Usually we'll bind controls with data, like SqlDataSource or XMLDataSource. But I found that I could bind member in a container, too. Now, It's convenient to me binding members withing a container for display some messages.
<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeFile="Binding with a member.aspx.cs"
Inherits="Binding_with_a_member" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head runat="server">
<title>Binding with page member</title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<div>
<asp:FormView ID="FormView1" runat="server" DataKeyNames="ID" DataSourceID="SqlDataSource1">
<ItemTemplate>
<div style="text-align: center; font-size: xx-large; color: Red;">
<asp:Label ID="Label1" runat="server" Text='<%# GUID %>'></asp:Label>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center; font-size: xx-large; color: Blue;">
<asp:Label ID="Label2" runat="server" Text='<%# RandomNumber %>'></asp:Label>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center; font-size: xx-large; color: Green;">
<asp:Label ID="Label3" runat="server" Text='<%# DateTime.Now %>'></asp:Label>
</div>
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:FormView>
</div>
<asp:SqlDataSource ID="SqlDataSource1" runat="server" ConnectionString="<%$ ConnectionStrings:brucedbConnectionString %>"
SelectCommand="SELECT * FROM [GV]"></asp:SqlDataSource>
</form>
</body>
</html>
using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Configuration;
using System.Data;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Security;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.HtmlControls;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts;
using System.Xml.Linq;
public partial class Binding_with_a_member : System.Web.UI.Page
{
protected string GUID;
protected int RandomNumber;
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
GUID = Guid.NewGuid().ToString();
RandomNumber = new Random().Next(100, 10000);
}
}