Controls You Can Use on Web Forms   ASP.NET Data Controls   FormView Control

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The FormView Web server control enables paging thru the records in the data source using any of the following methods:

• Default paging using built-in paging controls
• Default paging using custom navigation controls
• Custom paging

1. Set the control’s AllowPaging property to true.

<asp:formview id="productSpecs" runat="server"
   datasourceid="products"
   allowpaging=true
   ...
>

or simply

<asp:formview id="productSpecs" runat="server"
   datasourceid="products"
   allowpaging
   ...
>

FormView with Default Paging Run Sample | View Source

The FormView control includes properties for customizing the default pager style.

1. Within the FormView declaration, declare a <PagerSettings> element.
2. Within the PagerSettings element, define each of the properties you intend to customize. For syntax, see FormView Control Syntax.

   <pagersettings
         mode="nextprevious"
         nextpagetext="Next" 
         previouspagetext="Back" 
         position="top"
         pagebuttoncount=10 />

3. Also within the FormView declaration, declare a <PagerStyle> element.
4. Within the PagerStyle element, define each of the properties you intend to customize. For syntax, see FormView Control Syntax.

   <pagerstyle
         backcolor="steelblue" 
         forecolor="beige"
         horizontalalign="right" />

FormView PagerSettings, PagerStyle Example Run Sample | View Source

Specifying Row Format in a FormView Control