Show Footer on GridView with empty records

<asp:gridview id="CustomersGridView"  
        datasourceid="CustomersSqlDataSource"  
        autogeneratecolumns="true" 
        runat="server"> 
 
        <emptydatarowstyle backcolor="LightBlue" 
          forecolor="Red"/> 
 
        <emptydatatemplate> 
 
          <asp:image id="NoDataImage" 
            imageurl="~/images/Image.jpg" 
            alternatetext="No Image"  
            runat="server"/> 
 
            No Data Found.   
 
        </emptydatatemplate>  
 
      </asp:gridview> 

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    Protected Sub Page_PreRenderComplete(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.PreRenderComplete 
        If gvSites.Rows.Count = 0 Then 
            AddDummySiteRow() 
        End If 
    End Sub

    ''' <summary> 
    ''' Create a dummy hidden row so that the title bar columns remain 
    ''' </summary> 
    ''' <remarks></remarks> 
    Private Sub AddDummySiteRow() 
        Try 
            Dim lstDummy As New Collections.Generic.List(Of JEMSConfiguration.BLL.Site) 
            lstDummy.Add(New JEMSConfiguration.BLL.Site) 
            gvSites.DataSourceID = "" 
            gvSites.DataSource = lstDummy 
            gvSites.DataBind() 
 
            With gvSites.Rows(0) 
                ' hide the delete and edit buttons 
                .Cells(0).Controls(1).Visible = False 
                .Cells(0).Controls(3).Visible = False 
 
                ' hide the labels displaying the dummy data 
                .Cells(1).Controls(1).Visible = False 
                .Cells(2).Controls(1).Visible = False 
                .Cells(3).Controls(1).Visible = False 
                .Cells(4).Controls(1).Visible = False 
            End With 
 
        Catch ex As Exception 
            Throw 
        End Try 
    End Sub

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