When paging is enabled (when the FormView.AllowPaging property is set to true), an additional row called the pager row is automatically displayed in the System.Web.UI.WebControls.FormView control. The pager row contains controls that allow the user to navigate to other records, and can be displayed at the top, the bottom, or both the top and bottom of the control. Use the FormView.TopPagerRow property to programmatically access the System.Web.UI.WebControls.FormViewRow object that represents the top pager row in the System.Web.UI.WebControls.FormView control.

This property is commonly used when you need to programmatically manipulate the top pager row, for example when adding custom content. Any modification to the FormView.TopPagerRow property must be performed after the System.Web.UI.WebControls.FormView control has been bound to data; otherwise, the System.Web.UI.WebControls.FormView control overwrites any changes.