Original Post: http://morewally.com/cs/blogs/wallym/archive/2006/07/20/190.aspx I've finally started playing with the GridView in ASP.NET 2.0 beyond just using it to display some data. I wanted to create something similar to a fully editable datagrid that I used in ASP.NET 1.1. I have created the...

Original Post: http://morewally.com/cs/blogs/wallym/archive/2006/07/20/191.aspx I've finally started playing with the GridView in ASP.NET 2.0 beyond just using it to display some data. I wanted to create something similar to a fully editable datagrid that I used in ASP.NET 1.1. I have created the...

Original Post: http://morewally.com/cs/blogs/wallym/archive/2006/07/20/190.aspx I've finally started playing with the GridView in ASP.NET 2.0 beyond just using it to display some data. I wanted to create something similar to a fully editable datagrid that I used in ASP.NET 1.1. I have created the...

My current project required a way for exporting data to Excel. I could of course write a separate export method for every data set but in my opinion it would be a pointless waste of time. I would also like to utilise the existing functionality as much as possible – as it is, the lists going to Excel...

Hi all! As you should know, the GridView control is a great control but, what you might not know, is that is really easy to improve the tasks performed by GridView. One task that I was asked a time ago, was the possibility to perform record input using the footer of the GridView. This is a solution for...

Ever try to include an ImageButton control in your gridview and then end up with the following beautiful error message : Invalid postback or callback argument. Event validation is enabled using <pages enableEventValidation="true"/> in configuration or <%@ Page EnableEventValidation="true" %>...

The answer is simple... Set the DataFormatString property of the BoundField to the desired format and set the HtmlEncode property to false. Replace the ColumnName value with the name of your column. Replace DataFormatString property with the format string of your choosing. A good reference for .NET string...

When doing serverside paging(that is paging at the database layer by returning only the paged result), one of the things I miss in the GridView control is the VirtualItemCount, which is supposedly only supported in the older control's like the DataGrid. This property was quite useful because while being...

If any of you haven't had the opportunity to check out Matt Berseth's developer blog, do it now. He has given me some great tips and inspired me to develope some cool things using AJAX, YahooUI and other .Net and Web2.0 technologies. Great articles I have implemented in my code have been: 'Don't Ask...

Seen a lot of questions regarding how to check/uncheck CheckBoxes within a GridView control using JavaScript. So I thought to put it on my blog for quick reference for others and for myself. Following is the code: ------------------------------------------- .aspx code -------------------------------...