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DataList Members
.NET Framework 1.1
Public Constructors
DataList Constructor | Initializes a new instance of the DataList class. |
Public Fields
![]() CancelCommandName | Represents the Cancel command name. This field is read-only. |
![]() DeleteCommandName | Represents the Delete command name. This field is read-only. |
![]() EditCommandName | Represents the Edit command name. This field is read-only. |
![]() SelectCommandName | Represents the Select command name. This field is read-only. |
![]() UpdateCommandName | Represents the Update command name. This field is read-only. |
Public Properties
AccessKey (inherited from WebControl) | Gets or sets the access key (underlined letter) that allows you to quickly navigate to the Web server control. |
AlternatingItemStyle | Gets the style properties for alternating items in the DataList control. |
AlternatingItemTemplate | Gets or sets the template for alternating items in the DataList. |
Attributes (inherited from WebControl) | Gets the collection of arbitrary attributes (for rendering only) that do not correspond to properties on the control. |
BackColor (inherited from WebControl) | Gets or sets the background color of the Web server control. |
BorderColor (inherited from WebControl) | Gets or sets the border color of the Web control. |
BorderStyle (inherited from WebControl) | Gets or sets the border style of the Web server control. |
BorderWidth (inherited from WebControl) | Gets or sets the border width of the Web server control. |
CellPadding (inherited from BaseDataList) | Gets or sets the amount of space between the contents of a cell and the cell's border. |
CellSpacing (inherited from BaseDataList) | Gets or sets the amount of space between cells. |
ClientID (inherited from Control) | Gets the server control identifier generated by ASP.NET. |
Controls (inherited from BaseDataList) | Overridden. Gets a System.Web.UI.ControlCollection that contains a collection of child controls in a data listing control. |
ControlStyle (inherited from WebControl) | Gets the style of the Web server control. This property is used primarily by control developers. |
ControlStyleCreated (inherited from WebControl) | Gets a value indicating whether a Style object has been created for the ControlStyle property. This property is primarily used by control developers. |
CssClass (inherited from WebControl) | Gets or sets the Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) class rendered by the Web server control on the client. |
DataKeyField (inherited from BaseDataList) | Gets or sets the key field in the data source specified by the DataSource property. |
DataKeys (inherited from BaseDataList) | Gets a DataKeyCollection that stores the key values of each record (displayed as a row) in a data listing control. |
DataMember (inherited from BaseDataList) | Gets or sets the specific data member in a multimember data source to bind to a data listing control. |
DataSource (inherited from BaseDataList) | Gets or sets the source containing a list of values used to populate the items within the control. |
EditItemIndex | Gets or sets the index number of the selected item in the DataList control to edit. |
EditItemStyle | Gets the style properties for the item selected for editing in the DataList control. |
EditItemTemplate | Gets or sets the template for the item selected for editing in the DataList control. |
Enabled (inherited from WebControl) | Gets or sets a value indicating whether the Web server control is enabled. |
EnableViewState (inherited from Control) | Gets or sets a value indicating whether the server control persists its view state, and the view state of any child controls it contains, to the requesting client. |
ExtractTemplateRows | Gets or sets a value that indicates whether the rows of a Table control, defined in each template of a DataList control, are extracted and displayed. |
Font (inherited from WebControl) | Gets the font properties associated with the Web server control. |
FooterStyle | Gets the style properties for the footer section of the DataList control. |
FooterTemplate | Gets or sets the template for the footer section of the DataList control. |
ForeColor (inherited from WebControl) | Gets or sets the foreground color (typically the color of the text) of the Web server control. |
GridLines | Overridden. Gets or sets the grid line style for the DataList control when the RepeatLayout property is set to RepeatLayout.Table. |
HeaderStyle | Gets the style properties for the heading section of the DataList control. |
HeaderTemplate | Gets or sets the template for the heading section of the DataList control. |
Height (inherited from WebControl) | Gets or sets the height of the Web server control. |
HorizontalAlign (inherited from BaseDataList) | Gets or sets the horizontal alignment of a data listing control within its container. |
ID (inherited from Control) | Gets or sets the programmatic identifier assigned to the server control. |
Items | Gets a collection of DataListItem objects representing the individual items within the control. |
ItemStyle | Gets the style properties for the items in the DataList control. |
ItemTemplate | Gets or sets the template for the items in the DataList control. |
NamingContainer (inherited from Control) | Gets a reference to the server control's naming container, which creates a unique namespace for differentiating between server controls with the same Control.ID property value. |
Page (inherited from Control) | Gets a reference to the Page instance that contains the server control. |
Parent (inherited from Control) | Gets a reference to the server control's parent control in the page control hierarchy. |
