Like Mazdak said, you can change the display of the DateTime object when it is databound to the DataGrid. Example ASPX: <asp:DataGrid runat="server" id="MyDataGrid" AutoGenerateColumns="false"> <columns> <asp:TemplateColumn HeaderText="Date/Time"> <ItemTemplate> <asp:Label ID="lblDate" Text='<%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "MyDate") %>' runat="server" OnDataBinding="lblDate_DataBinding" /> <ItemTemplate> </asp:TemplateColumn> </columns> </asp:DataGrid> In the code behind: private void lblDate_DataBinding(object sender, System.EventArgs e) { Label lblDateTime = (Label)sender; DateTime dteDateTime = System.Convert.ToDateTime(lblDateTime.Text); lblDateTime.Text = dteDateTime.ToString("MMM dd YYYY"); } If you want to let the user choose the format I guess you could put DropDownList on the page with available formats and whenever that changes grab the format string to use it in the ToString method of the DateTime object. Should work. (?) Let me know. Wally Atkins Newport News, VA, USA http://wallyatkins.com

RickardB wrote: The datagrid sort event used to fire when I pressed the header but the column header but now it doesn't work anymore. Anyone with any idea why? Could be any number of things. Here are some guesses without seeing your code: 1) Your SortCommand handler could be missing (OnSortCommand if using inline script, Handles clause in VB.NET codebehind, += event thing in C#) 2) Your columns might not have a SortExpression set. 3) You could have disabled ViewState for the page or the control. 4) You could have databinding code in Page_Load without checking for IsPostBack. 5) You could have clicked the sorting links too many times and wore them out :) I could probably come up with a few more hypothetical scenarios, but it would be much easier if you showed us the code and asked why doesn't this code sort? :) Datagrid Girl http://www.codeproject.com

Hi Rickard, The simplest way is to use TemplateColumns, and place TextBoxes in the of each column, that way they will always be in Edit Mode. Datagrid Girl http://www.datagridgirl.com http://www.codeproject.com

o i c...you want the effects... i am sorry.. i am a newb is ASP.. however if you are using vb.net with asp.net the predecessor of vb.net allowed image on buttons... maybe vb.net does too... sorry cant help much.. me noob in VB.NET too.. "Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you."1Thess. 5:16-18

Look below to someones post i replied to about a similar thing Atul

Hi Rickard, if you want to customize them further, take out the EditCommandColumn, and replace it with a TemplateColumn containing the 's as you want them. Just be sure to include CommandName="Edit", etc. Datagrid Girl http://www.datagridgirl.com http://www.codeproject.com

Thanks Mazy :P I do love the Datagrid... Marcie Day Job, CP!: http://www.codeproject.com Datagrid Stuff: http://www.datagridgirl.com

You can override the databind and/or itemcreated events and add/remove/modify controls as needed.

Rickard, When you apply the PadLeft command to the string are you reassigning the newly created string to the old. For example: String string1 = "Some Text"; string1 = string1.PadLeft( 5, " " ); HTH, -Brian C.

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Take a look at this post. I think it solves your problem.

You don't need the ref on the input Hashtable, though, which is what I was trying to get at. And actually, since the deserialization process creates a new Hashtable, you'd be better off using out for the second parameter, that way you don't have to initialize an extraneous instance of a Hashtable that's going to be a new instance after deserialization anyway. So your method signature would look like this: protected void CopyHash(Hashtable src, out Hashtable dst); Microsoft MVP, Visual C# My Articles

No, it would be an access problem if one client could access it via your COM component but another client couldn't, unless they were running with different credentials (something you have to manually do through several steps). This sounds more like a marshaling problem as I mentioned before. Your COM component can only run as an out-of-process server if it is a stand-alone executable (.exe), so that's not even a valid case. Since it worked before, you're obviously doing something right. Since it changed, you should figure out what changed. Two compiled applications don't magically change. If this is a marshaling problem, make sure you understand that Windows 9X/ME (Windows) use ASCII while Windows NT/2000/XP(/future versions of Windows) (Windows NT) use Unicode. I can't remember exactly how VB handles strings, but you can code your .NET applications to P/Invoke methods using either ASCII or Unicode depending on the OS type, which it will automatically do for you (see CharSet.Auto). I don't remember exactly how VB deals with the different OSes. Find out how that works and make sure your .NET application marshals the string accordingly appropriately on either of the Windows OS system type. -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.21 GCS/G/MU d- s: a- C++++ UL@ P++(+++) L+(--) E--- W+++ N++ o+ K? w++++ O- M(+) V? PS-- PE Y++ PGP++ t++@ 5 X+++ R+@ tv+ b(-)>b++ DI++++ D+ G e++>+++ h---* r+++ y+++ -----END GEEK CODE BLOCK-----

Best bet - isolate each component and run it in a process so you can see if it leaks memory. I'd do this with just a little vbscript that calls the methods in question over and over. Christian I have drunk the cool-aid and found it wan and bitter. - Chris Maunder

Thanks, could be an idea. Will consider it. My data source if however not an SQL source, its an OPC History source. But it doesn't really matter since I am writing data read/write functions from/to OPC myself. Rickard

Exactly, this is what I want to do. But how do I do it? Since I don't know the amount of columns in the datagrid until it is generated in design time my idea is to somehow modify the text boxes that appear when your press the "update" button in the ItemCreated Event handler. But for some reason I can't get hold of those textboxes. Rickard