Highlight datalist row on itemDataBound event

[Chris Fink]

I am having a problem highlighting a row in a datalist during the
itemdatabound event. What is occurring is that a new td row is being wrapped
around the datalist item which is highlighted (very small), but the actual
row that I want to be highlighted is not. Style is being applied to the wrong
td row.
Following is my code for webform:

<asp:datalist ID="dlSmartKeys " Width="700" CellPadding="0"
CellSpacing="0" Runat="server">
<headertemplate >
<tr valign="top" align="right" bgColor="#d3d3d 3">
<td class="datahead er" align="left">#</td>
<td class="datahead er" align="left" title="GCN Number">Gcn</td>
<td class="datahead er" align="left" title="Sk_Stc_C de">Stc
Code</td>
<td class="datahead er" align="left" title="Sk_Hicl_ Cde">Hicl
Code</td>
<td class="datahead er" align="left"
title="Sk_Stren gth_Cde">Streng th Code</td>
<td class="datahead er" align="left"
title="Sk_Dosag e_Form_Cde">Dos age Form Code</td>
<td class="datahead er" align="left"
title="Sk_Admin _Route_Cde">Adm in Route Code</td>
</tr>
</headertemplate>
<itemtemplate >
<tr valign="center" align="right" bgcolor="#f5f5f 5">
<input id="object_key " type="hidden" value='<%#
DataBinder.Eval (Container.Data Item, "object_key")%> ' runat="server">
<td class="data" align="left" width="10"><%=C ounter%>.</td>
<td class="data" align="left">
<asp:textbox ID="txtGCN" Text='<%# (DataBinder.Eva l (
Container, "DataItem.Gcn_N br")).ToString( ).Trim() %>' Width="50"
MaxLength="5" Runat="server">
</asp:textbox></td>
<td class="data" align="left">
<asp:textbox ID="txtSTC" Text='<%# (DataBinder.Eva l (
Container, "DataItem.Sk_St c_Cde")).ToStri ng().Trim() %>' Width="50"
MaxLength="4" Runat="server"> abc</asp:textbox></td>
<td class="data" align="left">
<asp:textbox ID="txtHICL" Text='<%# (DataBinder.Eva l (
Container, "DataItem.Sk_Hi cl_Cde")).ToStr ing().Trim() %>' Width="50"
MaxLength="5" Runat="server"> abc</asp:textbox></td>
<td class="data" align="left">
<asp:textbox ID="txtSTR" Text='<%# (DataBinder.Eva l (
Container, "DataItem.Sk_St rength_Cde")).T oString().Trim( ) %>' Width="50"
MaxLength="4" Runat="server"> abc</asp:textbox></td>
<td class="data" align="left">
<asp:textbox ID="txtDOS" Text='<%# (DataBinder.Eva l (
Container, "DataItem.Sk_Do sage_Form_Cde") ).ToString().Tr im() %>' Width="50"
MaxLength="3" Runat="server"> abc</asp:textbox></td>
<td class="data" align="left">
<asp:textbox ID="txtRTE" Text='<%# (DataBinder.Eva l (
Container, "DataItem.Sk_Ad min_Route_Cde") ).ToString().Tr im() %>' Width="50"
MaxLength="2" Runat="server"> abc</asp:textbox></td>
</tr>
</itemtemplate>
<footertemplate >
<tr valign="center" align="right" bgColor="dcdcdc " height="28">
<td colspan="20" align="center">
<asp:button ID="btnSubmit" OnClick="btnSub mit_OnClick"
Text="Submit Changes" CssClass="grayg obtn" Runat="server"> </asp:button></td>
</tr>
</footertemplate>
</asp:datalist>
and the codebehind:

private void dlSmartKeys_Ite mDataBound(obje ct sender,
System.Web.UI.W ebControls.Data ListItemEventAr gs e)
{
if (e.Item.ItemTyp e == ListItemType.Al ternatingItem || e.Item.ItemType ==
ListItemType.It em )
{
... biz logic
// highlight row if condition met
if (cond)
{
e.Item.BackColo r=System.Drawin g.Color.Red;
}
}
}

and when rendered, you can see the problem i am referring to....the new
outer td is receiving the style
<td style="backgrou nd-color:Red;">
<tr valign="center" align="right" bgcolor="#f5f5f 5">
<input name="dlSmartKe ys:_ctl1:object _key"
id="dlSmartKeys __ctl1_object_k ey" type="hidden" value="702" />
<td class="data" align="left" width="10">1.</td>
<td class="data" align="left">
<input name="dlSmartKe ys:_ctl1:txtGCN " type="text"
maxlength="5" id="dlSmartKeys __ctl1_txtGCN" style="width:50 px;" /></td>
<td class="data" align="left">
<input name="dlSmartKe ys:_ctl1:txtSTC " type="text"
maxlength="4" id="dlSmartKeys __ctl1_txtSTC" style="width:50 px;" /></td>
<td class="data" align="left">
<input name="dlSmartKe ys:_ctl1:txtHIC L" type="text"
value="18694" maxlength="5" id="dlSmartKeys __ctl1_txtHICL"
style="width:50 px;" /></td>
<td class="data" align="left">
<input name="dlSmartKe ys:_ctl1:txtSTR " type="text" value="0240"
maxlength="4" id="dlSmartKeys __ctl1_txtSTR" style="width:50 px;" /></td>
<td class="data" align="left">
<input name="dlSmartKe ys:_ctl1:txtDOS " type="text"
maxlength="3" id="dlSmartKeys __ctl1_txtDOS" style="width:50 px;" /></td>
<td class="data" align="left">
<input name="dlSmartKe ys:_ctl1:txtRTE " type="text"
maxlength="2" id="dlSmartKeys __ctl1_txtRTE" style="width:50 px;" /></td>
</tr>
</td>