When I programatically set the SkinID, even though the code flows without error, the skinID is ignored and the table is render in plain white. I have to set the SkinID on the page_PerInit event not the onLoad event.

I can get skinId to work if I hard code the <asp:TableRow> tags in the aspx page and reference the skinID there, but this does not help because I do not know how many rows there will be, and the number of rows vary depending on who is logged in.

TableRow tbrForumIndex = new TableRow();

tbrForumIndex.SkinID = "TableEvenRowView";

 (even though the skinID gets sets, when the page is rendered, the row / table is all white.

Any suggestion on how to get the skin to show itself.

after the Table rows are created (you have to discover that at which stage your Table is bound to its Data) try this:

 foreach (TableRow row in myTable.Rows)
            row.SkinID = "TableEvenRowView";

Where myTable is the ID of your ASP Table 

But if you are Binding Data after the Page was created (i.g on Button Click event) then you must run this could after the data is loaded in the Table.

I don't see why setting skinId in your loop would be any different then setting it the way I did.  Your just looping through the table after it is complete.

This link was helpful but did not solve my problem

http://forums.asp.net/p/962663/1197126.aspx#1197126

I am creating the TableRows dynamically and using a Page.StyleSheetName instead of a Page.Theme  

I think there is a bug because my code works with Page.Theme and does not work with Page.StyleSheetName.  This link believes this to be the case as well....

http://forums.asp.net/p/960623/1190920.aspx#1190920

still no solution :-(

The thing is that you are setting Skin for each Table Row instead of  to the Table. This is why each created Table Row must have it to which you want to set.

more over, you have the choice of making it even and odd rows skin.

Otherwise, create skin for the table and bind it to the table.

still I did not try it with The ASP:Table but it used it in the DataList and it worked nice for me.

Was the control you used dynamically created or hard coded in the .aspx file? 

Did you use Page.theme or page.StyleSheetName?

The bug occurs when you use Page.StyleSheetName with Dynamic controls.

Switching form Page.StyleSheetName to Page.Theme solved the problem, but I lose the flexibility of Page.StyleSheetName, which is good enough.

Oh, I forgot to thank you for tying, I apprieciate it.

Page.StyleSheetName is only a Css file where as Theme include all Css files, skin files and son on. 

I wrote a Fast code help some days ago. I hope it answers your question.

If you still have some problems you can ask any time (you can also use dotnet-friends.com forum).

You can also send me your all code and I will try to fix is according to you want.

I have it working, by changing Page.StyleSheetName to Page.Theme in the PreInit event

Also, In many of my pages I use Page.StyleSheetName to reference  skin files and css files, so you may be mistaken that Page.StyleSheetName is limited to only css files. Page.StyleSheetName uses css files for your html controls and skin files for your asp.net server controls.

Again, thaks for your help.

Ok this discussion is turning in to a kind of intresting talk lol

you know what? there is actualy no Property called Page.StyleSheetName rather it is only  Page.StyleSheetTheme

Please see the msdn reference for the Page members: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.web.ui.page_members(vs.80).aspx 

So now, If we use Page.Theme or  Page.StyleSheetTheme It will result the same. 

and yeah, I agree at the point that StyleSheet can be any sheet which configures style of a Document.

But generaly speaking, when a Web developer talkes about a style sheet thingy it perticularly means a CSS file. The other style sheets are ASP .NET inventions which actually endorce the usage of XML family (May be I am too old to accept new broader names lol).

I incorrectly typed Page.StyleSheetName instead of Page.StyleSheetTheme. Sorry for the confusion.  Oddly Page.StyleSheetTheme does not work with my dynamic controls where Page.Theme does.  Its probably something I am doing, but its good enough for now.  I need to get into the real coding of this project and not spend so much time on the presentation layer....which gets changed every 2 years anyhow.

Thanks for the help.