Is there any way to specify in the Property Builder a data formatting
expression that only accepts the left-most X-number of characters from the
column?
Thanks to all!

I am using VB.net
It is found that the <asp:EditCommandColumn/> wouldn't fired an event for
OnEditCommand
If pushbutton has been used:

I have a datagrid as follows
<asp:datagrid id="dtgIncomplete" Runat="server"
OnPageIndexChanged="PageActiveRecords" AllowPaging="True"
PageSize="25" autogeneratecolumns="false" Width="537px"

Is there a way to show subtotals in the footer of a datagrid?
How?
Thanks,
Shane

I have SQL descriptions like this  
comm.CommandText = "SELECT ForumBaslik.Baslik, ForumBaslik.Soru,ForumBaslik.BaslikID,userTable.kulAd as Kul, ForumCevap.SoruID,ForumCevap.CevapID as CvpID, ForumCevap.Cevap as Cvp, ForumCevap.Ekleyen as CvpEkleyen, ForumCevap.Tarih as CvpTarih ...

I have a grid control on a page that I copied from another page and
modified.
For some reason it seem my ItemData event never fires.
I even put a break point in it and it doesn't get there.

I 've been dealing with this problem for a while now.
I have a datagrid in which one column is a template column, encompassing
textboxes (1 hidden, 1 visible) and bound to the same data source column.
Also the footer contains a button to save contents of the textboxes.

If  I click on Select column from the datagrid, then I should be able to
display information corresponding to
a particular query based on that row in a datagrid in a different page.
For. eg :

I have set up a DataGrid with default paging.  The DG ItemCommand
works fine when user selects row by clicking on ButtonColumn (which
fills in text boxes at bottom of page).  ItemIndex properly shows 0
when first row selected, 1 for second, etc.  But when user clicks on

All,
  I have created a footer template which I use to add a new entry via
my datagrid.  I also have an edit template to allow the user to edit a
row in the grid.  My problem is this.  The second column of the grid

How can I have the first row of the datagrid highlighted when the page
loads?
I have rows highlighting on mouseover, and doubleclick event, but i want the
first row to be highlighted and also allow the user to use the arrows up and

Is it possible to set the rowheight of the datagrid.
I have a paging grid but if there is say 2 entries then the height of each
row expands to fill the height of the grid.
I want a way to keep the rowheight constant so leaving empty space at the

how do i format datetime in codebehind ?
i use a dll with all my funtions in and the dates are coming out as
15/03/2004 00:00:00
code is like this :-

Using Visual Studio.net, I'm following the Microsoft Walkthrough located at:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/vbcon/html/vbwl
kWalkthroughUsingDataGridWebControlToReadWriteData.asp
Everything works as advertised except for the line of code: "r =

i have tried implementing custom paging using the example from 4 guys
from rolla....however example doesnot work as desired.....i.e when the
pagecount is 1...and current page index is 0(for the first page...then
nothing hapens and it does not move to next page...am i missing