Need GridView Help

[Jonathan Wood]

I'm displaying data in a GridView that allows user to select a row. When a
button is clicked, I need to locate the selected row.

The problem is that I need an ID value from the selected row, but I do not
want to display that ID value in the grid. I tried creating a hidden column,
but I can't seem to be able to access it when the button is clicked. (At
least, hidden columns do not appear to show up in the Cells collection of
the selected row.)

Is there any way to get an ID for the selected row without displaying that
ID to the user?

Also, does anyone know if there's any way to populate a GridView control
without using the DataSource property, by just programatically adding rows
to the grid?

Thanks.

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Jonathan Wood
SoftCircuits Programming
http://www.softcircuits.com

[Mark Rae [MVP]]

"Jonathan Wood" <jw***@softcircuits.comwrote in message
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Is there any way to get an ID for the selected row without displaying that
ID to the user?

When the data is bound to the GridView, populate the button's
CommandArgument property with the ID...

However, there's no need to use a button if all you want is the user to be
able to select a row:

protected void MyGridView_RowDataBound(object sender, GridViewRowEventArgs
e)
{
if (e.Row.RowType == DataControlRowType.DataRow)
{
e.Row.Style["cursor"] = "pointer";
e.Row.Attributes.Add("onclick",
ClientScript.GetPostBackEventReference(MyGridView, "Select$" +
e.Row.RowIndex.ToString()));
}
}

protected void MyGridView_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Response.Redirect("OtherPage.aspx?ID=" +
MyGridView.SelectedValue.ToString(), false);
}
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Mark Rae
ASP.NET MVP
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[Jonathan Wood]

Mark,

When the data is bound to the GridView, populate the button's
CommandArgument property with the ID...

However, there's no need to use a button if all you want is the user to be
able to select a row:

protected void MyGridView_RowDataBound(object sender, GridViewRowEventArgs
e)
{
if (e.Row.RowType == DataControlRowType.DataRow)
{
e.Row.Style["cursor"] = "pointer";
e.Row.Attributes.Add("onclick",
ClientScript.GetPostBackEventReference(MyGridView, "Select$" +
e.Row.RowIndex.ToString()));
}
}

protected void MyGridView_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Response.Redirect("OtherPage.aspx?ID=" +
MyGridView.SelectedValue.ToString(), false);
}

Yeah, I'll play around with that. But, like I mentioned elsewhere in this
thread, I don't do any processing when the item is selected. I need to be
able to access the ID of the selected row when a button outside the grid is
pressed. It sounds like this is mostly geared towards handling row
events--unless there's a bit more to this.

Thanks.

--
Jonathan Wood
SoftCircuits Programming
http://www.softcircuits.com

[Mark Rae [MVP]]

"Jonathan Wood" <jw***@softcircuits.comwrote in message
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Yeah, I'll play around with that. But, like I mentioned elsewhere in this
thread, I don't do any processing when the item is selected. I need to be
able to access the ID of the selected row when a button outside the grid
is pressed.

In that case, the CommandArgument property is definitely the way to go...
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Mark Rae
ASP.NET MVP
http://www.markrae.net

[Jonathan Wood]

I'll have to take your word for it. I can't seem to see how CommandArgument
could be made to work for my purposes.

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Jonathan Wood
SoftCircuits Programming
http://www.softcircuits.com

"Mark Rae [MVP]" <ma**@markNOSPAMrae.netwrote in message
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"Jonathan Wood" <jw***@softcircuits.comwrote in message
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>Yeah, I'll play around with that. But, like I mentioned elsewhere in this
thread, I don't do any processing when the item is selected. I need to be
able to access the ID of the selected row when a button outside the grid
is pressed.

In that case, the CommandArgument property is definitely the way to go...
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Mark Rae
ASP.NET MVP
http://www.markrae.net