Display a single quote in a GridView's ToolTip

Dr_X

The following code works:

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<ToolTip='<%# "View employee information for " & Eval("FullName") & "." %>' />
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As I said, all works well here. However, I would prefer to have the following display for the ToolTip instead:

ToolTip='<%# "View " & Eval("FullName") & "' employee information." %>'

However it does not like the single quote ('). I have tried placing 2 and 3 single quotes in a row and it still fails. Any ideas? Thanks, Michael

I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious. Vince Lombardi (1913-1970)

andyharman

Try replacing with '

Dr_X

Thanks for the reply however it literally show up the "'". I even tried the following:

ToolTip='<%# System.Web.HttpUtility.HtmlDecode("View " & Eval("FullName") & "' employee information.") %>'

It failed as well. Any other ideas? Michael

I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious. Vince Lombardi (1913-1970)

badgrs

Escape it with a backslash?

Dr_X

Thanks but I have already tried that as well. I get the usual 'server tag not well formed' error and the page does not render. Michael

I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious. Vince Lombardi (1913-1970)

DavidNohejl

Try ToolTip='<%# MyCodebehindFormatingMethod(Eval("FullName")) %>'

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Dr_X

I'd rather not use a code-behind function. Here's the work-around I came up with:

ToolTip='<%# "View " & Eval("FullName") & chr(39) & "s employee information." %>'

It doesn't seem to mind the chr(39) with in the html. If anyone comes up with a better one, feel free to post... Michael

I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious. Vince Lombardi (1913-1970)

badgrs

Have you tried string.Format()? I think the Eval function can also be used in the way directly.

Dr_X

It liked this:

ToolTip='<%# String.Format("View " & Eval("FullName") & "{0}s employee information.", chr(39)) %>'

but not this

ToolTip='<%# String.Format("View " & Eval("FullName") & "{0}s employee information.", "'") %>'

For some reason it really jsut does not like the single quote. Michael

I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious. Vince Lombardi (1913-1970)

andyharman

Cracked it! Use '. I test it using:

<html>
<body>
<span title='Andy&#39;s tooltip'>hello world</span>
</body>
</html>

Regards Andy

Dr_X

Hey that did work and is the best solution. Thanks! Do you have any ideas on this recent post? NavigateUrl='<%=CodeBehindFunction %>' does not work[^] Thanks, Michael

I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious. Vince Lombardi (1913-1970)