Hi Henrik,
Here's a way to manipulate the footer. See if it works for you?
Ken
Microsoft MVP [ASP.NET]
<%@ page language="VB" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<script runat="server">
Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As
System.EventArgs)
If Not IsPostBack Then
Datagrid1.DataSource = CreateDataSource()
Datagrid1.DataBind()
End If
End Sub
Private Sub DataGrid1_ItemDataBound _
(ByVal sender As Object, _
ByVal e As _
System.Web.UI.WebControls.DataGridItemEventArgs) _
Handles Datagrid1.ItemDataBound
' Simulates a move of the footer to the second line
' Ken Cox [MVP] - July 5/06
' Check if this is the footer
If e.Item.ItemType = ListItemType.Footer Then
' Create a new footer item
Dim dgItemFooter As New DataGridItem(0, 0, ListItemType.Footer)
Dim intCount As Integer
Dim tcells As TableCellCollection
Dim fcell As TableCell
' Get a reference to the original footer cells
tcells = e.Item.Cells
' Loop through the original cells
For intCount = 0 To tcells.Count - 1
fcell = New TableCell
' Get the text from the original cell
fcell.Text = tcells(intCount).Text
' Add the cell to the new 'footer'
dgItemFooter.Cells.Add(fcell)
Next
' Insert the new footer into the datagrid
Datagrid1.Controls(0).Controls.AddAt(2, dgItemFooter)
' Remove the original footer
Datagrid1.Controls(0).Controls.Remove(e.Item)
End If
End Sub
Function CreateDataSource() As Data.DataTable
Dim dt As New Data.DataTable
Dim dr As Data.DataRow
dt.Columns.Add(New Data.DataColumn _
("IntegerValue", GetType(Int32)))
dt.Columns.Add(New Data.DataColumn _
("StringValue", GetType(String)))
dt.Columns.Add(New Data.DataColumn _
("CurrencyValue", GetType(Double)))
dt.Columns.Add(New Data.DataColumn _
("Boolean", GetType(Boolean)))
Dim i As Integer
For i = 0 To 5
dr = dt.NewRow()
dr(0) = i
dr(1) = "Item " + i.ToString()
dr(2) = 1.23 * (i + 1)
dr(3) = (i = 4)
dt.Rows.Add(dr)
Next i
Return dt
End Function
</script>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head id="Head1" runat="server">
<title>Move the footer</title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<div>
<asp:datagrid id="Datagrid1" runat="server" allowpaging="True"
showfooter="True">
</asp:datagrid>
</div>
</form>
</body>
</html>
"Henrik" <> wrote in message
news:%...
> Is there any way to reorder how a datagrid is drawn. I have a situation
> where it is preferred to have the footer show up before the already
> existing data rows. My footer is being used for adding new rows.
>
> Current/default ordering:
>
> Header
> Item1
> Item2
> Item3
> Footer
>
> Desired ordering:
>
> Header
> Footer (new record entry)
> Item1
> Item2
> Item3
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