bind a gridview column to a method

bind a attribute of the ItemTemplate to a method

<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Deleted Ind" SortExpression="DeletedInd"> 

    <ItemTemplate>

        <asp:CheckBox ID="cbDeletedInd" runat="server" 

            Checked='<%# this.GetNullableBool(Eval("DeletedInd"))  %>' 

            Enabled="false" />

    </ItemTemplate>

</asp:TemplateField>

put the method in your codebehind (this could be a bind utility method)

protected bool GetNullableBool(object o)

{

    bool bReturn = false;

    Nullable<bool> b = o as Nullable<bool>;

    if (b != null)

    {

        if (b == true)

        {

            bReturn = true;

        }

    }

    return bReturn;

}

this method returns false if the bool is false or null
otherwise it returns true

now we use the RowDataBound to format that row

protected void gvResults_RowDataBound(object sender, GridViewRowEventArgs e)

{ 

    CheckBox c = (CheckBox)e.Row.FindControl("cbDeletedInd");

    if (c != null && c.Checked)

    {

        e.Row.ForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.LightGray;

    } 

}

results: (the deleted rows are now grey)