FormView.EmptyDataRowStyle Property
Definition
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Gets a reference to the TableItemStyle object that allows you to set the appearance of the empty data row displayed when the data source bound to a FormView control does not contain any records.
public:
property System::Web::UI::WebControls::TableItemStyle ^ EmptyDataRowStyle { System::Web::UI::WebControls::TableItemStyle ^ get(); };[System.Web.UI.PersistenceMode(System.Web.UI.PersistenceMode.InnerProperty)]
public System.Web.UI.WebControls.TableItemStyle EmptyDataRowStyle { get; }[<System.Web.UI.PersistenceMode(System.Web.UI.PersistenceMode.InnerProperty)>]
member this.EmptyDataRowStyle : System.Web.UI.WebControls.TableItemStylePublic ReadOnly Property EmptyDataRowStyle As TableItemStyleProperty Value
A reference to the TableItemStyle that allows you to set the appearance of the empty data row.
- Attributes
Examples
The following example demonstrates how to use the EmptyDataRowStyle property to specify a custom style for the empty data row displayed when a FormView control is bound to a data source that does not contain any records.
<%@ 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 EmptyDataText Example</title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<h3>FormView EmptyDataText Example</h3>
<asp:formview id="EmployeeFormView"
datasourceid="EmployeeSource"
allowpaging="true"
datakeynames="EmployeeID"
emptydatatext="No records available."
runat="server">
<EmptyDataRowStyle BackColor="Red"
forecolor="White"
font-size="14"
font-italic="true"
height="100"/>
<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. -->
<!-- The select query for the following SqlDataSource -->
<!-- control is intentionally set to return no results -->
<!-- to demonstrate the empty data row. -->
<asp:sqldatasource id="EmployeeSource"
selectcommand="Select [EmployeeID], [LastName], [FirstName], [Title], [PhotoPath] From [Employees] Where [EmployeeID]=1000"
connectionstring="<%$ ConnectionStrings:NorthWindConnectionString%>"
runat="server"/>
</form>
</body>
</html>
<%@ 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 EmptyDataText Example</title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<h3>FormView EmptyDataText Example</h3>
<asp:formview id="EmployeeFormView"
datasourceid="EmployeeSource"
allowpaging="true"
datakeynames="EmployeeID"
emptydatatext="No records available."
runat="server">
<EmptyDataRowStyle BackColor="Red"
forecolor="White"
font-size="14"
font-italic="true"
height="100"/>
<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. -->
<!-- The select query for the following SqlDataSource -->
<!-- control is intentionally set to return no results -->
<!-- to demonstrate the empty data row. -->
<asp:sqldatasource id="EmployeeSource"
selectcommand="Select [EmployeeID], [LastName], [FirstName], [Title], [PhotoPath] From [Employees] Where [EmployeeID]=1000"
connectionstring="<%$ ConnectionStrings:NorthWindConnectionString%>"
runat="server"/>
</form>
</body>
</html>
Remarks
Use the EmptyDataRowStyle property to control the appearance of the empty data row in a FormView control. The empty data row is displayed when the data source that is bound to the control does not contain any records. This property is read-only; however, you can set the properties of the TableItemStyle object it returns. The properties can be set declaratively using one of the following methods:
Place an attribute in the opening tag of the FormView control in the form
Property-Subproperty, whereSubpropertyis a property of the TableItemStyle object (for example,EmptyDataRowStyle-ForeColor).Nest an
<EmptyDataRowStyle>element between the opening and closing tags of the FormView control.
The properties can also be set programmatically in the form Property.Subproperty (for example, EmptyDataRowStyle.ForeColor). Common settings usually include a custom background color, foreground color, and font properties.
