Adding and Removing Edit / Delete Columns to a DataGrid on the fly

[GavW]

Hey all!

I am trying to establish an administration style feature to my datagrid by providing an option to "switch on" an edit and delete column. I currently have the following code:

private void btnAdminOn_Click(object sender, System.Web.UI.ImageClickEventArgs e)
{
btnAdminOff.Visible = true;
btnAdminOn.Visible = false;

EditCommandColumn edit = new EditCommandColumn();
// edit.ButtonType = "PushButton";
edit.UpdateText = "Update";
edit.CancelText = "Cancel";
edit.EditText= "Edit";

ButtonColumn delete = new ButtonColumn();
delete.Text = "Delete";
delete.CommandName = "Delete";

DataGrid1.Columns.Add(edit);
DataGrid1.Columns.Add(delete);

if ( !IsPostBack )
{
DataGrid1.DataSource = ds;
DataGrid1.DataBind ( );
}
}

The reason i have the "ButtonType" line of code commented out is due to an error i was receiving: "Cannot implicitly convert type 'string' to System.Web.UI.WebControls.ButtonColumnType'"

Could this be the reason i am having no luck?

Thanks in advance for any help.

GavW

 

[Guru7777]

It wants an Enum value. I don't have it in front of me, but something like ButtonColumnType.PushButton or something.


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[Guru7777]

Okay, I fired up Visual Studio and it is what I said, so your code will build like the following

EditCommandColumn edit = new EditCommandColumn();
			edit.ButtonType = ButtonColumnType.PushButton;
			edit.UpdateText = "Update";
			edit.CancelText = "Cancel";
			edit.EditText= "Edit";

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[GavW]

Cheers mate for sorting that out for me, it compiles now. Unfortunately i still cannot get these columns to display as part of my datagrid.

Is there a line of code somewhere that i am missing out that displays these two new columns?

GavW