FormViewDeleteEventArgs.RowIndex Property

Definition

Gets the index of the record being deleted from the data source.

public:
 property int RowIndex { int get(); };
public int RowIndex { get; }
member this.RowIndex : int
Public ReadOnly Property RowIndex As Integer

Property Value

The index of the record being deleted from the data source.

Examples

The following example demonstrates how to use the RowIndex property to determine the index of the record being deleted.


<%@ Page language="C#" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<script runat="server">

  void EmployeeFormView_ItemDeleting(Object sender, FormViewDeleteEventArgs e)
  {
    // Get the employee ID, name, and job title from the Keys and Values
    // properties.
    String keyValue = e.Keys["EmployeeID"].ToString();
    String employeeName = e.Values["FirstName"].ToString() +
      " " + e.Values["LastName"].ToString();
    String title = e.Values["Title"].ToString();

    // Cancel the delete operation if the user attempts to 
    // delete a protected record. In this example, records for
    // employees with a "Sales Manager" job title are protected.
    if (title.Equals("Sales Manager"))
    {
      e.Cancel = true;
      MessageLabel.Text = "You cannot delete record " +
        e.RowIndex.ToString() + ". " + employeeName +
        " (Employee Number " + keyValue.ToString() +
        ") is protected.";
    }

  }
   
</script>

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
  <head runat="server">
    <title>FormViewDeleteEventArgs Example</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
        
      <h3>FormViewDeleteEventArgs Example</h3>
                       
      <asp:formview id="EmployeeFormView"
        datasourceid="EmployeeSource"
        allowpaging="true"
        datakeynames="EmployeeID"
        onitemdeleting="EmployeeFormView_ItemDeleting"  
        runat="server">
        
        <itemtemplate>
        
          <table>
            <tr>
              <td>
                <asp:image id="EmployeeImage"
                  imageurl='<%# Eval("PhotoPath") %>'
                  alternatetext='<%# Eval("LastName") %>' 
                  runat="server"/>
              </td>
              <td>
                <asp:label id="FirstNameLabel"
                  text='<%#Bind("FirstName")%>'
                  font-bold="true"
                  runat="server"/>
                <asp:label id="LastNameLabel"
                  text='<%#Bind("LastName")%>'
                  font-bold="true"
                  runat="server"/>
                <br/>     
                <asp:label id="TitleLabel"
                  text='<%#Bind("Title")%>'
                  runat="server"/>        
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td colspan="2">
                <asp:button id="DeleteButton"
                  text="Delete Record"
                  commandname="Delete"
                  runat="server" />
              </td>
            </tr>
          </table>
        
        </itemtemplate>         
                  
      </asp:formview>
      
      <asp:label id="MessageLabel"
        forecolor="Red"
        runat="server"/>
          
      <!-- This example uses Microsoft SQL Server and connects  -->
      <!-- to the Northwind sample database. Use an ASP.NET     -->
      <!-- expression to retrieve the connection string value   -->
      <!-- from the Web.config file.                            -->
      <asp:sqldatasource id="EmployeeSource"
        selectcommand="Select [EmployeeID], [LastName], [FirstName], [Title], [PhotoPath] From [Employees]"
        deletecommand="Delete [Employees] Where [EmployeeID]=@EmployeeID"
        connectionstring="<%$ ConnectionStrings:NorthWindConnectionString%>" 
        runat="server"/>
            
    </form>
  </body>
</html>

<%@ Page language="VB" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<script runat="server">

  Sub EmployeeFormView_ItemDeleting(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As FormViewDeleteEventArgs)
  
    ' Get the employee ID, name, and job title from the Keys and Values
    ' properties.
    Dim keyValue As String = e.Keys("EmployeeID").ToString()
    Dim employeeName As String = e.Values("FirstName").ToString() & _
      " " & e.Values("LastName").ToString()
    Dim title As String = e.Values("Title").ToString()

    ' Cancel the delete operation if the user attempts to 
    ' delete a protected record. In this example, records for
    ' employees with a "Sales Manager" job title are protected.
    If Title.Equals("Sales Manager") Then
    
      e.Cancel = True
      MessageLabel.Text = "You cannot delete record " & _
        e.RowIndex.ToString() & ". " & employeeName & _
        " (Employee Number " & keyValue.ToString() & _
        ") is protected."
    
    End If

  End Sub
   
</script>

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
  <head runat="server">
    <title>FormViewDeleteEventArgs Example</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
        
      <h3>FormViewDeleteEventArgs Example</h3>
                       
      <asp:formview id="EmployeeFormView"
        datasourceid="EmployeeSource"
        allowpaging="true"
        datakeynames="EmployeeID"
        onitemdeleting="EmployeeFormView_ItemDeleting"  
        runat="server">
        
        <itemtemplate>
        
          <table>
            <tr>
              <td>
                <asp:image id="EmployeeImage"
                  imageurl='<%# Eval("PhotoPath") %>'
                  alternatetext='<%# Eval("LastName") %>' 
                  runat="server"/>
              </td>
              <td>
                <asp:label id="FirstNameLabel"
                  text='<%#Bind("FirstName")%>'
                  font-bold="true"
                  runat="server"/>
                <asp:label id="LastNameLabel"
                  text='<%#Bind("LastName")%>'
                  font-bold="true"
                  runat="server"/>
                <br/>     
                <asp:label id="TitleLabel"
                  text='<%#Bind("Title")%>'
                  runat="server"/>        
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td colspan="2">
                <asp:button id="DeleteButton"
                  text="Delete Record"
                  commandname="Delete"
                  runat="server" />
              </td>
            </tr>
          </table>
        
        </itemtemplate>         
                  
      </asp:formview>
      
      <asp:label id="MessageLabel"
        forecolor="Red"
        runat="server"/>
          
      <!-- This example uses Microsoft SQL Server and connects  -->
      <!-- to the Northwind sample database. Use an ASP.NET     -->
      <!-- expression to retrieve the connection string value   -->
      <!-- from the Web.config file.                            -->
      <asp:sqldatasource id="EmployeeSource"
        selectcommand="Select [EmployeeID], [LastName], [FirstName], [Title], [PhotoPath] From [Employees]"
        deletecommand="Delete [Employees] Where [EmployeeID]=@EmployeeID"
        connectionstring="<%$ ConnectionStrings:NorthWindConnectionString%>" 
        runat="server"/>
            
    </form>
  </body>
</html>

Remarks

Use the RowIndex property to determine the index of the record being deleted from the data source. The row index corresponds to the page index of the record being deleted.

Applies to

See also