Subheaders in Datagrid?

Hi all,

Is it possible to create subheaders in datagrids? Or rather to add a parent
header row to an existing datagrid? Currently my DG looks like this:

NAME | A - PART1 | A - PART2 | A - PART3 | B - PART1 | B - PART2

whereas id like it to look like:

NAME | A | B |
|PART1 | PART2 | PART3| PART1 | PART2|

or

| A | B
|
NAME |PART1 | PART2 | PART3| PART1 | PART2|

Im trying to intercept the databind event and checking for item type =
header, but am getting a bit stuck after that. IS that the correct approach,
or is there another way?

Thanks!

Spammy

re: Subheaders in Datagrid?

Something like this will work:

Private Sub GrdName_PreRender(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As
System.EventArgs) Handles GrdName.PreRender
'Add header to datagrid
Dim dgitem As New DataGridItem(0, 0, ListItemType.Header)
Dim mycell As New TableCell
mycell.Text = ""
mycell.BackColor = Color.White
dgitem.Cells.Add(mycell)
GrdName.Controls(0).Controls.AddAt(0, dgitem)
End Sub

-John Oakes

"spammy" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
news:2ir6o6Fqi14eU1@uni-berlin.de...[color=blue]
> Hi all,
>
> Is it possible to create subheaders in datagrids? Or rather to add a[/color]
parent[color=blue]
> header row to an existing datagrid? Currently my DG looks like this:
>
> NAME | A - PART1 | A - PART2 | A - PART3 | B - PART1 | B - PART2
>
> whereas id like it to look like:
>
> NAME | A | B |
> |PART1 | PART2 | PART3| PART1 | PART2|
>
> or
>
> | A | B
> |
> NAME |PART1 | PART2 | PART3| PART1 | PART2|
>
> Im trying to intercept the databind event and checking for item type =
> header, but am getting a bit stuck after that. IS that the correct[/color]
approach,[color=blue]
> or is there another way?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Spammy
>
>[/color]

re: Subheaders in Datagrid?

john,

that worked great - thanks!

a few things - tablecell.columnspan allows you to set how "wide" the header
row will be and it may be a better idea to use the tableheadercell rather
than the normal tablecell.

spammy

"John Oakes" <john@nospam.networkproductions.net> wrote in message
news:OAEttOvTEHA.3180@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> Something like this will work:
>
> Private Sub GrdName_PreRender(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As
> System.EventArgs) Handles GrdName.PreRender
> 'Add header to datagrid
> Dim dgitem As New DataGridItem(0, 0, ListItemType.Header)
> Dim mycell As New TableCell
> mycell.Text = ""
> mycell.BackColor = Color.White
> dgitem.Cells.Add(mycell)
> GrdName.Controls(0).Controls.AddAt(0, dgitem)
> End Sub
>
> -John Oakes
>
> "spammy" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
> news:2ir6o6Fqi14eU1@uni-berlin.de...[color=green]
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Is it possible to create subheaders in datagrids? Or rather to add a[/color]
> parent[color=green]
> > header row to an existing datagrid? Currently my DG looks like this:
> >
> > NAME | A - PART1 | A - PART2 | A - PART3 | B - PART1 | B - PART2
> >
> > whereas id like it to look like:
> >
> > NAME | A | B[/color][/color]
|[color=blue][color=green]
> > |PART1 | PART2 | PART3| PART1 | PART2|
> >
> > or
> >
> > | A | B
> > |
> > NAME |PART1 | PART2 | PART3| PART1 | PART2|
> >
> > Im trying to intercept the databind event and checking for item type =
> > header, but am getting a bit stuck after that. IS that the correct[/color]
> approach,[color=green]
> > or is there another way?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Spammy
> >
> >[/color]
>
>[/color]

re: Subheaders in Datagrid?

Thanks. I do use columnspan and tableheadercell depending on the situation.
I was just giving a very simple example for demonstration purposes. Glad it
helped!

