datagrid or table?

[robert.colclough]

Hi

I'm trying to write a program that seraches from strings in various
text files and displays the data in an easy on the eye tabular form on
a webpage. I have written all of the code to search through the files
in question but I need a bit of help on how to display them.

The datagrid on the face of it seems an ideal solution but as its
primary use is databinding it with a data source I'm having a lot of
trouble manually adding items into the control as I am not using any
kind of database I basically have a selection of strings which i want
to put into the datagrid as one row then repeat the operation.

Any ideas on how i would do this?

Or if this is not the way that datagrids are meant to be used, got any
tips for using tables? It seems like there is a lot of code to create
each row, cell etc

Thanks in advance

[mautari]

What about using a repeater control?

[Peter Bromberg [C# MVP]]

Robert,
You are correct in your statement that the DataGrid is happiest when it is a
databound animal. You can create a datatable with the appropriate columns and
bind this to the grid.

Or, you might find that a DataList is more appropriate as it lets you
customize the HTML in ItemTemplates and still have the repeating feature.

Finally, you just might decide to create a custom HTML table instead, which
is certainly a valid choice, although it may take a lot more code.

--Peter

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"ro**************@gmail.com" wrote:

Hi

I'm trying to write a program that seraches from strings in various
text files and displays the data in an easy on the eye tabular form on
a webpage. I have written all of the code to search through the files
in question but I need a bit of help on how to display them.

The datagrid on the face of it seems an ideal solution but as its
primary use is databinding it with a data source I'm having a lot of
trouble manually adding items into the control as I am not using any
kind of database I basically have a selection of strings which i want
to put into the datagrid as one row then repeat the operation.

Any ideas on how i would do this?

Or if this is not the way that datagrids are meant to be used, got any
tips for using tables? It seems like there is a lot of code to create
each row, cell etc

Thanks in advance

[bob]

Maybe in the future i would like to add a the check box column in that
think is available in a datagrid. So if the datagrid option is possible
i would prefer to persue that first.

Cheers

[bob]

So am I right in thinking that I have to create a source, wheter it be
a database or other datatable first before binding it to the datagrid,
and it is not possible to add many items to it directly?

[bob]

So am I right in thinking that I have to create a source, wheter it be
a database or other datatable first before binding it to the datagrid,
and it is not possible to add many items to it directly?

[Peter Bromberg [C# MVP]]

That's right. Anything that implements the IList interface is bindable. But,
a DataTable is probably the most flexible because it offers DataView,
sorting, Select, and other features. You can build a DataTable manually, it
is not necessary to get data from a database to create one.
Peter
--
Co-founder, Eggheadcafe.com developer portal:
http://www.eggheadcafe.com
UnBlog:
http://petesbloggerama.blogspot.com


"bob" wrote:

So am I right in thinking that I have to create a source, wheter it be
a database or other datatable first before binding it to the datagrid,
and it is not possible to add many items to it directly?