How to display proper message in gridview when database returns null value ?

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In Gridview_Paint event

C#

private void gvwPrinterLocation_Paint(object sender, PaintEventArgs e)
       {
           try
           {
               DataGridView sndr = (DataGridView)sender;
               if (sndr.Rows.Count == 0) // <-- if there are no rows in the DataGridView when it paints, then it will create your message
               {
                   using (Graphics grfx = e.Graphics)
                   {
                       grfx.DrawString("No data found!", new Font("Arial", 12), Brushes.Black, new PointF(25, 25));
                   }
               }
           }
           catch (Exception ex)
           {}}

Posted 16-Feb-15 23:48pm

Dev Chandra Thakur

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Thanks7872 17-Feb-15 5:49am

See this : https://www.google.co.in/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=datagridview%20no%20records%20message

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Mukesh.Ce62 · Answer 1 · 2015-02-17T00:03:00

Solution 1

Please add following code in your gridview.

XML

<asp:GridView ID="gdvId" runat="server">
       <Columns>
       </Columns>
       <EmptyDataTemplate>
           No resources found.
       </EmptyDataTemplate>
   </asp:GridView>

Posted 17-Feb-15 0:03am

Mukesh.Ce62