RepeatColumns | Gets or sets the number of columns to display in the DataList control. |
RepeatDirection | Gets or sets whether the DataList control displays vertically or horizontally. |
RepeatLayout | Gets or sets whether the control is displayed in a table or flow layout. |
SelectedIndex | Gets or sets the index of the selected item in the DataList control. |
SelectedItem | Gets the selected item in the DataList control. |
SelectedItemStyle | Gets the style properties for the selected item in the DataList control. |
SelectedItemTemplate | Gets or sets the template for the selected item in the DataList control. |
SeparatorStyle | Gets the style properties of the separator between each item in the DataList control. |
SeparatorTemplate | Gets or sets the template for the separator between the items of the DataList control. |
ShowFooter | Gets or sets a value indicating whether the footer section is displayed in the DataList control. |
ShowHeader | Gets or sets a value indicating whether the header section is displayed in the DataList control. |
Site (inherited from Control) | Gets information about the Web site to which the server control belongs. |
Style (inherited from WebControl) | Gets a collection of text attributes that will be rendered as a style attribute on the outer tag of the Web server control. |
TabIndex (inherited from WebControl) | Gets or sets the tab index of the Web server control. |
TemplateSourceDirectory (inherited from Control) | Gets the virtual directory of the Page or UserControl that contains the current server control. |
ToolTip (inherited from WebControl) | Gets or sets the text displayed when the mouse pointer hovers over the Web server control. |
UniqueID (inherited from Control) | Gets the unique, hierarchically-qualified identifier for the server control. |
Visible (inherited from Control) | Gets or sets a value that indicates whether a server control is rendered as UI on the page. |
Width (inherited from WebControl) | Gets or sets the width of the Web server control. |
Public Methods
ApplyStyle (inherited from WebControl) | Copies any nonblank elements of the specified style to the Web control, overwriting any existing style elements of the control. This method is primarily used by control developers. |
CopyBaseAttributes (inherited from WebControl) | Copies the properties not encapsulated by the Style object from the specified Web server control to the Web server control that this method is called from. This method is used primarily by control developers. |
DataBind (inherited from BaseDataList) | Overridden. Binds the control and all its child controls to the data source specified by the DataSource property. |
Dispose (inherited from Control) | Enables a server control to perform final clean up before it is released from memory. |
Equals (inherited from Object) | Overloaded. Determines whether two Object instances are equal. |
FindControl (inherited from Control) | Overloaded. Searches the current naming container for the specified server control. |
GetHashCode (inherited from Object) | Serves as a hash function for a particular type, suitable for use in hashing algorithms and data structures like a hash table. |
GetType (inherited from Object) | Gets the Type of the current instance. |
HasControls (inherited from Control) | Determines if the server control contains any child controls. |
MergeStyle (inherited from WebControl) | Copies any nonblank elements of the specified style to the Web control, but will not overwrite any existing style elements of the control. This method is used primarily by control developers. |
RenderBeginTag (inherited from WebControl) | Renders the HTML opening tag of the control into the specified writer. This method is used primarily by control developers. |
RenderControl (inherited from Control) | Outputs server control content to a provided HtmlTextWriter object and stores tracing information about the control if tracing is enabled. |
RenderEndTag (inherited from WebControl) | Renders the HTML closing tag of the control into the specified writer. This method is used primarily by control developers. |
ResolveUrl (inherited from Control) | Converts a URL into one that is usable on the requesting client. |
ToString (inherited from Object) | Returns a String that represents the current Object. |
Public Events
CancelCommand | Occurs when the Cancel button is clicked for an item in the DataList control. |
DataBinding (inherited from Control) | Occurs when the server control binds to a data source. |
DeleteCommand | Occurs when the Delete button is clicked for an item in the DataList control. |
Disposed (inherited from Control) | Occurs when a server control is released from memory, which is the last stage of the server control lifecycle when an ASP.NET page is requested. |
EditCommand | Occurs when the Edit button is clicked for an item in the DataList control. |
Init (inherited from Control) | Occurs when the server control is initialized, which is the first step in the its lifecycle. |
ItemCommand | Occurs when any button is clicked in the DataList control. |
ItemCreated | Occurs on the server when an item in the DataList control is created. |
ItemDataBound | Occurs when an item is data bound to the DataList control. |
Load (inherited from Control) | Occurs when the server control is loaded into the Page object. |
PreRender (inherited from Control) | Occurs when the server control is about to render to its containing Page object. |
SelectedIndexChanged (inherited from BaseDataList) | Occurs when a different item is selected in a data listing control between posts to the server. |
Unload (inherited from Control) | Occurs when the server control is unloaded from memory. |
