GridView Tips and Tricks

This article will contain a list of tips and tricks related to the using the GridView.

• Formatting data using DataFormatString

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Formatting data using DataFormatString

EXAMPLE:

I was having an issue with it not applying my format. If it doesn’t work its one of the 3 key reasons below.For me I did not have HtmlEncode set to false.

The key properties are as follows:

o HtmlEncode = "False" ensures that the formatting is applied when displaying the date field. Without it, the formatting doesn't apply for some unknown reason.

o ApplyFormatInEditMode = "True" ensures that the DataFormatString is also applied when you change to the Edit mode. Without it, the formatting is ignored in Edit mode.

Introduction

Welcome to the ASP.NET 2.0 Tips and Tricks page.

This blog is designed to contain various Tips and Tricks to help you with your ASP.NET 2.0
development. Since there are a lot of changes from ASP.NET 1.1 to 2.0 hopefully this will
help you with some of the pot-holes found during transition from 1.1 to 2.0 as well.

If you know any Tips or Tricks I can add to this blog please email them to me at chrisw_88@hotmail.com