Disable Dropdown list in GridView(Edit Mode)

[Houston Lucifer]

Hi all, i have three column in GridView which in the edit mode are dropdown
lists. Based on the role, when the user clicks on the 'Edit' Button i need to
disable any two of those columns. How can i do this. Can i generate the 'Edit
Item Template' at runtime? Is there any easy way?

Thanks for the help.

 

[Phillip Williams]

Hi Houston,

You can use the RowCreated event like this:

protected void GridView1_RowCreated(object sender, GridViewRowEventArgs e)
{
if (e.Row.RowState == DataControlRowState.Edit)
{
DropDownList ddl1 = (DropDownList)e.Row.FindControl("dropdownlist1");
//use the reference to the dropdownlist to enable or disable it
based on the roles
if (Context.User.IsInRole ("Manager") )
{
ddl1.Enabled = false;
}
}
}

 

[Houston Lucifer]

Thanks i will try this.

Hi Houston,

You can use the RowCreated event like this:

protected void GridView1_RowCreated(object sender, GridViewRowEventArgs e)
{
if (e.Row.RowState == DataControlRowState.Edit)
{
DropDownList ddl1 = (DropDownList)e.Row.FindControl("dropdownlist1");
//use the reference to the dropdownlist to enable or disable it
based on the roles
if (Context.User.IsInRole ("Manager") )
{
ddl1.Enabled = false;
}
}
}
--
HTH,
Phillip Williams
http://www.societopia.net
http://www.webswapp.com

 

[Houston Lucifer]

Thanks. This did it. I appreciate it.

Hi Houston,

You can use the RowCreated event like this:

protected void GridView1_RowCreated(object sender, GridViewRowEventArgs e)
{
if (e.Row.RowState == DataControlRowState.Edit)
{
DropDownList ddl1 = (DropDownList)e.Row.FindControl("dropdownlist1");
//use the reference to the dropdownlist to enable or disable it
based on the roles
if (Context.User.IsInRole ("Manager") )
{
ddl1.Enabled = false;
}
}
}
--
HTH,
Phillip Williams
http://www.societopia.net
http://www.webswapp.com

 

[Phillip Williams]

You are welcome.