-John Oakes

"spammy" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
news:2irf2hFqr4h6U1@uni-berlin.de...[color=blue]
> john,
>
> that worked great - thanks!
>
> a few things - tablecell.columnspan allows you to set how "wide" the[/color]
header[color=blue]
> row will be and it may be a better idea to use the tableheadercell rather
> than the normal tablecell.
>
> spammy
>
> "John Oakes" <john@nospam.networkproductions.net> wrote in message
> news:OAEttOvTEHA.3180@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...[color=green]
> > Something like this will work:
> >
> > Private Sub GrdName_PreRender(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As
> > System.EventArgs) Handles GrdName.PreRender
> > 'Add header to datagrid
> > Dim dgitem As New DataGridItem(0, 0, ListItemType.Header)
> > Dim mycell As New TableCell
> > mycell.Text = ""
> > mycell.BackColor = Color.White
> > dgitem.Cells.Add(mycell)
> > GrdName.Controls(0).Controls.AddAt(0, dgitem)
> > End Sub
> >
> > -John Oakes
> >
> > "spammy" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
> > news:2ir6o6Fqi14eU1@uni-berlin.de...[color=darkred]
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > Is it possible to create subheaders in datagrids? Or rather to add a[/color]
> > parent[color=darkred]
> > > header row to an existing datagrid? Currently my DG looks like this:
> > >
> > > NAME | A - PART1 | A - PART2 | A - PART3 | B - PART1 | B - PART2
> > >
> > > whereas id like it to look like:
> > >
> > > NAME | A | B[/color][/color]
> |[color=green][color=darkred]
> > > |PART1 | PART2 | PART3| PART1 | PART2|
> > >
> > > or
> > >
> > > | A | B
> > > |
> > > NAME |PART1 | PART2 | PART3| PART1 | PART2|
> > >
> > > Im trying to intercept the databind event and checking for item type =
> > > header, but am getting a bit stuck after that. IS that the correct[/color]
> > approach,[color=darkred]
> > > or is there another way?
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > >
> > > Spammy
> > >
> > >[/color]
> >
> >[/color]
>
>[/color]

re: Subheaders in Datagrid?

oh - i posted that for group archive purposes just in case anyone else did a
search. i didnt doubt that you knew what what going on!

Spammy

"John Oakes" <john@nospam.networkproductions.net> wrote in message
news:eiO1Es7TEHA.2580@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> Thanks. I do use columnspan and tableheadercell depending on the[/color]
situation.[color=blue]
> I was just giving a very simple example for demonstration purposes. Glad[/color]
it[color=blue]
> helped!
>
> -John Oakes
>
> "spammy" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
> news:2irf2hFqr4h6U1@uni-berlin.de...[color=green]
> > john,
> >
> > that worked great - thanks!
> >
> > a few things - tablecell.columnspan allows you to set how "wide" the[/color]
> header[color=green]
> > row will be and it may be a better idea to use the tableheadercell[/color][/color]
rather[color=blue][color=green]
> > than the normal tablecell.
> >
> > spammy
> >
> > "John Oakes" <john@nospam.networkproductions.net> wrote in message
> > news:OAEttOvTEHA.3180@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...[color=darkred]
> > > Something like this will work:
> > >
> > > Private Sub GrdName_PreRender(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As
> > > System.EventArgs) Handles GrdName.PreRender
> > > 'Add header to datagrid
> > > Dim dgitem As New DataGridItem(0, 0, ListItemType.Header)
> > > Dim mycell As New TableCell
> > > mycell.Text = ""
> > > mycell.BackColor = Color.White
> > > dgitem.Cells.Add(mycell)
> > > GrdName.Controls(0).Controls.AddAt(0, dgitem)
> > > End Sub
> > >
> > > -John Oakes
> > >
> > > "spammy" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
> > > news:2ir6o6Fqi14eU1@uni-berlin.de...
> > > > Hi all,
> > > >
> > > > Is it possible to create subheaders in datagrids? Or rather to add a
> > > parent
> > > > header row to an existing datagrid? Currently my DG looks like this:
> > > >
> > > > NAME | A - PART1 | A - PART2 | A - PART3 | B - PART1 | B - PART2
> > > >
> > > > whereas id like it to look like:
> > > >
> > > > NAME | A | B[/color]
> > |[color=darkred]
> > > > |PART1 | PART2 | PART3| PART1 | PART2|
> > > >
> > > > or
> > > >
> > > > | A | B
> > > > |
> > > > NAME |PART1 | PART2 | PART3| PART1 | PART2|
> > > >
> > > > Im trying to intercept the databind event and checking for item type[/color][/color][/color]
=[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
> > > > header, but am getting a bit stuck after that. IS that the correct
> > > approach,
> > > > or is there another way?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks!
> > > >
> > > > Spammy
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >[/color]
> >
> >[/color]
>
>[/color]