Bind Generic Dictionary to GridView

[Fao, Sean]

Is it possible to bind a GridView to a generic Dictionary object? When
I try it in my ASP.NET application, it throws an exception acknowledging
that the specified field or property does not exist. The problem, I
think, is that the GridView cannot see "inside" of the generic
Dictionary. I suspect this because setting the AutoGenerateColumns
property of the GridView causes the GridView to display only the Key
property, which is, of course, part of the Dictionary object.

Can I bind a GridView to a generic Dictionary or will I need to store my
objects in something else like an ArrayList?

Thank you in advance,

--
Sean

[Galcho[MCSD.NET]]

it should work. code below do exactly this. you must have just empty
webpage with GridView object called GridView1
Dictionary<string, int> col;
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
col = new Dictionary<string, int>();
col.Add("key 1", 1);
col.Add("key 2", 2);
col.Add("key 3", 3);
col.Add("key 4", 4);
col.Add("key 5", 5);

GridView1.DataSource = col;
GridView1.DataBind();

}

I hope this helps
Galin Iliev[MCSD.NET]
www.galcho.com

[Fao, Sean]

Galcho[MCSD.NET] wrote:

it should work. code below do exactly this. you must have just empty
webpage with GridView object called GridView1
Dictionary<string, int> col;
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
col = new Dictionary<string, int>();
col.Add("key 1", 1);
col.Add("key 2", 2);
col.Add("key 3", 3);
col.Add("key 4", 4);
col.Add("key 5", 5);

GridView1.DataSource = col;
GridView1.DataBind();

}

Thank you for your response. That's close to what I have. My TValue is
a custom class and it's the properties of this custom class that I am
having trouble accessing. My collection is more along the lines of:

Dictionary<string, MyObject> col;
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
col = new Dictionary<string, int>();
col.Add("key 1", new MyObject(param1, param2));
col.Add("key 2", new MyObject(param1, param2));
col.Add("key 3", new MyObject(param1, param2));
col.Add("key 4", new MyObject(param1, param2));
col.Add("key 5", new MyObject(param1, param2));

GridView1.DataSource = col;
GridView1.DataBind();
}
I can't seem to see the public properties of MyObject through the GridView.

Does that make sense?

Thank you again,

--
Sean

[Gary Holbrook]

I'm guessing the grid doesn't know how to format the object. Does your
object have ToString() defined?

Fao, Sean wrote:

Galcho[MCSD.NET] wrote:

it should work. code below do exactly this. you must have just empty
webpage with GridView object called GridView1
Dictionary<string, int> col;
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
col = new Dictionary<string, int>();
col.Add("key 1", 1);
col.Add("key 2", 2);
col.Add("key 3", 3);
col.Add("key 4", 4);
col.Add("key 5", 5);

GridView1.DataSource = col;
GridView1.DataBind();

}

Thank you for your response. That's close to what I have. My TValue is
a custom class and it's the properties of this custom class that I am
having trouble accessing. My collection is more along the lines of:

Dictionary<string, MyObject> col;
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
col = new Dictionary<string, int>();
col.Add("key 1", new MyObject(param1, param2));
col.Add("key 2", new MyObject(param1, param2));
col.Add("key 3", new MyObject(param1, param2));
col.Add("key 4", new MyObject(param1, param2));
col.Add("key 5", new MyObject(param1, param2));

GridView1.DataSource = col;
GridView1.DataBind();
}
I can't seem to see the public properties of MyObject through the GridView.

Does that make sense?

Thank you again,

[Fao, Sean]

Gary Holbrook wrote:

I'm guessing the grid doesn't know how to format the object. Does your
object have ToString() defined?

I tried that, too. The DropDownList control provides the DataTextField
and DataValueField properties, which let you specific where the key and
values are in a DataSet. I was hoping that the GridView control would
provide similar functionality so that I can specify which properties
contain the Key's and Value's. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to
implement such functionality into a GridView.

--
Sean

[Galcho[MCSD.NET]]

this is how you have to do it:
it is done by code in .aspx page
unfotunately you have to do it for all fields in custom object

<asp:GridView ID="GridView1" runat="server">
<Columns>
<asp:TemplateField>
<ItemTemplate>
<%# ((MyObject)Eval("value")).Name %>
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:TemplateField>
</Columns>
</asp:GridView>
See attached file
I hope this helps
Galin Iliev[MCSD.NET]
www.galcho.com

[Fao, Sean]

Galcho[MCSD.NET] wrote:

this is how you have to do it:
it is done by code in .aspx page
unfotunately you have to do it for all fields in custom object

<asp:GridView ID="GridView1" runat="server">
<Columns>
<asp:TemplateField>
<ItemTemplate>
<%# ((MyObject)Eval("value")).Name %>
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:TemplateField>
</Columns>
</asp:GridView>

That's it, exactly. Thank you very much!

--
Sean