Set the Max character length in Grid column

[vid nandha]

Hi to all, I want to display description like maximum 20 characters in grid column.....i have already used boundfield of grid to display the field Description..... i have tried to do it by Itemstyle but its not working.... can any one tell me the soluntion for that........ :(

[Qasim1984]

Can you show me Binding code?

[vid nandha]

ya sure.........this is the code.... <asp:GridView ID="gvMenuCategory" runat="server" AutoGenerateColumns="False" AllowPaging="true" AllowSorting="true" PageSize="3" CssClass="datatable" OnPageIndexChanging="gvMenuCategory_PageIndexChanging" onrowdatabound="gvMenuCategory_RowDataBound"> <HeaderStyle HorizontalAlign="Left" CssClass="head" /> <Columns> <asp:BoundField HeaderText="Name" DataField="Name" ItemStyle-Width="30%" /> <asp:BoundField HeaderText="Description" ItemStyle-Width="60%" ItemStyle-Wrap="true" DataField="Description" /> <asp:HyperLinkField Text="Edit" DataNavigateUrlFormatString="/Menu/MenuCategory.aspx?Restaurant&MenuCategoryID={0}" DataNavigateUrlFields="MenuCategoryID" HeaderText="Edit"></asp:HyperLinkField> </Columns> <HeaderStyle BackColor="#6B696B" ForeColor="White" /> </asp:GridView> hope u will get idea by this..............

[Qasim1984]

use the itemtemplate instead of BoundField like this one <Columns> <asp:BoundField HeaderText="Name" DataField="Name" ItemStyle-Width="30%" /> <asp:TemplateField > <ItemTemplate> <asp:Label id="lblDescription" Text='<%# Eval("Description") %>' /> </ItemTemplate> </asp:TemplateField> <asp:HyperLinkField Text="Edit" DataNavigateUrlFormatString="/Menu/MenuCategory.aspx?Restaurant&MenuCategoryID={0}" DataNavigateUrlFields="MenuCategoryID" HeaderText="Edit"></asp:HyperLinkField> </Columns> Then use the RowDataBound event of your gridview and code the following protected void gvMenuCategory_RowDataBound(object sender, GridViewRowEventArgs e) { string fulldesc=""; if(e.Row.RowType==DataControlRowType.DataRow) { DataRowView dr= (DataRowView)e.Row.DataItem; fulldesc=dr["Description"].ToString(); Label lbldesc = (Label)e.Row.FindControl("lblDescription"); lbldesc.Text = fulldesc.Substring(0, 19); } } Hope this work for you

[vid nandha]

thanx for this code.............but before also i have already used that DataRowView but it gives error like "Unable to cast object of type 'repository of my project' to type 'System.Data.DataRowView'." though i tried your code but it gives still the same error......... if u have another solution then please tell me...........i m trying to solve it from 2 days...... thanx

[Qasim1984]

Send me your HTML, Code behind and also send complete exception that the page is throwing.

[vid nandha]

Thanx for yr precious time......but i got the solution of my problem now........ i need to write just 1 line code........in Boundfield of description in grid......... :) again very much thanx for showing interest on my Problem........

[vid nandha]

and ya if u can help for another problem ......... the problem is i want to bind the static dropdownlist in Grid... like........in design aspx page.....code is like... <asp:DropDownList ID="ddlStatus" CssClass="Dropdown" runat="server"> <asp:ListItem Text="Available" Value="1"></asp:ListItem> <asp:ListItem Text="Seasonal" Value="2"></asp:ListItem> <asp:ListItem Text="Closed" Value="3"></asp:ListItem> </asp:DropDownList> now i wan to display text item in the grid that is "Available","Seasonal","Closed"... how can i display that item in grid...... if u know then give the solution...it will be helpful to me.........

[vid nandha]

and ya the status is integer in the database.....ok so i have that kind of problem.........otherwise it will be done by this... ddlStatus.selecteditem.text right?