Formatting the phone nos in the column in the datagrid

[TJ]

I want to format the phone nos displayed in the column of the datagrid
to ###-###-####

i tried the following in the ItemCreated event but is not working

If e.Item.ItemType = ListItemType.AlternatingItem Or e.Item.ItemType =
ListItemType.Item Then
e.Item.Cells(3).Text =
(e.Item.Cells(3).Text).Format("###-###-####")
End If

Any suggestion??

Thanks

 

[Elton W]

Hi TJ,

You can directly format data in datagrid's html code.

In BoundColumn:
DataFormatString="{0:###-###-####}"

In TemplateColumn:
<%# DataBinder.Eval
(Container.DataItem, "DataField", "{0:###-###-####}") %>


HTH

Elton Wang
(e-mail address removed)