Hi,

I need to change the column header text on a grid view at run-time. I do this using the following code which adds a "...." to each string:

I would appreciate advice on how to change the column Header Text in a way that will work for both sorted and unsorted GridViews.

Thanks

Paul

Hello Paul,

This is because a databindlinkbutton control will be inserted into cell when GridView supports Sorting.

Please try this way:

Sub GridView1_RowCreated(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.Web.UI.WebControls.GridViewRowEventArgs) Handles GridView1.RowCreated

If e.Row.RowType = DataControlRowType.Header Then Dim c As TableCell

Dim d As GridView = sender For Each c In e.Row.Cells If d.AllowSorting Then

Dim lb As System.Web.UI.WebControls.LinkButton

lb = c.Controls(0)

lb.Text &= "...."

Else

c.Text &= "...."

End If

Next End If

Sub

Hope this helps,

Best regards,

Wen Yuan

Hello Bob,

It seems vb compiler disallowed implicit conversion on your side. But, I believe you still can convert it by yourself. Please try this way and feel free to let me know if you still face any further issue. We are glad to assist you.

CType(c.Controls(0), System.Web.UI.WebControls.LinkButton)

Hope this helps.

Best regards,

Wen Yuan

Hello Paul,

This is because a databindlinkbutton control will be inserted into cell when GridView supports Sorting.

Please try this way:

Sub GridView1_RowCreated(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.Web.UI.WebControls.GridViewRowEventArgs) Handles GridView1.RowCreated

If e.Row.RowType = DataControlRowType.Header Then Dim c As TableCell

Dim d As GridView = sender For Each c In e.Row.Cells If d.AllowSorting Then

Dim lb As System.Web.UI.WebControls.LinkButton

lb = c.Controls(0)

lb.Text &= "...."

Else

c.Text &= "...."

End If

Next End If

Sub

Hope this helps,

Best regards,

Wen Yuan

Hi,

Thanks for the response. Unfortunately the code as published does not compile. You get the error:

"On strict disallows the implicit conversion of System.Web.UI.Control to System.Web.UI.WebControls.LinkButton" on the line lb = c.Controls(0)

Type System.Web.UI.Control does not have a Text property.

Best regards

Paul

Hello Bob,

It seems vb compiler disallowed implicit conversion on your side. But, I believe you still can convert it by yourself. Please try this way and feel free to let me know if you still face any further issue. We are glad to assist you.

CType(c.Controls(0), System.Web.UI.WebControls.LinkButton)

Hope this helps.

Best regards,

Wen Yuan

Thanks this has been very helpful.

Hi

I have a similar problem .I have to change the Gridview Header text dynamically on selected Index changed Event of a dropdown.

How do I access the GridView cell etc in SelectionIndex Changed Event of GridView.

Please can you help in this.