How to highlight a particular row in a datalist based on some condition in ASP.NET?

I have a datalist bound to a database. I want to highlight the rows of the datalist if the date in the database column is less than today's date in the output. How to go about it?How to highlight a particular row in a datalist based on some condition in ASP.NET?
Depends how you have your DataList laid out.





I would use the OnItemDataBound event to dictate the background of the item.





Sub dlStuff_onItemDataBound(Sender As Object, E As EventArgs)


Dim dtTarget As DateTime = Now()


If E.Item.ItemType = ListItem.Item Or E.Item.ItemType = ListItem.AlternatingItem Then


Dim dtTemp = Convert.ToDateTime( (CType(E.Item.DataItem, DataRowView) ).Row.ItemArray(1).ToString())





If dtTemp %26lt; dtTarget Then


E.Item.BackColor = ';Yellow';


End If


End If


End Sub





%26lt;asp:DataList


id=';dlStuff';


runat=';server';


BorderColor=';black';


CellPadding=';5';


CellSpacing=';0';


RepeatDirection=';Vertical';


RepeatLayout=';Table';


RepeatColumns=';3';


OnItemDataBound=';dtStuff_onItemDataBou鈥?br>

%26lt;HeaderTemplate%26gt;


List of items


%26lt;/HeaderTemplate%26gt;





%26lt;ItemTemplate%26gt;


Name:






%26lt;%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, ';Name';) %%26gt;






Date:






%26lt;%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, ';Date';, ';{0:d}';) %%26gt;


%26lt;/ItemTemplate%26gt;


%26lt;/asp:DataList%26gt;How to highlight a particular row in a datalist based on some condition in ASP.NET?
You should write code in the ItemDataBound event handler of the DataList.





private void dl_ItemDataBound (object sender,


System. Web. UI. WebControls. DataListItemEventArgs e) {


DataRowView drv = (DataRowView) (e.Item. DataItem);


DateTime date = DateTime( drv. Row[';DateField';]. ToString() );


if ( date %26lt; 10 ) {


e.Item.BackColor = Color.Red;


}


}





PS~The above code uses the same approach in VB.NET however it contains a mistake. The e.Item.BackColor is of type System.Drawing. Color not System.String. You cannot assign the string ';yellow'; to it.
IN the datalist properties look for the style section


In the selectedItemStyle change the back color to your highlight color.





that should get you close...hope it helps