Below is my markup code which upon compiling gives me the error message.I have searchd for hours in google but cannot help myself.What is the incoorect code in my markup.
I have a cs file for this pagewhich binds data to this listview conrol
Any help to fix this will be greatly helpful
Error Message:An item placeholder must be specified on ListView 'listview1'. Specify an item placeholder by setting a control's ID property to "itemContainer". The item placeholder control must also specify runat="server".
<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeFile="Attestation2.aspx.cs" Inherits="Attestation2" %>
<!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></title>
</head>
<body style="z-index: 1; left: 21px; top: 0px; position: absolute; height: 313px;
width: 983px">
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<div>
<asp:DropDownList ID="Entitlementdlist" runat="server" AutoPostBack="true" Visible="true"
ToolTip="All the Requests in this dropdown are Entitlement Requests only">
</asp:DropDownList>
<%--asp:PlaceHolder ID="PlaceHolder1" runat="server"></asp:PlaceHolder>--%>
<asp:ListView ID="listview1" runat="server" ItemPlaceholderID="itemplaceholder" >
<ItemTemplate>
<table style="border:1px solid black;">
<tr>
<td>Report Name</td>
<td><asp:TextBox ID="ReportNameLbl" runat="server" Text='<%#Eval("REPORT_DESCRIPTION.rptdesctext") %>' Width="500"></asp:TextBox> </td>
<td>
<asp:CheckBoxList ID="CheckBoxList1" runat="server" RepeatDirection="Horizontal">
<asp:ListItem Text="Yes" Value="Yes"></asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Text="No" Value="No"></asp:ListItem>
</asp:CheckBoxList>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Content Description</td>
<td>
<asp:Label ID="ContentDescLbl" Text='<%#Eval("REPORT_REQUEST.StopLossMax") %>' runat="server" ></asp:Label>
</td>
<td>
<asp:CheckBoxList ID="CheckBoxList2" runat="server" RepeatDirection="Horizontal">
<asp:ListItem Text="Yes" Value="Yes"></asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Text="No" Value="No"></asp:ListItem>
</asp:CheckBoxList>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
Frequency
</td>
<td>
<asp:Label ID="frequencyLbl" Text='<%#Eval("REPORT_REQUEST.reportfrequency") %>' runat="server" ></asp:Label>
</td>
<td>
<asp:CheckBoxList ID="CheckBoxList3" runat="server" RepeatDirection="Horizontal">
<asp:ListItem Text="Yes" Value="Yes"></asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Text="No" Value="No"></asp:ListItem>
</asp:CheckBoxList>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
Recepients
</td>
<td colspan="2">
<td>
<asp:ListView ID = "lstview2" runat = "server" >
</asp:ListView>
</td>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</asp:Table>--%>
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:ListView>
</div>
</form>
</body>
</html>
Best Answer
Inside your ListView you've to add a LayoutTemplate containing the PlaceHolder: