ASP.NET GridView RowDataBound Event

Question

Sir, I want your help in the GridView RowDataBound Event in ASP.NET.

Let's see the gridView:-

I likes to have BackColor to the column- SELECT and DELETE.

I just tried a coding for this. Here the code

protected void dgvMovie_RowDataBound(object sender, GridViewRowEventArgs e)
        {
            if (e.Row.RowType == DataControlRowType.DataRow)
            {
                if (e.Row.Cells[4].Text == "Select")
                {
                    e.Row.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.LightBlue;
                }

                if (e.Row.Cells[5].Text == "Delete")
                {
                    e.Row.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.LightBlue;
                }
            }

        }

So If the code have logical error, please rectify it.

Sanjeeb Lenka · Answer

check this link: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.web.ui.webcontrols.gridview.rowdatabound.aspx and read it from REMARK . all are important to read as a developer. you have to know all the things.

Iftikar Hussain · Answer

Ok. You can use, but i suggest not for just changing the backcolor as for all records it will hit your event. You can use if you need modify your data and display some other data depending on some condition. Before the GridView control can be rendered, each row in the control must be bound to a record in the data source. The RowDataBound event is raised when a data row (represented by a GridViewRow object) is bound to data in the GridView control. This enables you to provide an event-handling method that performs a custom routine, such as modifying the values of the data bound to the row, whenever this event occurs. Regards, Iftikar

Sanjeeb Lenka · Answer

try this: in aspx: ' CommandName="Select" runat="server">Select ' CommandName="Delete">Delete

Bineesh VP · Answer

Actually I want to do this coloring function using RowDataBound Event. I likes to know from you:- 1) what is meant by RowDataBound event? 2) In which situations, this became useful? 3) is learning this event would be very useful in our future?

Iftikar Hussain · Answer

Hi, Set the style directly in your GRIDVIEW for those column ItemStyle-Width="110px" ItemStyle-BackColor="LightBlue" > Regards, Iftikar

Vishwas Kadamannaya · Answer

Hi Bineesh, I believe this e.Row.Cells[4].Text == "Select" wont work as it seems to link button and not a free cell text.

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