Can a (windows) datagrid column contain different types of control

[MarkDu]

I want to have a datagrid, say 10 rows, and in one of the columns I want 7 of
the rows to have plain text, and the other 3 rows to have a combobox (or
linkbutton, etc). Is this even possible?

I have been reading various articles about how to derive a
DataGridTextBoxColumn to put a combobox in the cell, and it's not working too
well for me. Even if it does sort of work, the combobox is only visible if
I'm editing the cell. But I want it to stay visible all the time. I'm not
really going to be "editing" anything with the datagrid, but I'll just be
responding to events when you change the combobox or click on a link in the
cell. How do I do this? Thanks.

[Andreas Knudsen]

Use a template column , add combobox to it,

and bind the control in an ItemDataBound Eventhandler method

which handles DataGrid1.ItemDataBound

DataGrid1_ItemDataBound(object sender,
System.Web.UI.WebControls.DataGridItemEventArgs e)
{
if(e.Item.ItemType.Equals( ListItemType.Item)
|| e.Item.ItemType.Equals(ListItemType.AlternatingIte m))
{
ComboBox cbox = e.Item.FindControl("idOfComboBoxInDataGridTemplate Column")
as ComboBox

// Bind Combobox here

}

}

"MarkDu" wrote:

I want to have a datagrid, say 10 rows, and in one of the columns I want 7 of
the rows to have plain text, and the other 3 rows to have a combobox (or
linkbutton, etc). Is this even possible?

I have been reading various articles about how to derive a
DataGridTextBoxColumn to put a combobox in the cell, and it's not working too
well for me. Even if it does sort of work, the combobox is only visible if
I'm editing the cell. But I want it to stay visible all the time. I'm not
really going to be "editing" anything with the datagrid, but I'll just be
responding to events when you change the combobox or click on a link in the
cell. How do I do this? Thanks.

[MarkDu]

Andreas, that sounds like a web datagrid. In a web datagrid, I think it
would be doable. But can I do it in a windows datagrid?

[Cor Ligthert [MVP]]

Mark,

Have a look at our website and than this link, there is as well another
implementation. Know that in the Net 2.0 datagridview what the combobox and
other controls are standard implemented.

http://www.windowsformsdatagridhelp....d-faf92f41f563

I hope this helps,

Cor