Define the DataGrid with Template columns & then set the Headers as wish and assign the values to the DataGrid by handling ItemDataBound event.
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Browse All TopicsBelow code works fine, however, i would like to be able to define a column name with a space in a title; consisting of two words. Current 2 properties of class Person "public int ID" and "public string FullName" are column name for a datagrind. I would like to have "FullName" as "Full Name" with a space in between for column name. How can this be achieved?
public class Person
{
private int m_id;
public string FirstName;
public string LastName;
public int ID
{
get{ return m_id;}
}
public string FullName
{
get{ return FirstName + " " + LastName;}
}
public Person(int id, string firstName, string lastName)
{
m_id = id;
FirstName = firstName;
LastName = lastName;
}
}
public class WebForm1 : System.Web.UI.Page
{
protected System.Web.UI.WebControls.
private void Page_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
Person[] personList = new Person[5];
for(int i = 0; i < 5; i++)
{
personList[i] = new Person(i+1, "Jeffrey", "Palermo");
}
DataGrid1.DataSource = personList;
DataGrid1.DataBind();
}
}
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by: steelheart38Posted on 2007-06-26 at 22:20:38ID: 19369932
the easiest i could think of is to use the List<T> generic. That is, List<Person> instead of the Person[].
Then set the datagrid's display and valuemember to "FullName" and "ID" respectively.
There are other approaches such as creating a custom collection which implements IBindingList or related interfaces but I usually go for List<T>