How to persist a GridView header when control contains no row data

[keithb]

Is there some way to persist the header when a GridView control has no rows
containing data?

Thanks,

Keith

[JudahReeves]

You can subclass the GridView and add this to OnDataBound:
this.Controls.A dd(new Table());
GridViewRow header = this.CreateRow( 0, -1, DataControlRowT ype.Header,
DataControlRowS tate.Normal);
DataControlFiel d[] fields = new DataControlFiel d[this.Columns.Co unt];
this.Initialize Row(header, fields);
((Table)this.Co ntrols[0]).Rows.Add(head er);

[JudahReeves]

Noticed something:

this.Controls.A dd(new Table());
GridViewRow header = this.CreateRow( 0, -1, DataControlRowT ype.Header,
DataControlRowS tate.Normal);
DataControlFiel d[] fields = new DataControlFiel d[this.Columns.Co unt];

this.Columns.Co pyTo(fields, 0);

this.Initialize Row(header, fields);
((Table)this.Co ntrols[0]).Rows.Add(head er);