Hide a column in asp:GridView

Hi, I want to hide a column in the asp:GridView, say one of the column of
asp:BoundField. But it is not allowed to put <div> inside for setting it
display:none. What can I do? Thanks in millions.

ghostwolf

To hide the third column for example ...

GridView.Columns[2].Visible = false;

"ghostwolf" wrote:

> Hi, I want to hide a column in the asp:GridView, say one of the column of
> asp:BoundField. But it is not allowed to put <div> inside for setting it
> display:none. What can I do? Thanks in millions.
>
>
>

"ghostwolf" <> wrote in message
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> Hi, I want to hide a column in the asp:GridView, say one of the column of
> asp:BoundField. But it is not allowed to put <div> inside for setting it
> display:none. What can I do? Thanks in millions.

MyGridView.Columns[0].Visible = false;

HOWEVER, bear in mind that this isn't actually *hiding* the column per se -
it's physically *removing* the column from the HTML being sent down to the
client, which may not be what you really want...

thanks, actually I don't really want to invisible it. It is because I want
to put a value for each row but make it hide away. Just like what we did in
windows programming for adding a value for each row. If I make the column in
asp:GridView invisible, I cannot get the value from that column.

"Mark Rae" <> wrote in message
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> "ghostwolf" <> wrote in message
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>> Hi, I want to hide a column in the asp:GridView, say one of the column of
>> asp:BoundField. But it is not allowed to put <div> inside for setting it
>> display:none. What can I do? Thanks in millions.
>
> MyGridView.Columns[0].Visible = false;
>
> HOWEVER, bear in mind that this isn't actually *hiding* the column per
> se - it's physically *removing* the column from the HTML being sent down
> to the client, which may not be what you really want...
>

"ghostwolf" <> wrote in message
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> thanks, actually I don't really want to invisible it. It is because I want
> to put a value for each row but make it hide away. Just like what we did
> in windows programming for adding a value for each row. If I make the
> column in asp:GridView invisible, I cannot get the value from that column.

Ah... You've discovered the additional security feature that a GridView has
but a DataGrid didn't.

Basically, Microsoft took the view that using hidden columns to store data
was a potential security risk, so they removed hidden colums from ViewState
at databind time. However, it's easy enough to work round, but be aware of
the potential security risk involved in doing this...

MyGridView.DataSource = <datasource>;
MyGridView.Columns[0].Visible = true;
MyGridView.DataBind();
MyGridView.Columns[0].Visible = false;

Check this out..

http://www.netomatix.com/development...ideColumn.aspx

"ghostwolf" <> wrote in message
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> Hi, I want to hide a column in the asp:GridView, say one of the column of
> asp:BoundField. But it is not allowed to put <div> inside for setting it
> display:none. What can I do? Thanks in millions.
>

"Winista" <> wrote in message
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> Check this out..
>
> http://www.netomatix.com/development...ideColumn.aspx

Correct approach, terrible implementation!

Need to set display to either none or block to make this work properly.

Thank you for pointing out the issue with the approach. It has been fixed on
the site as well as attached demo project.

"Mark Rae" <> wrote in message
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> "Winista" <> wrote in message
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>> Check this out..
>>
>> http://www.netomatix.com/development...ideColumn.aspx
>
> Correct approach, terrible implementation!
>
> Need to set display to either none or block to make this work properly.
>

"Winista" <> wrote in message
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> Thank you for pointing out the issue with the approach. It has been fixed
> on the site as well as attached demo project.

Excellent. Check this out for cross-browser compatibility
http://www.quirksmode.org/css/display.html, but I think you're OK...

Thanks, it's great for me.

"Mark Rae" <> wrote in message
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> "Winista" <> wrote in message
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>> Thank you for pointing out the issue with the approach. It has been fixed
>> on the site as well as attached demo project.
>
> Excellent. Check this out for cross-browser compatibility
> http://www.quirksmode.org/css/display.html, but I think you're OK...
>