Dropdownlist for databoundcolumn

[Mike]

Hi

How can i code a dropdownlist for a databound column in a datagrid? the
datagrid has to be editable
btw i looked on datagridgirl.com but nothing that suited ..

ch Mike

 

[Eliyahu Goldin]

Mike,

You can't put a ddl inside a boundcolumn. You should use a template column
instead and put the ddl into ItemTemplate. Then you databind the ddl inside
the template.

Eliyahu

 

[Mike]

Eli,

I tried that but how do you bind the dropdownlist to the column? there is
no DataField property on a dropdownlist. Also how do you populate the
listbox (in a editable datagrid)?

ch Mike

 

[Eliyahu Goldin]

Mike,

ddl has a bunch of properties for databinding:
DataSource, DataMember, DataTextField, DataTextFormatString, DataValueField
..

Everything gets populated on DataBind() call.

Eliyahu

 

[linhardt]

See: Adding a DropDownList to an Editable DataGrid
By Matthew Rouse
http://www.4guysfromrolla.com/webtech/050801-1.shtml

Also useful for background information (but not specific to
DropDownLists) is:
Walkthrough: Using a DataGrid Web Control to Read and Write Data
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...ughusingdatagridwebcontroltoreadwritedata.asp