Gridview Edit Event

[Lakshmi GagniShetty]

In gridview edit event it is possible to display dropdownlist instead of text boxes.I am using dotnet 2005.

Here the gridview autogenerate columns are false.
And I had only one row and columns are dependent on database rows.

[jlrolin]

Yes, you can set DropDownLists in the EditTemplate of the Gridview in Design Mode.

<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Saleperson" SortExpression="SP_NAME">
    <ItemTemplate>
          <asp:Label ID="ITEM" runat="server" Text='<%#EVAL("ITEM")%>'></asp:Label>
  </ItemTemplate>
    <EditItemTemplate>
           <asp:DropDownList ID="ddlSalesmanEdit" runat="server" />
    </EditItemTemplate>
</asp:TemplateField>
 

Once you've added the DropDownList in your EditItemTemplate, you can simply populate it during the RowDataBound Event.

 Protected Sub gvwTickets_RowDataBound(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Web.UI.WebControls.GridViewRowEventArgs) Handles gvwTickets.RowDataBound
        If e.Row.RowType = DataControlRowType.DataRow And e.Row.RowIndex = gvwTickets.EditIndex Then
            e.Row.RowState = DataControlRowState.Edit
 
            'POPULATE DROPDOWNLIST
End if