Grid view Problem while displaying item template

[Lost User]

Hi All, I am using one grid view in which i m displaying data. now i am using one item template which consist a link button for activate and deactive. I want to display text ACTIVATE or DEACTIVATE based on value store in the database. if it is 1 then activate Other wise Deactivat <asp:GridView ID="gridUserDetails" runat="server" AutoGenerateColumns ="false" OnRowEditing ="gridUserDetails_RowEditing" OnRowDeleting ="gridUserDetails_RowDeleting" > <AlternatingRowStyle BackColor="#ffffff" /> <Columns> <asp:BoundField HeaderText="User Id" Visible ="true" DataField ="login_id" /> <asp:BoundField HeaderText="First Name" Visible ="true" DataField ="first_name" /> <asp:BoundField HeaderText="Last Name" Visible ="true" DataField ="last_name" /> <asp:CommandField ShowEditButton ="true" HeaderText ="Edit" HeaderStyle-BackColor="LightGray" HeaderStyle-ForeColor="black" HeaderStyle-HorizontalAlign ="Center" ItemStyle-HorizontalAlign ="Center" /> <%-- <asp:CommandField ShowDeleteButton ="true" HeaderText ="Delete" HeaderStyle-BackColor="LightGray" HeaderStyle-ForeColor="black" HeaderStyle-HorizontalAlign ="Center" ItemStyle-HorizontalAlign ="Center" />--%> <asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Activate/Deactivate"> <ItemTemplate> <asp:LinkButton ID="lnkDelete" runat="server" CommandName="Delete" Text="Activate/Deactivate" OnClientClick="javascript : return confirm('Do you really want to \ndelete the item?');"> </asp:LinkButton> </ItemTemplate> </asp:TemplateField> </Columns> </asp:GridView> thanks , amit patel

[Nishant Singh]

Implement it on RowDataBound event of GridView

[Vimalsoft Pty Ltd]

Do it this way http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa479353.aspx[^]

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[Lost User]

hi all , I am using the following thing is_loggedin is boolean field in database. for item template <asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Activate/Deactivate"> <ItemTemplate> <%# DisplayActive((int)Eval ("is_loggedin")) %> </ItemTemplate> </asp:TemplateField>

if (Active > 0)
{
return "Active";
}
else
{
return "Deactive";
}

but i m getting following exception invalid cast exception is unhandled by code. thanks, amit