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ASP.net Datagrid Click event??

Hi I am am trying to find the EASIEST way to have a user click on a populated datagrid (via a programmatic dataset) to populate text boxes and lists external to the datagrid. Sort of a click the row you want to see detail on kind of functionality. Is there a way to click any row in the datagrid and simply return the value of my hidden ID field into a variable to use for my control population on the rest of the page????

Thanks All,

GoodJun

In the property builder for the grid. Columns-->select the column that you want user to click that will raise the event, type in "Select" in the Command name: textbox.

Then you can code the SelectedIndexChanged event when users clicked an item in this column.

arvindb1

Do something like this

In your asp.net page

<asp:DataGrid id="DataGrid1" runat="server" AutoGenerateColumns="False">
                        <Columns>
                              <asp:TemplateColumn Visible="False" HeaderText="HiddenColumn">
                                    <ItemTemplate>
                                          <asp:Label runat="server" Text='<%# DataBinder.Eval(Container, "DataItem.HiddenField") %>'>
                                          </asp:Label>
                                    </ItemTemplate>
                                    <EditItemTemplate>
                                          <asp:TextBox runat="server" Text='<%# DataBinder.Eval(Container, "DataItem.HiddenField") %>'>
                                          </asp:TextBox>
                                    </EditItemTemplate>
                              </asp:TemplateColumn>
                              <asp:TemplateColumn HeaderText="FirstColumn">
                                    <ItemTemplate>
                                          <asp:Label runat="server" Text='<%# DataBinder.Eval(Container, "DataItem.firstfield") %>'>
                                          </asp:Label>
                                    </ItemTemplate>
                                    <EditItemTemplate>
                                          <asp:TextBox runat="server" Text='<%# DataBinder.Eval(Container, "DataItem.firstfield") %>'>
                                          </asp:TextBox>
                                    </EditItemTemplate>
                              </asp:TemplateColumn>
                              <asp:TemplateColumn HeaderText="SecondColumn">
                                    <ItemTemplate>
                                          <asp:Label runat="server" Text='<%# DataBinder.Eval(Container, "DataItem.SecondColumn") %>'>
                                          </asp:Label>
                                    </ItemTemplate>
                                    <EditItemTemplate>
                                          <asp:TextBox runat="server" Text='<%# DataBinder.Eval(Container, "DataItem.SecondColumn") %>'>
                                          </asp:TextBox>
                                    </EditItemTemplate>
                              </asp:TemplateColumn>
                              <asp:TemplateColumn HeaderText="Select">
                                    <ItemTemplate>
                                          <asp:LinkButton runat="server" Text="Button" CommandName="SelectClick" CausesValidation="false"></asp:LinkButton>
                                    </ItemTemplate>
                              </asp:TemplateColumn>
                        </Columns>
                  </asp:DataGrid>

and in your code behind
Private Sub DataGrid1_ItemCommand(ByVal source As Object, ByVal e As System.Web.UI.WebControls.DataGridCommandEventArgs) Handles DataGrid1.ItemCommand
If (e.CommandName = "Select") Then
Dim hidfield As String
hidfield = e.Item.Cells(0).Text()
End If

End Sub

Hope it helps
Arvind

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