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

The FormView Web server control includes properties for customizing the format of items in the control. Formatting is applied in the order listed below:

• styles that apply to the FormView control as a whole
• styles that apply to each row or template type
• styles that apply to elements within templates

• Set the properties within the opening tag of the FormView control.

  <asp:formview id="formView" runat="server"
     width="90%"
     cellpadding=5
     font-size="9pt"
     ... />

• Set the properties within the opening tag of the appropriate Style object in the FormView.

  <asp:formview id="formView" runat="server"
     cellpadding=5
     font-size="9pt">
  
     <headerstyle backcolor="maroon"
        forecolor="khaki" />
  
     <rowstyle backcolor="khaki"
        borderstyle="outset"
        borderwidth="1px"
        horizontalalign="center" />
  
     <insertrowstyle backcolor="lightgreen"
        borderstyle="inset"
        borderwidth="1px"
        horizontalalign="center" />
  
  </asp:formview>

• Set the properties within the opening tag of the element or control.

  <edititemtemplate>
  
     <asp:radiobuttonlist runat="server"
        backcolor="khaki"
        forecolor="navy"
        ... >
        ...
     </asp:radiobuttonlist>
  
  </edititemtemplate>

Changing the style settings for individual elements override the settings made for the row types and for the entire control.

Style properties can also be set programmatically. For more information, see FormView in the class library.

Adding FormView Controls to a Web Forms Page   Specifying Paging Behavior in a FormView Control