Question

I have a List<string> collection that I would like to bind into my ListView.

Below is the markup for my ListView:

<asp:ListView ID="lvList" runat="server">

        <LayoutTemplate>         
            <div id="Div1" runat="server">              
                <div ID="itemPlaceholder" runat="server">              
                </div>         
            </div>      
        </LayoutTemplate>

        <EmptyDataTemplate>         
            <div id="Div2" runat="server">              
                <div ID="itemPlaceholder" runat="server">                 
                No data was returned.             
                </div>         
            </div>      
        </EmptyDataTemplate>

        <ItemTemplate>
            <asp:Label ID="ProductNameLabel" runat="server" Text='<%# Eval ("theList") %>'/>
        </ItemTemplate>

</asp:ListView>

in my CodeBehind:

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{         
    List<string> theList = new List<string>();
    //populate members of list
    lvList.DataSource = theList;
    lvList.DataBind();
}

Error Message:

System.Web.HttpException was unhandled by user code
Message=”DataBinding: ‘System.String’ does not contain a property with
the name ‘theList’.”

I think I am doing things wrongly here, can someone advise me pls?

Answer 1

Use '<%# Container.DataItem %>:

<asp:Label ID="ProductNameLabel" runat="server" Text='<%# Container.DataItem %>'/>