Custom Paging In DataList in ASP.Net

This article we describe DataList Paging with Next, previous and First, Last page access functionality. A numbers list is also displayed for accessing pages faster.


Background
Few days back when I required to implement custom paging in DataList(like a google paging). I search out the Internet but did not find any perfect code. Then after some effort I wrote my own code. I decided to share it with other users. Surely this will help other developers.
For creating the custom paging in the DataList control we need two DataList control, one for displaying the Data from the Database to the DataList and other for handling the Custom Paging.
After it we create three properties
1. CurrentPage
2. FirstPage
3. NextPage
The definition of the CurrentPage Property is
private int CurrentPage
{
get
{
object objPage = ViewState["_CurrentPage"];
int _CurrentPage = 0;
if (objPage == null)
{
_CurrentPage = 0;
}
else
{
_CurrentPage = (int)objPage;
}
return _CurrentPage;
}
set
{
ViewState["_CurrentPage"] = value;

}
}


The definition for the FirstPage property is
private int FirstPage
{
get
{
int _FirstIndex = 0;
if (ViewState["_FirstIndex"] == null)
{
_FirstIndex = 0;
}
else
{
_FirstIndex = Convert.ToInt32(ViewState["_FirstIndex"]);
}
return _FirstIndex;
}
set
{
ViewState["_FirstIndex"] = value;
}
}
The definition for the LastPage property is
private int LastPage
{
get
{
int _LastIndex = 0;
if (ViewState["_LastIndex"] == null)
{
_LastIndex = 0;

}
else
{
_LastIndex = Convert.ToInt32(ViewState["_LastIndex"]);
}
return _LastIndex;
}
set
{
ViewState["_LastIndex"] = value;
}
}
Note:- We need two Member function
Declare it before writing the function, just below the Partial class

PagedDataSource _pageData = new PagedDataSource();

1. BindBlogDataList()
2. handlePaging()

Definition for BindBlogDataList()

private void BindBlogDataList()
{
DataTable dt = _objBlog.BlogContent.GetBlogDetails();
//dataListBlogDetails.DataSource = _objBlog.BlogContent.GetBlogDetails();
//dataListBlogDetails.DataBind();

_pageData.DataSource = dt.DefaultView;
_pageData.AllowPaging = true;
_pageData.PageSize = 10;
_pageData.CurrentPageIndex = CurrentPage;
ViewState["TotalPages"] = _pageData.PageCount;

this.lblPageInfo.Text = "Page " + (CurrentPage + 1) + " of " + _pageData.PageCount;
this.lbtnPrevious.Enabled = !_pageData.IsFirstPage;
this.lbtnNext.Enabled = !_pageData.IsLastPage;
this.lbtnFirst.Enabled = !_pageData.IsFirstPage;
this.lbtnLast.Enabled = !_pageData.IsLastPage;

ddlBlogDetails.DataSource = _pageData;
ddlBlogDetails.DataBind();
this. handlePaging();

}
Definition for handlePaging()
private void handlePaging ()
{
DataTable dt = new DataTable();
dt.Columns.Add("PageIndex");
dt.Columns.Add("PageText");
FirstPage = CurrentPage - 5;
if (CurrentPage > 5)
{
LastPage = CurrentPage + 5;
}
else
{
LastPage = 10;
}
if (LastPage > Convert.ToInt32(ViewState["TotalPages"]))
{
LastPage = Convert.ToInt32(ViewState["TotalPages"]);
FirstPage = LastPage - 10;
}
if (FirstPage < 0)
{
FirstPage = 0;
}
for (int i = FirstPage; i < LastPage; i++)
{
DataRow dr = dt.NewRow();
dr[0] = i;
dr[1] = i + 1;
dt.Rows.Add(dr);
}
this. ddlPaging.DataSource = dt;
this. ddlPaging.DataBind();
}


Details of Default.aspx.cs file
protected void ddlPaging_ItemCommand(object source, DataListCommandEventArgs e)
{
if (e.CommandName.Equals("Paging"))
{
CurrentPage = Convert.ToInt16(e.CommandArgument.ToString());
this.BindBlogDataList();
}
}


protected void ddlPaging_ItemDataBound(object sender, DataListItemEventArgs e)
{
LinkButton lnkbtnPage = (LinkButton)e.Item.FindControl("lnkbtnPaging");
if (lnkbtnPage.CommandArgument.ToString() == CurrentPage.ToString())
{
lnkbtnPage.Enabled = false;
lnkbtnPage.Style.Add("fone-size", "14px");
lnkbtnPage.Font.Bold = true;

}
}

//Page Load
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
if (!Page.IsPostBack)
{
BindBlogDataList();
}

}
//First Link Button Click
protected void lbtnFirst_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
CurrentPage = 0;
BindBlogDataList();
}
//Previous Link Button Click
protected void lbtnPrevious_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
CurrentPage -= 1;
BindBlogDataList();


}
//Next Link Button Click
protected void lbtnNext_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
CurrentPage += 1;
BindBlogDataList();
}
//Last Link Button Click
protected void lbtnLast_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
CurrentPage = (Convert.ToInt32(ViewState["TotalPages"]) - 1);
BindBlogDataList();

}