quick datagrid format question

[NH]

Hi,

Is it possible to format the background of rows (or cells) in a datagrid
based on the value of the data in a particular cell. e.g. I have a datagrid
of say 21 records, 3 records per day of the week. Is it possible to place a
background color on the rows based on the day e.g. Monday records have a gray
background, Tuesday records have a blue background etc.

Thanks
Niall

[Elton W]

Hi Niall,

You can do it in datagrid_ItemDa taBound event:

if (e.Item.ItemTyp e == ListItemType.It em || e.Item.ItemType ==
ListItemType.Al ternatingItem)
{
DateTime date = Convert.ToDateT ime(e.Item.Cell s[date_field_inde x].Text);
if (date.DayOfWeek == DayOfWeek.Monda y){
e.Item.BackColo r = Color.Gray;
}
}

HTH

Elton Wang
el********@hotm ail.com

[NH]

Thanks Elton.

Why does Convert.ToStrin g(e.Item.Cells( 0).Text) return the column heading
(in my case its "Day") rather than the values e.g. "Mon", "Tues" etc

Thanks
N

"Elton W" wrote:

Hi Niall,

You can do it in datagrid_ItemDa taBound event:

if (e.Item.ItemTyp e == ListItemType.It em || e.Item.ItemType ==
ListItemType.Al ternatingItem)
{
DateTime date = Convert.ToDateT ime(e.Item.Cell s[date_field_inde x].Text);
if (date.DayOfWeek == DayOfWeek.Monda y){
e.Item.BackColo r = Color.Gray;
}
}

HTH

Elton Wang
el********@hotm ail.com

[Elton W]

When e.Item.ItemType = ListItemType.He ader, it is "Day". In case
ListItemType.It em and ListItemType.Al ternatingItem, it should have a value
from data source. How do you bind the data source?

Elton

"NH" wrote:

Thanks Elton.

Why does Convert.ToStrin g(e.Item.Cells( 0).Text) return the column heading
(in my case its "Day") rather than the values e.g. "Mon", "Tues" etc

Thanks
N

"Elton W" wrote:

Hi Niall,

You can do it in datagrid_ItemDa taBound event:

if (e.Item.ItemTyp e == ListItemType.It em || e.Item.ItemType ==
ListItemType.Al ternatingItem)
{
DateTime date = Convert.ToDateT ime(e.Item.Cell s[date_field_inde x].Text);
if (date.DayOfWeek == DayOfWeek.Monda y){
e.Item.BackColo r = Color.Gray;
}
}

HTH

Elton Wang
el********@hotm ail.com