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Center text in a dynamically generated GridView column

I need to center my text in my GridView columns but they are created dynamically so I am not able to specificy within a <Column> specification.

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robjay

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OK, this works but I only needed certain columns centered . . .

<asp:GridView ID="GridView5" Runat="server"
AutoGenerateColumns="True" >
<alternatingrowstyle backcolor="#EEEEEE" />
<rowstyle backcolor="LightCyan"
forecolor="DarkBlue"
font-italic="true"
HorizontalAlign = "center" />

</asp:GridView>

so I can do this with a DataGrid and OnItemDataBound program that references my desired centered columns - all columns except the first one - but I would like to know how to implement this with a GridView. This is the DataGrid OnItemDataBound:

Protected Sub dg5_ItemDataBound(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.Web.UI.WebControls.DataGridItemEventArgs)
              ' This just centers data - is there a more efficient way?
              If e.Item.ItemType = ListItemType.Item Or e.Item.ItemType = ListItemType.AlternatingItem Then
              For k = 1 To columncount - 1 ' Do no center first column
              e.Item.Cells(k).HorizontalAlign = HorizontalAlign.Center
              Next
              End If
End Sub

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