ASP.NET 2.0 GridView Bug? DataFormatString doesn't work

[Amelyan]

When I try to apply {0:d} to date or {0:c} to number (for currency), my
GridView doesn't apply the format. It still shows DateTime as it comes from
database with time and currency as just a number without $ sign. Formatting
in my DataGrids still works just fine.

Is anyone else experiencing the same problem?

Thanks,
-Boris

[Andrew Robinson]

You need to set the HtmlEncode property to false.

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...oundfield.aspx

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"Amelyan" <ba******@wi.rr.com> wrote in message
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When I try to apply {0:d} to date or {0:c} to number (for currency), my
GridView doesn't apply the format. It still shows DateTime as it comes
from database with time and currency as just a number without $ sign.
Formatting in my DataGrids still works just fine.

Is anyone else experiencing the same problem?

Thanks,
-Boris

[tfsmag]

http://p2p.wrox.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=38050

this should solve your problem, set the htmlencode property to false
for formatting to work correctly.

[tfsmag]

i tried to reply to this once and it didn't seem to work...

http://p2p.wrox.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=38050

should help you out...

turn htmlencode property to false

[Amelyan]

it worked,
Thanks,

"tfsmag" <tf****@gmail.com> wrote in message
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http://p2p.wrox.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=38050

this should solve your problem, set the htmlencode property to false
for formatting to work correctly.