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asp.net vb.net gridview name cells

It´s possible in the following example use the name of column instead the column number:

row.Cells(2).Text

for ex: like:

row.Cells("name").Text

Kyle Abrahams, PMP

yes you can do this. In fact it's preferred because if you change your columns around programattically your indexes will all get messed up.

ASKER

But when i try with this code i get an error message in msgbox() line :

Protected Sub GridView1_RowCommand(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Web.UI.WebControls.GridViewCommandEventArgs) Handles GridView1.RowCommand

If e.CommandName = "Add" Then
Dim index As Integer = Convert.ToInt32(e.CommandArgument)
Dim row As GridViewRow = GridView1.Rows(index)
MsgBox(row.Cells("name").Text)
End If

End Sub

Error message:
The conversion of the chain "name" to type 'Integer' is not valid.

Kyle Abrahams, PMP

it should just be row("name") . . . not cells.

ASKER

in this case not work, is expected an integer as index

Kyle Abrahams, PMP

row('name") is for a datareader . . . sorry.

should be row.Item("Name")

ASKER

when i try use your code, the help context show the following message:

'item' is not a member of System.Web.UI.WebControls.Gridviewrow

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how should do