Formatting the GridView Based on the Underlying Data

protected void GridView1_RowDataBound(object sender, GridViewRowEventArgs e)

{

        if (e.Row.RowType == DataControlRowType.DataRow)

        {

            // determine the value of the status field

            int status = Convert.ToInt32(DataBinder.Eval(e.Row.DataItem, "status"));

            // color the background of the row

            switch (status)

            {

                case 0:

                    e.Row.BackColor = Color.LightGreen;

                    break;

                case 1:

                    e.Row.BackColor = Color.Red;

                    break;

                case 2:

                    e.Row.BackColor = Color.Blue ;

                    break;

            }

               

           

        }

}