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gh
I am using VS 2008. I have a SqlDataAdapter that returns the Names of
the 50 states and a unique id for each state. I have a Grid View with
6 columns defined as template fields, the markup is below. As I load
each state name into a cell I check to see if there are active members
in that state and put an image in the cell before the state name. Each
state name is also a hyperlink I attach the unique id to. The grid view
is 20 rows. When I get to row 20 then I will start at the top in row 0
column 2.

How can I get hold of the row\cell, to set the image url and name
hyperlink? I have created html tables dynamically before and added the
cells and rows at runtime, but the client would rather I use a html
table or gridview with the rows and columns preset.

TIA

<asp:GridView ID="gvStates" runat="server" AutoGenerateColumns="False"
PageSize="20" ShowHeader="False" Width="535px">
<Columns>
<asp:TemplateField>
<EditItemTemplate>
<asp:TextBox ID="TextBox1"
runat="server"></asp:TextBox>
</EditItemTemplate>
<ItemTemplate>
<asp:Image ID="Image1" runat="server" />
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:TemplateField>
<asp:TemplateField>
<ItemTemplate>
<asp:HyperLink ID="HyperLink1" runat="server"
NavigateUrl="" Text=""></asp:HyperLink>
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:TemplateField>
<asp:TemplateField>
<EditItemTemplate>
<asp:TextBox ID="TextBox2"
runat="server"></asp:TextBox>
</EditItemTemplate>
<ItemTemplate>
<asp:Image ID="Image2" runat="server" />
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:TemplateField>
<asp:TemplateField>
<ItemTemplate>
<asp:HyperLink ID="HyperLink2" runat="server"
NavigateUrl="" Text=""></asp:HyperLink>
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:TemplateField>
<asp:TemplateField>
<EditItemTemplate>
<asp:TextBox ID="TextBox3"
runat="server"></asp:TextBox>
</EditItemTemplate>
<ItemTemplate>
<asp:Image ID="Image3" runat="server" />
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:TemplateField>
<asp:TemplateField>
<ItemTemplate>
<asp:HyperLink ID="HyperLink3" runat="server"
NavigateUrl="" Text=""></asp:HyperLink>
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:TemplateField>
</Columns>
</asp:GridView>
Jun 27 '08 #1
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On 25 Apr, 16:50, gh <g...@att.netwrote:
I am using VS 2008. *I have a SqlDataAdapter that returns the Names of
the 50 states and a unique id for each state. * I have a Grid View with
6 columns defined as template fields, the markup is below. *As I load
each state name into a cell I check to see if there are active members
in that state and put an image in the cell before the state name. *Each
state name is also a hyperlink I attach the unique id to. *The grid view
is 20 rows. *When I get to row 20 then I will start at the top in row 0
column 2.

How can I get hold of the row\cell, to set the image url and name
hyperlink? *I have created html tables dynamically before and added the
cells and rows at runtime, but the client would rather I use a html
table or gridview with the rows and columns preset.

TIA

* <asp:GridView ID="gvStates" runat="server" AutoGenerateColumns="False"
* * * * * * *PageSize="20" ShowHeader="False" Width="535px">
* * * * * * *<Columns>
* * * * * * * * *<asp:TemplateField>
* * * * * * * * * * *<EditItemTemplate>
* * * * * * * * * * * * *<asp:TextBox ID="TextBox1"
runat="server"></asp:TextBox>
* * * * * * * * * * *</EditItemTemplate>
* * * * * * * * * * *<ItemTemplate>
* * * * * * * * * * * * *<asp:Image ID="Image1" runat="server" />
* * * * * * * * * * *</ItemTemplate>
* * * * * * * * *</asp:TemplateField>
* * * * * * * * *<asp:TemplateField>
* * * * * * * * * * *<ItemTemplate>
* * * * * * * * * * * * *<asp:HyperLink ID="HyperLink1" runat="server"
NavigateUrl="" Text=""></asp:HyperLink>
* * * * * * * * * * *</ItemTemplate>
* * * * * * * * *</asp:TemplateField>
* * * * * * * * *<asp:TemplateField>
* * * * * * * * * * *<EditItemTemplate>
* * * * * * * * * * * * *<asp:TextBox ID="TextBox2"
runat="server"></asp:TextBox>
* * * * * * * * * * *</EditItemTemplate>
* * * * * * * * * * *<ItemTemplate>
* * * * * * * * * * * * *<asp:Image ID="Image2" runat="server" />
* * * * * * * * * * *</ItemTemplate>
* * * * * * * * *</asp:TemplateField>
* * * * * * * * *<asp:TemplateField>
* * * * * * * * * * *<ItemTemplate>
* * * * * * * * * * * * *<asp:HyperLink ID="HyperLink2" runat="server"
NavigateUrl="" Text=""></asp:HyperLink>
* * * * * * * * * * *</ItemTemplate>
* * * * * * * * *</asp:TemplateField>
* * * * * * * * *<asp:TemplateField>
* * * * * * * * * * *<EditItemTemplate>
* * * * * * * * * * * * *<asp:TextBox ID="TextBox3"
runat="server"></asp:TextBox>
* * * * * * * * * * *</EditItemTemplate>
* * * * * * * * * * *<ItemTemplate>
* * * * * * * * * * * * *<asp:Image ID="Image3" runat="server" />
* * * * * * * * * * *</ItemTemplate>
* * * * * * * * *</asp:TemplateField>
* * * * * * * * *<asp:TemplateField>
* * * * * * * * * * *<ItemTemplate>
* * * * * * * * * * * * *<asp:HyperLink ID="HyperLink3" runat="server"
NavigateUrl="" Text=""></asp:HyperLink>
* * * * * * * * * * *</ItemTemplate>
* * * * * * * * *</asp:TemplateField>
* * * * * * *</Columns>
* * * * *</asp:GridView>
Use the e parameter of the RowDataBound event handler to retrieve a
DataRow as follows:

DataRow drState = (DataRow)e.Row.DataItem;

Then access the data values with drState["ColumnName"] etc
Jun 27 '08 #2

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