Repeater/DataBinder Question

[George Durzi]

Here's my asp:Repeater

<asp:Repeater ID="rptHelpDesk SystemStatus" Runat="server">
<HeaderTemplate >
<table width="100%" border="0" class="datatabl e">
<tr class="item">
</HeaderTemplate>
<ItemTemplate >
<td align="center">
<asp:Label ID="lblService " Runat="server" Text='<%#
DataBinder.Eval (Container, "DataItem.Servi ce").ToString() %>'/>
<br/>
<asp:Image ID="imgStatus" Runat="server"
ImageUrl='<%#st ring.Concat("../img/SystemStatus_",
DataBinder.Eval (Container, "DataItem.Statu s").ToString (), ".gif")%>'/>
</td>
</ItemTemplate>
<FooterTemplate >
</tr>
</table>
</FooterTemplate>
</asp:Repeater>

I'd like to add a header row in my HeaderTemplate, the problem is, I have to
set a ColSpan on it based on the number of rows in my DataSet (the
DataSource of my Repeater)

So I'd like my HeaderTemplate to look like this:
<HeaderTemplate >
<table width="100%" border="0" class="datatabl e">
<tr class="header">
<td colspan='<%# %>'>
</tr>
<tr class="item">
</HeaderTemplate>
<td colspan='<%# %>'> .... How can I get the number of rows in my datasource
into here...

I looked up DataBinder.GetP ropertyValue ... but I can't find an enumeration
of the property names.
Thank You!

[Darrel]

> I'd like to add a header row in my HeaderTemplate, the problem is, I have

to set a ColSpan on it based on the number of rows in my DataSet (the
DataSource of my Repeater)

Not a direct answer, but instead of using a TD with a 'header' class, you
could consider using a caption tag and style it via CSS:

http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_caption.asp

-Darrel

[George Durzi]

Thank you!!
Why have I never heard of this "caption" tag!!?? hahah

"Darrel" <no*****@nospam .com> wrote in message
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I'd like to add a header row in my HeaderTemplate, the problem is, I have
to set a ColSpan on it based on the number of rows in my DataSet (the
DataSource of my Repeater)

Not a direct answer, but instead of using a TD with a 'header' class, you
could consider using a caption tag and style it via CSS:

http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_caption.asp

-Darrel