Displaying enum values with DataGrid Web Control

[Maksim Izboridin]

Hello,

In my ASP.NET application I have to display the contents
of a table in a DataGrid web control. The table is stored
in a DataSet (I get it from an external application). One
column of the table contains a set of integer values,
each one representing an enumerated value. What should I
do in order to display a string corresponding to the
integer instead of displaying the integer values for this
column in my DataGrid?

Thank you,
Maxim

 

[Lostinet.Web Support]

<TemplateColumn>
<ItemTemplate><% # CodeBeindeMethod_GetIntName( Container.DataItem )
%></ItemTemplate>
</TemplateColumn>

 

[Jeffrey Tan[MSFT]]

Hi Maksim,

Thanks for posting in this group.
You can use Enum.GetName method to get this int value's string
representation, so you can do like this:
<asp:TemplateColumn SortExpression="enum" HeaderText="Enum">
<ItemTemplate>
<%# Getenumstring(Container.DataItem) %>
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:TemplateColumn>

//code behind:
public enum testenum
{
yes, no
};

public string Getenumstring(object item)
{
DataRowView row=(DataRowView)item;
return Enum.GetName(typeof(testenum), row["enum"]);
}

Hope this helps,

Best regards,
Jeffrey Tan
Microsoft Online Partner Support
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