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How do I hide a column of a Gridview at runtime

I am creating a gridview at runtime but don't want all the columns to be shown, ie the key information for the row of data I am showing. I know I can do this

gridview1.column.item(0).visible = false

but although the column is not shown it also does not have the data in the column either and since I need to know the key data for processing the selected item from the grid, the above does not work for me

Rahul Agarwal

Right this code in the GridView1_RowDataBound Event and hide the column. In Controls(6) the 6 is number of column to be Hide on runtime.

If e.Row.RowType = DataControlRowType.Header Then
e.Row.Controls(6).Visible = False
End If
If e.Row.RowType = DataControlRowType.DataRow Then
e.Row.Controls(6).Visible = False
End If

Pratima

To hide a column at runt time you can hook up to the GridView’s RowDataBound event and set the Visible property of the cell you want to hide to false: protected void GridView1_RowDataBound(object sender, GridViewRowEventArgs e) { e.Row.Cells[0].Visible = false; }...

keymac

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As I said in the question, that approach dos not work. I need the column to be hidden not invisible. If it is invisible it is not available as data in the grid, ie I want the column to still have data bound to it but to be hidden to the viewer.

Pratima

have you tried this

protected void GridView1_RowDataBound(object sender, GridViewRowEventArgs e) { e.Row.Cells[0].Visible = false;

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Pratima

in vb.net

Protected Sub GridView1_RowDataBound(sender As Object, e As GridViewRowEventArgs)
e.Row.Cells(0).Visible = False
End Sub

Obadiah Christopher

Just use the Datakeyname property of the gridview to store the value of key u use 4 processing the row.

keymac

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Magnificent