Question

In a aspx page I have table as container and tds have different Repeaters in it.

I know table is not a databound control but was wondering there may be a way to use data from dt to control visibility of a tr or any other html control ?

I just tried Page.Databind() but it was not successful and there was an error “Table is not a data bound control”

Please guide.

Thanks

Answer 1

You should use DISPLAY property to ensure that a blank space is not left by the row that is hidden instead of the VISIBLE property.

With out knowing or seeing your code block for a a sible gle its difficult to second guess but if your using “Show” or Hide” as the swutches to decide wether to show or hide a row………

maybe your code should read as follows…..

<tr <%=GetDisplayStatus('switch') %>>

where switch is either “show” or “hide” and your SERVERSIDE function to get the display status should be as follows..

Function GetDisplayStatus(SwitchState as String) as String
  If SwitchState = "show" then
    return " style=" & chr(34) & "display: block;" & chr(34)
  ElseIf SwitchState = "hide" Then
    return " style=" & chr(34) & "display: none;" & chr(34)
  Else
    ' no action otherwise
    return ""
  End If
End Function

Please let me know if that works for you.