Formatting GridView

[nice.com@gmail.com]

Hi,

It it possible to alter properties of a gridview control based on the
data it holds?

Specifically, I would like to alter colours held in the data. For
example....here 's the data

Surname Forename Registered RecentContact
Smith Henry no no
Jones Wesley yes no
Adams Sarah yes yes

I would like to display records in red for those unregistered.. yellow
for those registered without recent contact.. and green for those
registered with recent contact.

Can this be done simply?

[Eliyahu Goldin]

Re: Formatting GridView

Yes. The most flexible way is to handle the RowDataBound event. In the event
you can access the values of the columns and set any visual properties as
you wish.

--
Eliyahu Goldin,
Software Developer & Consultant
Microsoft MVP [ASP.NET]

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Hi,
>
It it possible to alter properties of a gridview control based on the
data it holds?
>
Specifically, I would like to alter colours held in the data. For
example....here 's the data
>
Surname Forename Registered RecentContact
Smith Henry no no
Jones Wesley yes no
Adams Sarah yes yes
>
I would like to display records in red for those unregistered.. yellow
for those registered without recent contact.. and green for those
registered with recent contact.
>
Can this be done simply?
>

[marss]

Re: Formatting GridView


nice.com@gmail. com wrote:

Hi,
>
It it possible to alter properties of a gridview control based on the
data it holds?
>
Specifically, I would like to alter colours held in the data. For
example....here 's the data
>
Surname Forename Registered RecentContact
Smith Henry no no
Jones Wesley yes no
Adams Sarah yes yes
>
I would like to display records in red for those unregistered.. yellow
for those registered without recent contact.. and green for those
registered with recent contact.
>
Can this be done simply?

In the OnRowDataBound event handler you have the all required data to
do this.
protected void GridView1_RowDa taBound(object sender,
GridViewRowEven tArgs e)
{.....

Here e.Row is a row of the GridView and e.Row.DataItem is an object
you bind to the GridView.
Suppose, you bind an object Person with the property Registered. To
paint row in red you need something like this:
Person p = (Person)e.Row.D ataItem;
if (!p.Registered)
e.Row["background-color"] = "red";

Regards

[bpd]

Re: Formatting GridView

On Apr 11, 9:58 am, nice....@gmail. com wrote:

Hi,
>
It it possible to alter properties of a gridview control based on the
data it holds?
>
Specifically, I would like to alter colours held in the data. For
example....here 's the data
>
Surname Forename Registered RecentContact
Smith Henry no no
Jones Wesley yes no
Adams Sarah yes yes
>
I would like to display records in red for those unregistered.. yellow
for those registered without recent contact.. and green for those
registered with recent contact.
>
Can this be done simply?

Use the gridview RowDataBound event.

in C#:

<gridview id>_RowDataBoun d(object sender, GridViewRowEven tArgs e)
{
if (e.Row.RowType == DataControlRowT ype.DataRow)
{
//non-edit mode
if ((e.Row.RowStat e == DataControlRowS tate.Normal) ||
(e.Row.RowState == DataControlRowS tate.Alternate) )
{
<your code to alter row color here for example:
lbl = (Label)e.Row.Ce lls[1].Controls[1];
(obviously, lbl is defined as a label --- Label lbl;)
lbl.ForeColor = Color.Red; (or yellow or
green) to set the text color
--or--
e.Row.Cells[1].BackColor = Color.Red; (or
yellow or green) to set the color of the cell
}
}
}

[marss]

Re: Formatting GridView


marss wrote:

e.Row["background-color"] = "red";

Excuse for the misprint. Correction:
e.Row.Style["background-color"] = "red";