FormView.HeaderTemplate Property (System.Web.UI.WebControls)

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FormView.HeaderTemplate Property

Note: This property is new in the .NET Framework version 2.0.

Gets or sets the user-defined content for the header row in a FormView control.

Namespace: System.Web.UI.WebControls
Assembly: System.Web (in system.web.dll)

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)

<TemplateContainerAttribute(GetType(FormView))> _
Public Overridable Property HeaderTemplate As ITemplate

Visual Basic (Usage)

Dim instance As FormView
Dim value As ITemplate

value = instance.HeaderTemplate

instance.HeaderTemplate = value

[TemplateContainerAttribute(typeof(FormView))] 
public virtual ITemplate HeaderTemplate { get; set; }

C++

[TemplateContainerAttribute(typeof(FormView))] 
public:
virtual property ITemplate^ HeaderTemplate {
    ITemplate^ get ();
    void set (ITemplate^ value);
}

/** @property */
public ITemplate get_HeaderTemplate ()

/** @property */
public void set_HeaderTemplate (ITemplate value)

JScript

public function get HeaderTemplate () : ITemplate

public function set HeaderTemplate (value : ITemplate)

Property Value

A System.Web.UI.ITemplate that contains the custom content for the header row. The default value is a null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic), which indicates that this property is not set.

Remarks

The header row is displayed at the top of the FormView control when the HeaderText or HeaderTemplate property is set. You can define your own custom user interface (UI) for the header row by using the HeaderTemplate property. To specify a custom template for the header row, first place <HeaderTemplate> 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 <HeaderTemplate> tags. To control the style of the header row, use the HeaderStyle property. Alternatively, you can simply display text in the header row by setting the HeaderText property instead of this property.

Note
If both the HeaderText and HeaderTemplate properties are set, the HeaderTemplate property takes precedence.

Example

The following example demonstrates how to use the HeaderTemplate property to define a custom template to render for the header row.

Visual Basic

<%@ Page language="VB" %>

<script runat="server">

  Sub EmployeeFormView_ItemCreated(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
  
    ' Use the HeaderRow property to retrieve the header row.
    Dim header As FormViewRow = EmployeeFormView.HeaderRow

    ' Retrieve the HeaderLabel Label control from the header row. 
    Dim headerLabel As Label = CType(header.FindControl("HeaderLabel"), Label)

    If headerLabel IsNot Nothing Then
    
      ' Display the current page number.
      Dim currentPage As Integer = EmployeeFormView.PageIndex + 1
      headerLabel.Text = "Page " & currentPage.ToString()
    
    End If

  End Sub
  
</script>

<html>
  <body>
    <form id="Form1" runat="server">
        
      <h3>FormView HeaderTemplate Example</h3>
                       
      <asp:formview id="EmployeeFormView"
        datasourceid="EmployeeSource"
        allowpaging="true" 
        datakeynames="EmployeeID"
        onitemcreated="EmployeeFormView_ItemCreated"
        runat="server">
        
        <headertemplate>
          <table>
            <tr>
              <td>
                <asp:image id="LogoImage"
                  imageurl="~/Images/LogoImage.jpg"
                  runat="server"/>
              </td>
              <td>
                <asp:label id="HeaderLabel"
                  runat="server"/>
              </td>
            </tr>
          </table>
        </headertemplate>
        
        <headerstyle horizontalalign="Center"
          forecolor="White"
          backcolor="LightBlue"/>
           
        <itemtemplate>
        
          <table>
            <tr>
              <td>
                <asp:image id="EmployeeImage"
                  imageurl='<%# Eval("PhotoPath") %>'
                  alternatetext='<%# Eval("LastName") %>' 
                  runat="server"/>
              </td>
              <td>
                <h3><%# Eval("FirstName") %>&nbsp;<%# 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#" %>

<script runat="server">

  void EmployeeFormView_ItemCreated(Object sender, EventArgs e)
  {

    // Use the HeaderRow property to retrieve the header row.
    FormViewRow header = EmployeeFormView.HeaderRow;

    // Retrieve the HeaderLabel Label control from the header row. 
    Label headerLabel = (Label)header.FindControl("HeaderLabel");

    if(headerLabel != null)
    {
      // Display the current page number.
      int currentPage = EmployeeFormView.PageIndex + 1;
      headerLabel.Text = "Page " + currentPage.ToString();
    }

  }
  
</script>

<html>
  <body>
    <form runat="server">
        
      <h3>FormView HeaderTemplate Example</h3>
                       
      <asp:formview id="EmployeeFormView"
        datasourceid="EmployeeSource"
        allowpaging="true" 
        datakeynames="EmployeeID"
        onitemcreated="EmployeeFormView_ItemCreated"
        runat="server">
        
        <headertemplate>
          <table>
            <tr>
              <td>
                <asp:image id="LogoImage"
                  imageurl="~/Images/LogoImage.jpg"
                  runat="server"/>
              </td>
              <td>
                <asp:label id="HeaderLabel"
                  runat="server"/>
              </td>
            </tr>
          </table>
        </headertemplate>
        
        <headerstyle horizontalalign="Center"
          forecolor="White"
          backcolor="LightBlue"/>
           
        <itemtemplate>
        
          <table>
            <tr>
              <td>
                <asp:image id="EmployeeImage"
                  imageurl='<%# Eval("PhotoPath") %>'
                  alternatetext='<%# Eval("LastName") %>' 
                  runat="server"/>
              </td>
              <td>
                <h3><%# Eval("FirstName") %>&nbsp;<%# 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>

Platforms

Windows 98, Windows 2000 SP4, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Starter Edition

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see System Requirements.

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 2.0

Reference

FormView Class
FormView Members
System.Web.UI.WebControls Namespace
System.Web.UI.ITemplate
FormView.HeaderStyle Property
FormView.EditItemTemplate Property
FormView.EmptyDataTemplate Property
FormView.FooterTemplate Property
InsertItemTemplate
ItemTemplate
PagerTemplate