Formatting Unbound Datagrid Columns

[sila]

Hi

Can anyone tell me if I can do centering on a datagrid column when the datagrid does not use bound columns?

Thanks

 

[ca8msm]

You can do it when an item is created using something like:

e.Item.Cells(0).Style.Item("TEXT-ALIGN") = "CENTER"

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[checkai]

Private Sub dgBudget_ItemDataBound(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Web.UI.WebControls.DataGridItemEventArgs) Handles dgBudget.ItemDataBound
    Dim lit As ListItemType
    lit = e.Item.ItemType

    For c As Integer = 1 To e.Item.Cells.Count - 1
      If lit = ListItemType.AlternatingItem Or lit = ListItemType.Item Then
        e.Item.Cells(0).HorizontalAlign = HorizontalAlign.Left
        e.Item.Cells(0).Width = System.Web.UI.WebControls.Unit.Pixel(230)
        e.Item.Cells(c).HorizontalAlign = HorizontalAlign.Right
        e.Item.Cells(c).Width = System.Web.UI.WebControls.Unit.Pixel(95)
        e.Item.Cells(c).Text = String.Format("{0:N}", CDec(e.Item.DataItem(c)))
      ElseIf lit = ListItemType.Header Then
        e.Item.Cells(0).HorizontalAlign = HorizontalAlign.Left
        e.Item.Cells(0).Width = System.Web.UI.WebControls.Unit.Pixel(230)
        e.Item.Cells(c).HorizontalAlign = HorizontalAlign.Right
        e.Item.Cells(c).Width = System.Web.UI.WebControls.Unit.Pixel(95)
      ElseIf lit = ListItemType.Footer Then
        e.Item.Cells(0).Text = "** Budget Totals **"
         e.Item.Cells(c).HorizontalAlign = HorizontalAlign.Right
        e.Item.Cells(0).Width = System.Web.UI.WebControls.Unit.Pixel(230)
        e.Item.Cells(c).Width = System.Web.UI.WebControls.Unit.Pixel(95)
      End If
    Next
  End Sub

This is something that I use, because I don't know how many columns can be returned...the first column is always the same, that's why I specifically give that one different formatting...

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[sila]

Sorry, I'm not too experienced at the vb side.
I'm not quite sure how to use this. I only need to center one column (the forth one along, counting first as 0). The column will be called Winner - created via the stored procedure, and will have an asterisk in it.

Thanks (and apologies for ignorance!)

 

[ca8msm]

Add my code to the ItemDataBound event and change the zero to a 3

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[checkai]

in that case you should be able to simply go into the HTML of your datagrid...

<asp:BoundColumn DataField="winner" HeaderText="Win">
<HeaderStyle Font-Size="11px" Font-Names="Verdana" Font-Bold="True" HorizontalAlign="Center"></HeaderStyle>
<ItemStyle Font-Size="11px" Font-Names="Verdana" HorizontalAlign="Center" VerticalAlign="Middle"></ItemStyle>
</asp:BoundColumn>

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