disable edit button in gridview 1

[mrp9090]

How do you disable the edit button for selected rows in a gridview? Here is my button :

<asp:CommandField ShowEditButton="True" ButtonType="Link" ShowCancelButton="True"
UpdateText="Update" EditText="Edit" CancelText="Cancel" />

 

[ca8msm]

Use the ItemDataBound event, get a reference to the button and change the ShowEditButton property.

As a side note, you've asked a lot of questions recently yet you haven't acknowledged any of the answers. To do so, read point 15 from the FAQ in my signature.


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[mrp9090]

Apologies, I'm in a mad rush to get my code working and I'm using the GridView control for the first time. I'll go back to the replies later and acknowledge the answers that were useful to me.

BTW, in the DataBound event , how do you reference the ShowEditButton property?

Thanks,

Mike

 

[ca8msm]

You can use FindControl in the ItemDataBound event to get a reference to the actual button. Then, you just set the property as normal e.g.

myButton.ShowEditButton = False

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[mrp9090]

Using this syntax in the RowDataBound event does not allow access to the ShowEditButton property :

EDIT BUTTON
LinkButton EditButton = (LinkButton)e.Row.Cells[8].Controls[0];

DELETE BUTTON
LinkButton DeleteButton = (LinkButton)e.Row.FindControl("DeleteButton");

 

[ca8msm]

Can you paste the full code (the HTML view) you are usign for your GridView?


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[mrp9090]

Sure, here's my gridiview :

<asp:GridView ID="GridView1" runat="server" DataSourceID="SqlDataSource1"
SkinID="Grey" AutoGenerateColumns="false" DataKeyNames="ForecastKey" AllowSorting="true"
OnRowDataBound="GridView1_RowDataBound" EditRowStyle-CssClass="dgedit" OnRowUpdated="GridView1_RowUpdated" OnRowEditing="GridView1_RowEditing"
OnRowDeleting="GridView1_RowDeleting">
<Columns>
<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Key" SortExpression="ForecastKey">
<ItemTemplate>
<asp:Label ID="lblForecastKey" Text='<%# Bind("ForecastKey") %>' runat="server"></asp:Label>
</ItemTemplate>
<ItemStyle Height="24px" Width="50px" />
</asp:TemplateField>

<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Company" SortExpression="CompanyName">
<ItemTemplate>
<asp:Label ID="lblCompany" Text='<%# Eval("CompanyName") %>' runat="server"></asp:Label>
</ItemTemplate>
<EditItemTemplate>
<aspropDownList ID="ddlCompanyName" DataSourceID="SqlDataSource2" Runat="Server"
DataTextField="CompanyName" DataValueField="CompanyKey" SelectedValue='<%# Bind("CompanyKey") %>' />
</EditItemTemplate>
<ItemStyle Height="24px" Width="50px" />
</asp:TemplateField>

<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Forecast Type" SortExpression="ForecastDescription">
<ItemTemplate>
<asp:Label ID="lblForecastType" Text='<%# Eval("ForecastDescription") %>' runat="server"></asp:Label>
</ItemTemplate>
<EditItemTemplate>
<aspropDownList ID="ddlForecastType" DataSourceID="SqlDataSource3" Runat="Server"
DataTextField="ForecastDescription" DataValueField="ForecastType" SelectedValue='<%# Bind("ForecastType") %>' />
</EditItemTemplate>
<ItemStyle Height="24px" Width="50px" />
</asp:TemplateField>

