error while generate gridview programmatically

[findtango]

hi i want generate gridview programmatically to but having a error in hyp1.DataNavigateUrlFields = "link"; ERROR:- cannot implicitly convert type 'string' to 'string[]' plzzzz help me thanks in advance DataTable dt = new DataTable("dtable"); DataRow dr1; DataRow dr2; dt.Columns.Add(new DataColumn("Text", typeof(string))); dt.Columns.Add(new DataColumn("link", typeof(string))); dr1 = dt.NewRow(); dr1[0] = "Yahoo"; dr1[1] = "http://www.yahoo.com"; dt.Rows.Add(dr1); dr2 = dt.NewRow(); dr2[0] = "Google"; dr2[1] = "http://www.google.com"; dt.Rows.Add(dr2); GridView GV = new GridView(); GV.AutoGenerateColumns = false; HyperLinkField hyp1 = new HyperLinkField(); hyp1.HeaderText = "UsefulLinks"; hyp1.DataTextField = "Text"; hyp1.DataNavigateUrlFields = "link"; hyp1.Target = "_blank"; GV.Columns.Add(hyp1); GV.DataSource = dt; GV.DataBind(); plhPlaceHolder.Controls.Add(GV);

[kubben]

It is expecting a string array. So you need some code like this: string[] tmp = new string[1] {"link"}; hyp1.DataNavigateUrlFields = tmp; Hope that helps. Ben

[findtango]

i m using datatable field to bind link to that field how to convert that field in a string array

[kubben]

Isn't the field just called "link"? I am not sure what your issue is? You tried the code I posted and it didn't work? What error did you get? Ben

[findtango]

i m try to generate gridview programmatically and want to bind data from database, BUT first i create a datatable n try to bind it with gridview. the method u suggest (string[] tmp = new string[1] {"link"}; ) in not properly working in this code at line no.8 and 12, i specify that link which is bind with field (hyp1.DataNavigateUrlFields = "link";) so that when i click on the link it open that site. when i try to run the application i got error msg :- cannot implicitly convert type 'string' to 'string[]' 1 DataTable dt = new DataTable("dtable"); 2 DataRow dr1; 3 DataRow dr2; 4 dt.Columns.Add(new DataColumn("Text", typeof(string))); 5 dt.Columns.Add(new DataColumn("link", typeof(string))); 6 dr1 = dt.NewRow(); 7 dr1[0] = "Yahoo"; 8 dr1[1] = "http://www.yahoo.com"; 9 dt.Rows.Add(dr1); 10 dr2 = dt.NewRow(); 11 dr2[0] = "Google"; 12 dr2[1] = "http://www.google.com"; 13 dt.Rows.Add(dr2); 14 GridView GV = new GridView(); 15 GV.AutoGenerateColumns = false; 16 HyperLinkField hyp1 = new HyperLinkField(); 17 hyp1.HeaderText = "UsefulLinks"; 18 hyp1.DataTextField = "Text"; 19 hyp1.DataNavigateUrlFields = "link"; 20 hyp1.Target = "_blank"; 21 GV.Columns.Add(hyp1); 22 GV.DataSource = dt; 23 GV.DataBind(); 24 plhPlaceHolder.Controls.Add(GV);

[kubben]

So when you replace line 19 with string[] tmp = new string[1] {"link"}; hyp1.DataNavigateUrlFields = tmp; What error do you get? Ben

[findtango]

Thank u Very much :rose: now it is working fine with some little change u really help me a lot in my code thanks a lot buddy :-D