImageUrl="uri"
NextPageText="string"
OnPropertyChanged="PropertyChanged event handler"
PageButtonCount="integer"
Position="Bottom|Top|TopAndBottom"
PreviousPageImageUrl="uri"
PreviousPageText="string"
Visible="True|False"
/>
<PagerStyle />
<PagerTemplate>
<!-- child controls -->
</PagerTemplate>
<RowStyle />
</asp:FormView>
Remarks
The FormView control is used to display a single record from a data source. It is similar to the DetailsView control, except that it displays user-defined templates instead of row fields. Different user-defined templates can be assigned for viewing, editing, and updating records. Creating your own templates gives you greater flexibility in controlling how the data is displayed. For more information on the FormView control, see FormView Web Server Control.
Example
The following code example demonstrates how to use a FormView control to display the values from a SqlDataSource control.
<%@ Page language="VB" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head runat="server">
<title>FormView Example</title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<h3>FormView Example</h3>
<asp:formview id="EmployeeFormView"
datasourceid="EmployeeSource"
allowpaging="true"
datakeynames="EmployeeID"
runat="server">
<itemtemplate>
<table>
<tr>
<td>
<asp:image id="EmployeeImage"
imageurl='<%# Eval("PhotoPath") %>'
alternatetext='<%# Eval("LastName") %>'
runat="server"/>
</td>
<td>
<h3><%# Eval("FirstName") %> <%# Eval("LastName") %></h3>
<%# Eval("Title") %>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</itemtemplate>
<pagersettings position="Bottom"
mode="NextPrevious"/>
</asp:formview>
<!-- This example uses Microsoft SQL Server and connects -->
<!-- to the Northwind sample database. Use an ASP.NET -->
<!-- expression to retrieve the connection string value -->
<!-- from the Web.config file. -->
<asp:sqldatasource id="EmployeeSource"
selectcommand="Select [EmployeeID], [LastName], [FirstName], [Title], [PhotoPath] From [Employees]"
connectionstring="<%$ ConnectionStrings:NorthWindConnectionString%>"
runat="server"/>
</form>
</body>
</html>
<%@ Page language="C#" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head runat="server">
<title>FormView Example</title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<h3>FormView Example</h3>
<asp:formview id="EmployeeFormView"
datasourceid="EmployeeSource"
allowpaging="true"
datakeynames="EmployeeID"
runat="server">
<itemtemplate>
<table>
<tr>
<td>
<asp:image id="EmployeeImage"
imageurl='<%# Eval("PhotoPath") %>'
alternatetext='<%# Eval("LastName") %>'
runat="server"/>
</td>
<td>
<h3><%# Eval("FirstName") %> <%# Eval("LastName") %></h3>
<%# Eval("Title") %>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</itemtemplate>
<pagersettings position="Bottom"
mode="NextPrevious"/>
</asp:formview>
<!-- This example uses Microsoft SQL Server and connects -->
<!-- to the Northwind sample database. Use an ASP.NET -->
<!-- expression to retrieve the connection string value -->
<!-- from the Web.config file. -->
<asp:sqldatasource id="EmployeeSource"
selectcommand="Select [EmployeeID], [LastName], [FirstName], [Title], [PhotoPath] From [Employees]"
connectionstring="<%$ ConnectionStrings:NorthWindConnectionString%>"
runat="server"/>
</form>
</body>
</html>