Using the asp:ListView control in SharePoint

Below is example code implementing the asp:ListView control in a SharePoint page. Bound data comes from the SPDataSource control.

The SelectCommand is in the CAML query language which is XML based. The query looks for all Calendar events ending today or later, row limit of 4, sorted by start date. You can also use parameters for a dynamic SelectCommand:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.sharepoint.webcontrols.spdatasource.selectparameters.aspx

<asp:ListView ID="ListView1" runat="server" DataSourceID="spDataSource1">
<LayoutTemplate>
<div style="background-color: #fffddd; padding: 10px; width: 200px">
<asp:PlaceHolder ID="itemPlaceholder" runat="server"></asp:PlaceHolder>
</div>
</LayoutTemplate>
<ItemTemplate>
<p style="font-size:small;">
<a href="/examples/Lists/Events//DispForm.aspx?ID=<%# Eval("ID") %>" style="color:#787878"><span style='text-decoration:none;<%# Eval("Category").Equals("Holiday") ? "font-weight:bold" : "font-weight:normal" %>'><%# Eval("DisplayDateTime").ToString().Substring(8) %></span><br />
<span style="font-style:italic"><%# Eval("Title") %></span></a></p>
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:ListView>

<SharePointWebControls:SPDataSource runat="server" ID="spDataSource1" DataSourceMode="List" SelectCommand="<Query><Where><Geq><FieldRef Name='EndDate' /><Value Type='DateTime'><Today /></Value></Geq></Where><OrderBy><FieldRef Name='EventDate' Ascending='True' /></OrderBy><RowLimit>4</RowLimit></Query>">
<SelectParameters> <asp:Parameter Name="WebUrl" DefaultValue="/examples/" /> <asp:Parameter Name="ListName" DefaultValue="Events" /> </SelectParameters>
</SharePointWebControls:SPDataSource>