GridView DataRowBound question

[pvong]

Doing this in VB.NET with VS2008.

I have a simple GridView with two columns. Column1 Header is called
"Reason" and the rows contain a Label called "ReasonL". Column2 header is
called Add/Edit and the row has a LinkButton called "AddEditLB". Basically,
it looks like this.

Reason Add/Edit
ReasonL AddEditLB

All I want to do is make AddEditLB Text to say "Add" if ReasonL is
string.empty and "Edit" if it's not. This is what I tried in the
RowDataBound event and it didn't work:

Protected Sub GridView1_RowDataBound(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As
System.Web.UI.WebControls.GridViewRowEventArgs) Handles
GridView1.RowDataBound

If e.Row.RowType = DataControlRowType.DataRow Then
If e.Row.DataItem("ReasonL").ToString = String.Empty Then
e.Row.DataItem("AddEditLB") = "Add"
Else
e.Row.DataItem("AddEditLB") = "Edit"
End If
End If

End Sub

Can someone tell me what I did wrong?
This is the error msg I got.

ReasonL is neither a DataColumn nor a DataRelation for table DefaultView.

Thanks!

[Mark Rae [MVP]]

"pvong" <phillip*at*yahoo*dot*comwrote in message
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e.Row.DataItem("AddEditLB") = "Add"

What happens if you try:

e.Row.Cells(2).Text = "Add"
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[pvong]

Mark - This does work, but it only puts the word "Add" or "Edit" in my
column where I had my AddEdit LinkButton. It's just text and no LinkButton.
I want to assign the text for the LB in each row. My users need to have
access to the LB.
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"pvong" <phillip*at*yahoo*dot*comwrote in message
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>e.Row.DataItem("AddEditLB") = "Add"

What happens if you try:

e.Row.Cells(2).Text = "Add"
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ASP.NET MVP
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[Mark Rae [MVP]]

"pvong" <phillip*at*yahoo*dot*comwrote in message
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[top-posting corrected]

>>e.Row.DataItem("AddEditLB") = "Add"

What happens if you try:

e.Row.Cells(2).Text = "Add"

This does work, but it only puts the word "Add" or "Edit" in my column
where I had my AddEdit LinkButton. It's just text and no LinkButton. I
want to assign the text for the LB in each row. My users need to have
access to the LB.

OK, then. How about:

DirectCast(e.Row.Cells(2).FindControl("AddEditLB") , Button).Text = "Add"

The syntax may not be 100% accurate, as I never go anywhere near VB.NET, but
should be close enough...
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Mark Rae
ASP.NET MVP
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[pvong]

This worked perfectly. Now I need to do some reading on what DirectCast
actually does. Learned something new today. Thanks!

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"pvong" <phillip*at*yahoo*dot*comwrote in message
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[top-posting corrected]

>>>e.Row.DataItem("AddEditLB") = "Add"

What happens if you try:

e.Row.Cells(2).Text = "Add"

This does work, but it only puts the word "Add" or "Edit" in my column
where I had my AddEdit LinkButton. It's just text and no LinkButton. I
want to assign the text for the LB in each row. My users need to have
access to the LB.

OK, then. How about:

DirectCast(e.Row.Cells(2).FindControl("AddEditLB") , Button).Text = "Add"

The syntax may not be 100% accurate, as I never go anywhere near VB.NET,
but should be close enough...
--
Mark Rae
ASP.NET MVP
http://www.markrae.net