My program provides ways to display Serial Numbers in a GridView of Dot Net.

1. Providing Serial Number Columns in Gridview
Steps:
1. Run Visual Webdeveloper(I’musingVWD2013).
2. Create a newProject or openan existingone
3. Adda newwebform.
4. Drag and Drop a Gridview
5. Adda suitable datasource intothisGridview (AnyRDBMSwill do. I’musingSQL Serverin
thisexample)
6. Clickon TasksList inthe Gridview (shownbelow)
7. Choose ‘AddNewColumn’
8. SelectTemplate Field (Shownbelow)
9. In the HeaderTextenterColumnname like No,SLNoetc (IenteredSLNo as shownbelow)

2. 10. You can see ‘Sl No’columnaddedto the Gridview (See below)
11. Column Sl Nocan be movedtofirstcolumn(Normally,serial numbercolumnwillbe the first
column) asexplainedbelow.
a. Clickon the GridviewTasksButton  EditColumns  Select‘SLNo’  Clickon ‘UP
ARROW’ buttonmultiple timestillSl Nomovedtofirstpostion.
12. Openthe Source Page. Findthe line :
<asp:TemplateFieldHeaderText=”Sl No”> </asp:TemplateField>
13. Breakthe line intotwoandinsertcode as shownbelow:
<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Sl No">
<ItemTemplate >
<%#Container.DataItemIndex+1 %>
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:TemplateField>

3. 14. Final outputof my GridviewwithSl Nocolumnisgivenbelow
=== 0 ===