GV Databound Event vs DG ItemDataBound Event

[GaryDean]

It seems every time I try to use the GridView to do what I used to do with
the DataGrid I run into differences that make me want to got back to the
datagrid. for instance...

the DataGrid ItemDataBound event was a very valuable event to customize
binding. We could refer to the item at being bound by referencing
e.item.whatever.

Now with the GridView there is a "DataBound" event but item is no longer a
property! In fact there are no prooperties in the event arguments so we
cannot say e.item. there are just four methods (Equals,GetHashCode,GetType,
and ToString). So how can we reference an item? the documentation is
silent on this - unlike the 1.1 datagrid documentation.

Are there any discussions anywhere on how to do things with the Gridview
that used to be so easy with the DataGrid?

(one of our developers posted on this issue and someone responded that we
should use e.row but there is no row property.)

 

[Walter Wang [MSFT]]

Hi Gary,

Glad to work with you on this GridView question again.

You need to use the RowDataBound event. The DataBound event is fired when
the data binding is completed.

protected void GridView1_RowDataBound(object sender,
GridViewRowEventArgs e)
{
if (e.Row.RowType == DataControlRowType.DataRow)
{
int productID = (int)DataBinder.Eval(e.Row.DataItem,
"ProductID");
string productName = (string)DataBinder.Eval(e.Row.DataItem,
"ProductName");
}
}

Hope this helps. Please feel free to post here if anything is unclear.

Sincerely,
Walter Wang ([email protected], remove 'online.')
Microsoft Online Community Support

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