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Use a CommandField to customize the appearance of the Edit, Delete, Update, Cancel, and Select buttons
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<%@ Page Language="C#" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head id="Head1" runat="server">
<title>Show CommandField</title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<div>
<asp:GridView
id="grdProducts"
DataSourceID="srcProducts"
DataKeyNames="Id"
AutoGenerateColumns="false"
Runat="server">
<Columns>
<asp:CommandField
ButtonType="Image"
ShowEditButton="true"
EditText="Edit Product"
UpdateText="Update Product"
ShowCancelButton="true"
CancelText="Cancel Edit"
ShowDeleteButton="true"
DeleteText="Delete Product"/>
<asp:BoundField
DataField="Title"
HeaderText="Product Title" />
<asp:BoundField
DataField="Director"
HeaderText="Product Director" />
</Columns>
</asp:GridView>
<asp:SqlDataSource
id="srcProducts"
ConnectionString="<%$ ConnectionStrings:Products %>"
SelectCommand="SELECT Id,Title,Director FROM Products"
UpdateCommand="UPDATE Products SET Title=@Title,
Director=@Director
WHERE Id=@Id"
DeleteCommand="DELETE Products WHERE Id=@Id"
Runat="server" />
</div>
</form>
</body>
</html>
File: Web.config
<configuration>
<connectionStrings>
<add name="Products"
connectionString="Data Source=.\SQLEXPRESS;
AttachDbFilename=|DataDirectory|MyDatabase.mdf;Integrated Security=True;User Instance=True" />
</connectionStrings>
</configuration>
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