how to make GridView column read only

[Frinavale]

I would handle the OnRowDataBound event and set the cell to disabled in that code.

[mfaisalpk]

If the grid property is AutoGenerateCol umns = True and you also want to edit it but few Columns are not allowed for editing then you have to do very simple thing, put those columns in DataKeyNames only.

[agarwalsunitadhn]

I wouldn't recommend doing this at run time (it's a little messy). I would first start by specifying whether or not the control should be enabled in the EditItemTemplat e for for each TemplateField that is bound to your underlying data source.

If, for some reason, you are unable to do this, then you need to implement a method that handles the GridView's OnRowDataBound event. In this method you will have to set each control accordingly.

-Frinny

I am not using any item template in this grid because grid are binded as per condition from different tables and having different fields.that's why i am not able to make a particular field read only.
please help

[Frinavale]

I wouldn't recommend doing this at run time (it's a little messy). I would first start by specifying whether or not the control should be enabled in the EditItemTemplat e for for each TemplateField that is bound to your underlying data source.

If, for some reason, you are unable to do this, then you need to implement a method that handles the GridView's OnRowDataBound event. In this method you will have to set each control accordingly.

-Frinny

[agarwalsunitadhn]

Make the boundField readonly.

but how to do this at runtime.please view my code at once then tell how to make the cell uneditable

[PRR]

Make the boundField readonly.

[agarwalsunitadhn]

I am using Gridview and on that data is binded conditionally.t he problem is that at the time of editing whole row of the grid is in editable mode and i want only few of the columns editable. my code is as follows

 Private Sub LoadGrid()
        Select Case (Session("sid").ToString())
            Case "d"
                constr = "select dc ,dnh,dn from dst order by dc"
            Case "s"
                constr = "select sc,sn,id from sd order by sc"
            
        End Select

        cmd = New SqlCommand

       
        cmd.Parameters.Clear()
        Try
            If con.State = ConnectionState.Closed Then con.Open()

            cmd.CommandText = constr
            cmd.Connection = con

            Myreader = cmd.ExecuteReader()
            Me.GridView1.DataSource = Myreader
            Me.GridView1.DataBind()
            If (Session("sid").ToString() = "d" Or Session("sid").ToString() = "s" ) Then
                UndideGrid(3)
                       End If
        Catch ex As Exception
            If con.State = ConnectionState.Open Then con.Close()
        Finally
            If con.State = ConnectionState.Open Then con.Close()
        End Try
    End Sub
    

    Public Sub GridView1_RowCancelingEdit(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Web.UI.WebControls.GridViewCancelEditEventArgs) Handles GridView1.RowCancelingEdit
        GridView1.EditIndex = -1
        Call LoadGrid()
        lblMessage.Text = ""
    End Sub

    Public Sub UndideGrid(ByVal x As Integer)
        If (GridView1.Columns.Count > 0) Then
            GridView1.Columns(x).Visible = False
        Else
            GridView1.HeaderRow.Cells(x).Visible = False
            Dim gvr As GridViewRow
            For Each gvr In GridView1.Rows
                gvr.Cells(x).Visible = False
            Next
        End If
    End Sub

       Public Sub GridView1_RowEditing(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Web.UI.WebControls.GridViewEditEventArgs) Handles GridView1.RowEditing
        GridView1.EditIndex = e.NewEditIndex
        Call LoadGrid()
    End Sub

    Public Sub GridView1_RowUpdating(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Web.UI.WebControls.GridViewUpdateEventArgs) Handles GridView1.RowUpdating
        Dim idx As Integer = e.RowIndex
        Dim row1 As GridViewRow = GridView1.Rows(idx)

        If (Session("sid").ToString() = "d" Or Session("sid").ToString() = "s") Then
            Dim f1 As TextBox = CType(row1.Cells(1).Controls(0), TextBox)
            Dim f2 As TextBox = CType(row1.Cells(2).Controls(0), TextBox)
            Dim f3 As TextBox = CType(row1.Cells(3).Controls(0), TextBox)
            lblMessage.Text = "Field Value f1=" & f1.Text & " f2=" & f2.Text & " f3=" & f3.Text
            Select Case (Session("sid").ToString())
                Case "d"
                    constr = "update Dst set dnh=@f2 where dc=@f1"
                Case "s"
                    constr = "update sd set sn=@f2 where sc=@f1 and id=@f3"
                    
            End Select
            cmd = New SqlCommand(constr, con)
            Try
                If con.State = ConnectionState.Closed Then con.Open()

                cmd.Parameters.Clear()
                cmd.Parameters.Add(New SqlParameter("@f2", SqlDbType.NVarChar)).Value = f2.Text
                cmd.Parameters.Add(New SqlParameter("@f1", SqlDbType.NVarChar)).Value = f1.Text
                If (Session("sid").ToString() = "d") Then
                Else
                    cmd.Parameters.Add(New SqlParameter("@f3", SqlDbType.Int)).Value = Convert.ToInt32(f3.Text)
                End If
                Dim rowno As Integer = cmd.ExecuteNonQuery()

            Catch ex As Exception
                lblMessage.Text = lblMessage.Text & "Error" & ex.Message
                If con.State = ConnectionState.Open Then con.Close()
            Finally
                If con.State = ConnectionState.Open Then con.Close()
            End Try
        
               GridView1.EditIndex = -1
        Call LoadGrid()
    End Sub

    Protected Sub rdDist_CheckedChanged(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) Handles rdDist.CheckedChanged
        Label18.Text = "District Details"
        Session("sid") = "d"
        Call LoadGrid()

        'Call LoadGrid()
    End Sub

    Protected Sub rdSubDiv_CheckedChanged(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) Handles rdSubDiv.CheckedChanged
        Label18.Text = "SubDivision Details"
        Session("sid") = "s"
        Call LoadGrid()
        lblMessage.Text = ""

    End Sub

   End Class