ASP.Net Gridview Fire Command From Outside the Gridview

[Marcia2004]

Has anyone used a button from outside a gridview to trigger the Edit command inside the gridview? Since gridviews do not have an Add command, I'm using the click event of a button located outside the gridview. When clicked, it adds a new row to the gridview which appears with only the Edit command and no textboxes showing. When user clicks the Edit command on the new row, textboxes appear for entry and the Edit command changes to Update Cancel. I'd like to make it simpler for the user and do the Edit command click for them so they are ready to do data entry. Any suggestions would be appreciated!

 

[Marcia2004]

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