UpdateCommand | Occurs when the Update button is clicked for an item in the DataList control. |
Protected Properties
ChildControlsCreated (inherited from Control) | Gets a value that indicates whether the server control's child controls have been created. |
Context (inherited from Control) | Gets the HttpContext object associated with the server control for the current Web request. |
Events (inherited from Control) | Gets a list of event handler delegates for the control. This property is read-only. |
HasChildViewState (inherited from Control) | Gets a value indicating whether the current server control's child controls have any saved view-state settings. |
IsTrackingViewState (inherited from Control) | Gets a value that indicates whether the server control is saving changes to its view state. |
TagKey (inherited from WebControl) | Gets the System.Web.UI.HtmlTextWriterTag value that corresponds to this Web server control. This property is used primarily by control developers. |
TagName (inherited from WebControl) | Gets the name of the control tag. This property is used primarily by control developers. |
ViewState (inherited from Control) | Gets a dictionary of state information that allows you to save and restore the view state of a server control across multiple requests for the same page. |
ViewStateIgnoresCase (inherited from Control) | Gets a value that indicates whether the StateBag object is case-insensitive. |
Protected Methods
AddAttributesToRender (inherited from WebControl) | Adds HTML attributes and styles that need to be rendered to the specified System.Web.UI.HtmlTextWriter. This method is used primarily by control developers. |
AddedControl (inherited from Control) | Called after a control is added to the Controls collection of another control. |
AddParsedSubObject (inherited from Control) | Notifies the server control that an element, either XML or HTML, was parsed, and adds the element to the server control's ControlCollection object. |
ClearChildViewState (inherited from Control) | Deletes the view-state information for all the server control's child controls. |
CreateChildControls (inherited from Control) | Notifies server controls that use composition-based implementation to create any child controls they contain in preparation for posting back or rendering. |
CreateControlCollection (inherited from Control) | Creates a new ControlCollection object to hold the child controls (both literal and server) of the server control. |
CreateControlStyle | Overridden. See WebControl.CreateControlStyle. |
EnsureChildControls (inherited from Control) | Determines whether the server control contains child controls. If it does not, it creates child controls. |
Finalize (inherited from Object) | Overridden. Allows an Object to attempt to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before the Object is reclaimed by garbage collection.
In C# and C++, finalizers are expressed using destructor syntax. |
IsLiteralContent (inherited from Control) | Determines if the server control holds only literal content. |
LoadViewState | Overridden. See Control.LoadViewState. |
MapPathSecure (inherited from Control) | Retrieves the physical path that a virtual path, either absolute or relative, maps to. |
MemberwiseClone (inherited from Object) | Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. |
OnBubbleEvent | Overridden. See Control.OnBubbleEvent. |
OnCancelCommand | Raises the CancelCommand event. This allows you to provide a custom handler for the event. |
OnDataBinding (inherited from Control) | Raises the DataBinding event. |
OnDeleteCommand | Raises the DeleteCommand event. This allows you to provide a custom handler for the event. |
OnEditCommand | Raises the EditCommand event. This allows you to provide a custom handler for the event. |
OnInit (inherited from Control) | Raises the Init event. |
OnItemCommand | Raises the ItemCommand event. This allows you to provide a custom handler for the event. |
OnItemCreated | Raises the ItemCreated event. This allows you to provide a custom handler for the event. |
OnItemDataBound | Raises the ItemDataBound event. This allows you to provide a custom handler for the event. |
OnLoad (inherited from Control) | Raises the Load event. |
OnPreRender (inherited from Control) | Raises the PreRender event. |
OnSelectedIndexChanged (inherited from BaseDataList) | Raises the SelectedIndexChanged event of a BaseDataList. This allows you to create a custom handler for the event. |
OnUnload (inherited from Control) | Raises the Unload event.
Note Server controls should perform any final cleanup, such as closing files, closing database connections, and discarding objects, during this stage of the server control lifecycle. |
OnUpdateCommand | Raises the UpdateCommand event. This allows you to provide a custom handler for the event. |
RaiseBubbleEvent (inherited from Control) | Assigns any sources of the event and its information to the control's parent. |
RemovedControl (inherited from Control) | Called after a control is removed from the Controls collection of another control. |
Render (inherited from Control) | Sends server control content to a provided HtmlTextWriter object, which writes the content to be rendered on the client. |
RenderChildren (inherited from Control) | Outputs the content of a server control's children to a provided HtmlTextWriter object, which writes the content to be rendered on the client. |
RenderContents | Overridden. See WebControl.RenderContents. |
SaveViewState | Overridden. See Control.SaveViewState. |
TrackViewState | Overridden. See Control.TrackViewState. |
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