Hiiii once again all :) I have a minor problem again.... Does anyone know how to set visible of buttons in a template field to false if the userType(usertype table in database) is Admin? Example the gridview has 3 templatefields, and the last templatefield has 3 buttons, edit, delete and view. i want to set visible to false of Delete and Edit if the userType is Customer, and visible to true if userType is Admin. i have the sample code here
<asp:GridView ID="gvAnnouncement" runat="server"
AutoGenerateColumns="false"
CssClass="ProductListing"
Width="100%">
<RowStyle CssClass="ProductListingDetail" />
<HeaderStyle CssClass="ProductListingHeader" ForeColor="#ffffff" />
<EmptyDataRowStyle HorizontalAlign="Center" />
<EmptyDataTemplate>
No Announcements Available
</EmptyDataTemplate>
<Columns>
<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Title">
<ItemTemplate>
<%# Eval("Title") %>
<asp:HiddenField ID="hfAnnouncementID" runat="server" Value='<%# Eval("AnnouncementID") %>' />
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:TemplateField>
<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Announcement">
<ItemTemplate>
<%# Eval("Announcements") %>
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:TemplateField>
<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Date Created" ItemStyle-HorizontalAlign="Center">
<ItemTemplate>
<%# string.Format("{0:dd-MMM-yyyy}", Eval("DateCreated"))%>
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:TemplateField>
<asp:TemplateField ItemStyle-HorizontalAlign="Center">
<ItemTemplate>
<asp:Button ID="btnView" runat="server" Text="View" CssClass="LoginButton" OnClick="btnViewAnnouncement_Click" Width="75px" />
<asp:Button ID="btnEdit" runat="server" Text="Edit" CssClass="LoginButton" onclick="btnEditAnnouncement_Click" Width="75px" />
<asp:Button ID="btnDelete" runat="server" Text="Delete" CssClass="LoginButton" OnClick="btnDeleteAnnouncement_Click" Width="75px" /> </ItemTemplate>
</asp:TemplateField>
</Columns>
</asp:GridView>
i Highlighted the templatefield which i wanted to change, i would like to set visible to false for btnEdit and btnDelete if userType = customer. I need to do it in the Codebehind can anyone help me? i know i just need to declare some stuff before doing the if else but i dont know how to :( any help is appreciated so thanks in advance :)