set header in repeater to visible.false - asp.net

Question

using a repeater to display a list, if the list returns empty the table will be blank, so I have displayed a message 'table is empty' but i also want to set the visibility of the table header to false, is there a property for tis?
repeater.header or something?
Thanks
EDIT: for those who cant program in the dark
<asp:Repeater id="rptSelectedUtilities" runat="server">
<HeaderTemplate>
<table class="detailstable FadeOutOnEdit">
<tr>
<th style="width:200px;">Utility</th>
<th style="width:200px;">Contacted</th>
<th style="width:200px;">Comment</th>
</tr>
</HeaderTemplate>
<ItemTemplate>
<tr>
<th style="width:200px;"><%# Eval("Name") %></th>
<th style="width:200px;"><asp:CheckBox ID="chkMyCheck" runat="server" Checked='<%# Convert.ToBoolean(Eval("Checked")) %>'/></th>
<th style="width:200px;"><%# Eval("Comment") %></th>
</tr>
<asp:Label id="labelTableEmpty" runat="server" Text="There are currently no items in this table." />
</ItemTemplate>
<FooterTemplate>
<asp:Label id="labelTableEmpty" runat="server" Text="There are currently no items in this table." />
</table>
</FooterTemplate>
</asp:Repeater>
thanks for any help

Answer 1

Alright, let's change this up a little. We are going to make the repeater invisible overall and then add another label to markup and make it visible when necessary. Replace the repeater code with this:
<asp:Repeater id="rptSelectedUtilities" runat="server">
<HeaderTemplate>
<table class="detailstable FadeOutOnEdit">
<tr>
<th style="width:200px;">Utility</th>
<th style="width:200px;">Contacted</th>
<th style="width:200px;">Comment</th>
</tr>
</HeaderTemplate>
<ItemTemplate>
<tr>
<th style="width:200px;"><%# Eval("Name") %></th>
<th style="width:200px;"><asp:CheckBox ID="chkMyCheck" runat="server" Checked='<%# Convert.ToBoolean(Eval("Checked")) %>'/></th>
<th style="width:200px;"><%# Eval("Comment") %></th>
</tr>
</ItemTemplate>
<FooterTemplate>
</table>
</FooterTemplate>
</asp:Repeater>
and then after the repeater add this (you can of course change the wording):
<asp:Label id="labelTableEmpty" runat="server" Text="There are currently no items in this table." />
and then in OnPreRender in the web form we're going to write some code:
protected override void OnPreRender(EventArgs e)
{
if (rptSelectedUtilities.Items.Count == 0)
{
rptSelectedUtilities.Visislbe = false;
labelTableEmpty.Visible = true;
}
else
{
rptSelectedUtilities.Visislbe = true;
labelTableEmpty.Visible = false;
}
}