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• In Design view, select the control and use the Property inspector to change any of the options.
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Double-click the object in the Server Behaviors panel and change its properties in the dialog box that opens.
• In Code view, select the DataGrid or DataList on the page, and use its tag dialog box to change its attributes.
Specify and format a data source field in a DataGrid
When creating or editing a DataGrid, use the Simple Data Field column (called a bound column in ASP.NET) to
specify which data source field to display, and the data format the field uses with a .NET formatting expression.
In the DataGrid dialog box, select the Simple Data Field column in the Columns box.
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In the Simple Data Field dialog box, enter a title for the grid's header or footer rows. (Displaying a header or footer
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row for a DataGrid is controlled by the DataGrid Property inspector.)
Select a DataSet column with which to populate the DataGrid column from the Data Field pop-up menu.
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4 Select the Read Only option to specify that the DataGrid does not allow add, update, or delete privileges.
From the Submit As pop-up menu, select a data type, and click OK.
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See also
"Add an ASP.NET DataGrid control to a page" on page 692
"Modify an ASP.NET DataGrid or DataList control" on page 694
Design a custom layout for a free-form DataGrid column
When creating or editing a DataGrid, use the Free Form option (called a template column in ASP.NET) to create
combinations of HTML text and server controls to design a custom layout for a column. The controls within a free-
form column can be data-bound. Free-form columns give you great flexibility in defining the layout and function-
ality of the grid contents, because you have complete control over how the data is displayed and what happens when
users interact with rows in the grid.
In the DataGrid dialog box, select the Free Form column in the Columns box.
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2 In the Free Form dialog box, enter a title for the grid's header or footer rows. (Displaying a header or footer row
for a DataGrid is controlled by the DataGrid Property inspector.)
Select a template to use with the Free Form DataGrid from the Template pop-up menu.
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4 Click the Add Data Field button, select a DataSet column to populate the grid column, and click OK.
An appropriate data-binding expression is displayed in the Contents box.
Format the Free Form column by enclosing the binding expression with HTML tags in the Contents box.
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6 From the Submit As pop-up menu, select a data type, and click OK.
See also
"Add an ASP.NET DataGrid control to a page" on page 692
"Modify an ASP.NET DataGrid or DataList control" on page 694
September 4, 2007
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