lopping off the text at the end

[roko]

How do I lop off a long text at the end in ASP.NET to prevent it from
wrapping? Do I count the number of characters then do a concatenation? Or
is there a better way, i.e. looking at the size of the DataGrid Column then
work our way back with the text size?

This is a long text a ...
This is another long ...
Yet another long te ...

What is the terminology for that anyway so I may search for the sample code?

Thanks,
-roko

 

[Steve C. Orr [MVP, MCSD]]

Counting characters is for chumps.
Use the "overflow: hidden" CSS attribute to do the job for you instead.
Here's more info:
http://www.w3schools.com/css/pr_pos_overflow.asp

 

[roko]

Nice try, but no go. The characters, for example the "e", has been sliced
and diced in 1/2 at that certain point. It is not a workable solution...

Any other ideas?