Dynamic ReadOnly in DetailsView

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I need to dynamically set the ReadOnly value in a BoundField in a
DetailsView. The DetailsView is generated from a GridView selection and has
both Edit and New buttons. I need to be able to set the readonly property on
one of the fields depending on the user's group. I have tried to access the
property by Detailsview1.Fields[3].Readonly and by
Detailsview1.FindControl("Dept").Readonly but neither exist. Is it even
possible to set the readonly property of a BoundField in the code-behind?
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Regards,

Mike D
Coding in C# since Feb 2007

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Yes Mike! I do that routinely... But it also depends. I do not relie on any
declarative stuff or Datasouce cotrols so I completely bound my control
programmatically.

In my column definition I do the following

' category id
bf = New boundField
bf.DataField="CategoryID"
bf.HeaderText = "Category ID"
bf.ReadOnly = True ' This could be of course done dynamically at this point
detailsView1.Fields.add(bf)

I tested this before answering you and it works.

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"Mike D" wrote:

I need to dynamically set the ReadOnly value in a BoundField in a
DetailsView. The DetailsView is generated from a GridView selection and has
both Edit and New buttons. I need to be able to set the readonly property on
one of the fields depending on the user's group. I have tried to access the
property by Detailsview1.Fields[3].Readonly and by
Detailsview1.FindControl("Dept").Readonly but neither exist. Is it even
possible to set the readonly property of a BoundField in the code-behind?
--
Regards,

Mike D
Coding in C# since Feb 2007

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Thanks that helped!
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Regards,

Mike D
Coding in C# since Feb 2007
"Angel" wrote:

Yes Mike! I do that routinely... But it also depends. I do not relie on any
declarative stuff or Datasouce cotrols so I completely bound my control
programmatically.

In my column definition I do the following

' category id
bf = New boundField
bf.DataField="CategoryID"
bf.HeaderText = "Category ID"
bf.ReadOnly = True ' This could be of course done dynamically at this point
detailsView1.Fields.add(bf)

I tested this before answering you and it works.

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aaa
"Mike D" wrote:

I need to dynamically set the ReadOnly value in a BoundField in a
DetailsView. The DetailsView is generated from a GridView selection and has
both Edit and New buttons. I need to be able to set the readonly property on
one of the fields depending on the user's group. I have tried to access the
property by Detailsview1.Fields[3].Readonly and by
Detailsview1.FindControl("Dept").Readonly but neither exist. Is it even
possible to set the readonly property of a BoundField in the code-behind?
--
Regards,

Mike D
Coding in C# since Feb 2007

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Why dont you try using a ItemTemplate inside a DetailsView. Then you can
access it and make it using FIND CONTROL and make it read only. Just sharing
an idea incase if the other method didnt work.

"Mike D" wrote:

Thanks that helped!
--
Regards,

Mike D
Coding in C# since Feb 2007
"Angel" wrote:

Yes Mike! I do that routinely... But it also depends. I do not relie on any
declarative stuff or Datasouce cotrols so I completely bound my control
programmatically.

In my column definition I do the following

' category id
bf = New boundField
bf.DataField="CategoryID"
bf.HeaderText = "Category ID"
bf.ReadOnly = True ' This could be of course done dynamically at this point
detailsView1.Fields.add(bf)

I tested this before answering you and it works.

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aaa
"Mike D" wrote:

I need to dynamically set the ReadOnly value in a BoundField in a
DetailsView. The DetailsView is generated from a GridView selection and has
both Edit and New buttons. I need to be able to set the readonly property on
one of the fields depending on the user's group. I have tried to access the
property by Detailsview1.Fields[3].Readonly and by
Detailsview1.FindControl("Dept").Readonly but neither exist. Is it even
possible to set the readonly property of a BoundField in the code-behind?
--
Regards,
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Mike D
Coding in C# since Feb 2007