<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Value (£)" SortExpression="MoneyValue">
<ItemTemplate>
<asp:Label ID="lblMoneyValue" Text='<%# Eval("MoneyValue", "{0:#,###.00}") %>' runat="server"></asp:Label>
</ItemTemplate>
<EditItemTemplate>
<asp:TextBox ID="txtMoneyValue" Text='<%# Bind("MoneyValue", "{0:#,###.00}") %>' runat="server"></asp:TextBox>
<asp:RequiredFieldValidator ID="RequiredFieldValidator1" runat="server"
ControlToValidate="txtMoneyValue" Display="None" ErrorMessage="Please enter a Value" />
<asp:CompareValidator ID="CompareValidator1" runat="server" Display="None"
ErrorMessage="Value must be numeric" ControlToValidate="txtMoneyValue"
Type="Double" Operator="DataTypeCheck"></asp:CompareValidator>
</EditItemTemplate>
<ItemStyle Height="24px" Width="50px" />
</asp:TemplateField>

<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Probability (%)" SortExpression="ProbabilityValue">
<ItemTemplate>
<asp:Label ID="lblProbability" Text='<%# Eval("ForecastPercentage") %>' runat="server"></asp:Label>
</ItemTemplate>
<EditItemTemplate>
<aspropDownList ID="ddlForecastPercentage" DataSourceID="SqlDataSource4" Runat="Server"
DataTextField="ForecastPercentageDescription" DataValueField="ForecastPercentage" SelectedValue='<%# Bind("ForecastPercentage") %>' />
</EditItemTemplate>
<ItemStyle Height="24px" Width="50px" />
</asp:TemplateField>

<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Value (£) x Probability (%)" SortExpression="ProbabilityValue">
<ItemTemplate>
<asp:Label ID="lblProbabilityValue" Text='<%# Eval("ProbabilityValue", "{0:#,###.00}") %>' runat="server"></asp:Label>
</ItemTemplate>
<ItemStyle Height="24px" Width="50px" />
</asp:TemplateField>

<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Due Date" SortExpression="DueDate">
<ItemTemplate>
<asp:Label ID="lblDueDate" Text='<%# Eval("DueDate", "{0:dd/MM/yyyy}") %>' runat="server"></asp:Label>
</ItemTemplate>
<EditItemTemplate>
<asp:TextBox ID="txtDueDate" Text='<%# Bind("DueDate", "{0:dd/MM/yyyy}") %>' runat="server"></asp:TextBox>
<!--or use this in SQL : Select Convert(VarChar(10), GetDate(), 103)-->
<asp:RequiredFieldValidator ID="RequiredFieldValidator2" runat="server"
ControlToValidate="txtDueDate" Display="None" ErrorMessage="Please enter a Due Date" />
<asp:CompareValidator ID="CompareValidator2" runat="server"
Display="None" ErrorMessage="Please enter a valid Due Date in format dd/mm/yyyy"
ControlToValidate="txtDueDate" Type="Date" Operator="DataTypeCheck"></asp:CompareValidator>
</EditItemTemplate>
<ItemStyle Height="24px" Width="65px" />
</asp:TemplateField>

<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Last Edit Date" SortExpression="LastEditDate">
<ItemTemplate>
<asp:Label ID="lblLastEditDate" Text='<%# Eval("LastEditDate", "{0:dd/MM/yyyy}") %>' runat="server"></asp:Label>
</ItemTemplate>
<ItemStyle Height="24px" Width="50px" />
</asp:TemplateField>

<asp:CommandField ShowEditButton="True" ButtonType="Link" ShowCancelButton="True"
UpdateText="Update" EditText="Edit" CancelText="Cancel" />

<asp:TemplateField>
<ItemTemplate>
<asp:LinkButton ID="DeleteButton"
CommandArgument='<%# Eval("ForecastKey") %>'
CommandName="Delete" runat="server">
Delete</asp:LinkButton>
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:TemplateField>
</Columns>
</asp:GridView>

 

[ca8msm]

Are you checking the RowType as this works fine for me:

        If e.Row.RowType = DataControlRowType.DataRow Then
            Dim l As New LinkButton
            l = e.Row.Cells(8).Controls(0)
        End If

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[mrp9090]

I can create a reference to the button, I just can't acccess the ShowEditButton method, it does not appear in Intellisense.

 

[ca8msm]

Oh ok - just try setting the Visible property to False then.


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[mrp9090]

Thanks!