FormView.ItemTemplate Property
Definition
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Gets or sets the custom content for the data row in a FormView control when the control is in read-only mode.
public:
virtual property System::Web::UI::ITemplate ^ ItemTemplate { System::Web::UI::ITemplate ^ get(); void set(System::Web::UI::ITemplate ^ value); };[System.ComponentModel.Browsable(false)]
[System.Web.UI.PersistenceMode(System.Web.UI.PersistenceMode.InnerProperty)]
[System.Web.UI.TemplateContainer(typeof(System.Web.UI.WebControls.FormView), System.ComponentModel.BindingDirection.TwoWay)]
public virtual System.Web.UI.ITemplate ItemTemplate { get; set; }[<System.ComponentModel.Browsable(false)>]
[<System.Web.UI.PersistenceMode(System.Web.UI.PersistenceMode.InnerProperty)>]
[<System.Web.UI.TemplateContainer(typeof(System.Web.UI.WebControls.FormView), System.ComponentModel.BindingDirection.TwoWay)>]
member this.ItemTemplate : System.Web.UI.ITemplate with get, setPublic Overridable Property ItemTemplate As ITemplateProperty Value
A ITemplate that contains the custom content for the data row when the FormView control is in read-only mode. The default value is null, which indicates that this property is not set.
- Attributes
Examples
The following example demonstrates how to define a custom template for a data row in read-only mode.
<%@ 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"
emptydatatext="No employees found."
runat="server">
<rowstyle backcolor="LightGreen"
wrap="false"/>
<editrowstyle backcolor="LightBlue"
wrap="false"/>
<itemtemplate>
<table>
<tr>
<td rowspan="4">
<asp:image id="EmployeeImage"
imageurl='<%# Eval("PhotoPath") %>'
alternatetext='<%# Eval("LastName") %>'
runat="server"/>
</td>
<td colspan="2">
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<b>Name:</b>
</td>
<td>
<%# Eval("FirstName") %> <%# Eval("LastName") %>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<b>Title:</b>
</td>
<td>
<%# Eval("Title") %>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2">
<asp:linkbutton id="Edit"
text="Edit"
commandname="Edit"
runat="server"/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</itemtemplate>
<edititemtemplate>
<table>
<tr>
<td rowspan="4">
<asp:image id="EmployeeEditImage"
imageurl='<%# Eval("PhotoPath") %>'
alternatetext='<%# Eval("LastName") %>'
runat="server"/>
</td>
<td colspan="2">
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<b>Name:</b>
</td>
<td>
<asp:textbox id="FirstNameUpdateTextBox"
text='<%# Bind("FirstName") %>'
runat="server"/>
<asp:textbox id="LastNameUpdateTextBox"
text='<%# Bind("LastName") %>'
runat="server"/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<b>Title:</b>
</td>
<td>
<asp:textbox id="TitleUpdateTextBox"
text='<%# Bind("Title") %>'
runat="server"/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2">
<asp:linkbutton id="UpdateButton"
text="Update"
commandname="Update"
runat="server"/>
<asp:linkbutton id="CancelButton"
text="Cancel"
commandname="Cancel"
runat="server"/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</edititemtemplate>
</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]"
updatecommand="Update [Employees] Set [LastName]=@LastName, [FirstName]=@FirstName, [Title]=@Title Where [EmployeeID]=@EmployeeID"
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 Example</title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<h3>FormView Example</h3>
<asp:formview id="EmployeeFormView"
datasourceid="EmployeeSource"
allowpaging="true"
datakeynames="EmployeeID"
emptydatatext="No employees found."
runat="server">
<rowstyle backcolor="LightGreen"
wrap="false"/>
<editrowstyle backcolor="LightBlue"
wrap="false"/>
<itemtemplate>
<table>
<tr>
<td rowspan="4">
<asp:image id="EmployeeImage"
imageurl='<%# Eval("PhotoPath") %>'
alternatetext='<%# Eval("LastName") %>'
runat="server"/>
</td>
<td colspan="2">
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<b>Name:</b>
</td>
<td>
<%# Eval("FirstName") %> <%# Eval("LastName") %>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<b>Title:</b>
</td>
<td>
<%# Eval("Title") %>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2">
<asp:linkbutton id="Edit"
text="Edit"
commandname="Edit"
runat="server"/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</itemtemplate>
<edititemtemplate>
<table>
<tr>
<td rowspan="4">
<asp:image id="EmployeeEditImage"
imageurl='<%# Eval("PhotoPath") %>'
alternatetext='<%# Eval("LastName") %>'
runat="server"/>
</td>
<td colspan="2">
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<b>Name:</b>
</td>
<td>
<asp:textbox id="FirstNameUpdateTextBox"
text='<%# Bind("FirstName") %>'
runat="server"/>
<asp:textbox id="LastNameUpdateTextBox"
text='<%# Bind("LastName") %>'
runat="server"/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<b>Title:</b>
</td>
<td>
<asp:textbox id="TitleUpdateTextBox"
text='<%# Bind("Title") %>'
runat="server"/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2">
<asp:linkbutton id="UpdateButton"
text="Update"
commandname="Update"
runat="server"/>
<asp:linkbutton id="CancelButton"
text="Cancel"
commandname="Cancel"
runat="server"/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</edititemtemplate>
</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]"
updatecommand="Update [Employees] Set [LastName]=@LastName, [FirstName]=@FirstName, [Title]=@Title Where [EmployeeID]=@EmployeeID"
connectionstring="<%$ ConnectionStrings:NorthWindConnectionString%>"
runat="server"/>
</form>
</body>
</html>
Remarks
The FormView control renders a different template for the data row based on the current mode of the control (specified by the CurrentMode property). The following table shows which template is used for each mode.
| Mode | Template rendered |
|---|---|
| Edit | EditItemTemplate |
| Insert | InsertItemTemplate |
| Read-only | ItemTemplate |
Use the ItemTemplate property to define your own user interface (UI) for the data row when the FormView control is in read-only mode. The item template usually contains controls to display the field values of a record, as well as command buttons to edit, insert, and delete a record.
To specify the custom template, first place <ItemTemplate> tags between the opening and closing tags of the FormView control. You can then list the contents of the template between the opening and closing <ItemTemplate> tags. To display the field values of the data source bound to the control, use a data-binding expression. For more information on data-binding expressions, see Data-Binding Expression Syntax. To create command buttons that perform the built-in delete, edit, and new record operations, add a command button control to the template with its CommandName property set to one of the values listed in the following table.
| Command button type | CommandName value |
|---|---|
| Delete | "Delete" |
| Edit | "Edit" |
| New | "New" |
You can control the appearance of the item template by using the RowStyle property.
