ASP.NET 4 Unleashed

Using Templates with the Repeater Control

The Repeater control supports five different types of templates:

• ItemTemplate— Formats each item from the data source.

• AlternatingItemTemplate— Formats every other item from the data source.

• SeparatorTemplate— Formats between each item from the data source.

• HeaderTemplate— Formats before all items from the data source.

• FooterTemplate— Formats after all items from the data source.

You are required to use only an ItemTemplate; the other types of templates can be used at your own discretion. The order in which you declare the templates in the Repeater control does not matter.

You can use the SeparatorTemplate to create a banding effect (as in old-time computer paper). In other words, you can use ...