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Hey all,

I have a datagrid that auto-generate the columns. When I run the app some of
the column values are wrapping. How do I prevent the values from wrapping?

Do I have to use template columns to accomplish this feat?

thanks,
rodchar

rodchar wrote:
> Hey all,
>
> I have a datagrid that auto-generate the columns. When I run the app some of
> the column values are wrapping. How do I prevent the values from wrapping?
>
> Do I have to use template columns to accomplish this feat?

No, you should be able to use a standard BoundColumn. Try setting the
Wrap property to False. Does that do the trick for you?

--

Scott Mitchell

http://www.4GuysFromRolla.com

* When you think ASP.NET, think 4GuysFromRolla.com!

some of my fields are really long text fields, how can I shorten the column
length? the wrapping=false worked, thank you.
rodchar

"Scott Mitchell [MVP]" wrote:

> rodchar wrote:
> > Hey all,
> >
> > I have a datagrid that auto-generate the columns. When I run the app some of
> > the column values are wrapping. How do I prevent the values from wrapping?
> >
> > Do I have to use template columns to accomplish this feat?
>
> No, you should be able to use a standard BoundColumn. Try setting the
> Wrap property to False. Does that do the trick for you?
>
> --
>
> Scott Mitchell
>
> http://www.4GuysFromRolla.com
>
> * When you think ASP.NET, think 4GuysFromRolla.com!
>

Rod, there are a couple options for shortening the column length. You
can specify a Width using the WIdth property. It can be either a
percentage of an absolute number of pixels.

Alternatively, you could use the LimitColumn, a custom DataGrid column
class that limits a column's text output to a page developer-specified
number of words. You can learn more about this custom DataGrid column,
and get the code, at:
http://aspnet.4guysfromrolla.com/articles/100202-1.aspx

Happy Programming!

--

Scott Mitchell

http://www.4GuysFromRolla.com

* When you think ASP.NET, think 4GuysFromRolla.com!

rodchar wrote:
> some of my fields are really long text fields, how can I shorten the column
> length? the wrapping=false worked, thank you.
> rodchar
>
> "Scott Mitchell [MVP]" wrote:
>
>
>>rodchar wrote:
>>
>>>Hey all,
>>>
>>>I have a datagrid that auto-generate the columns. When I run the app some of
>>>the column values are wrapping. How do I prevent the values from wrapping?
>>>
>>>Do I have to use template columns to accomplish this feat?
>>
>>No, you should be able to use a standard BoundColumn. Try setting the
>>Wrap property to False. Does that do the trick for you?
>>
>>--
>>
>> Scott Mitchell
>>
>> http://www.4GuysFromRolla.com
>>
>>* When you think ASP.NET, think 4GuysFromRolla.com!
>>

thanks for the lead article.

"Scott Mitchell [MVP]" wrote:

> Rod, there are a couple options for shortening the column length. You
> can specify a Width using the WIdth property. It can be either a
> percentage of an absolute number of pixels.
>
> Alternatively, you could use the LimitColumn, a custom DataGrid column
> class that limits a column's text output to a page developer-specified
> number of words. You can learn more about this custom DataGrid column,
> and get the code, at:
> http://aspnet.4guysfromrolla.com/articles/100202-1.aspx
>
> Happy Programming!
>
> --
>
> Scott Mitchell
>
> http://www.4GuysFromRolla.com
>
> * When you think ASP.NET, think 4GuysFromRolla.com!
>
> rodchar wrote:
> > some of my fields are really long text fields, how can I shorten the column
> > length? the wrapping=false worked, thank you.
> > rodchar
> >
> > "Scott Mitchell [MVP]" wrote:
> >
> >
> >>rodchar wrote:
> >>
> >>>Hey all,
> >>>
> >>>I have a datagrid that auto-generate the columns. When I run the app some of
> >>>the column values are wrapping. How do I prevent the values from wrapping?
> >>>
> >>>Do I have to use template columns to accomplish this feat?
> >>
> >>No, you should be able to use a standard BoundColumn. Try setting the
> >>Wrap property to False. Does that do the trick for you?
> >>
> >>--
> >>
> >> Scott Mitchell
> >>
> >> http://www.4GuysFromRolla.com
> >>
> >>* When you think ASP.NET, think 4GuysFromRolla.com!
> >>
>