How to get the cell value by column name not by index in GridView in asp.net

Question

I am having a gridview in asp.net and now I want the cell value by the column name but not by the cell index.

How would be it possible

Answer 1

It is possible to use the data field name, if not the title so easily, which solved the problem for me. For ASP.NET & VB:

e.g. For a string:

Dim Encoding = e.Row.DataItem("Encoding").ToString().Trim()

e.g. For an integer:

Dim MsgParts = Convert.ToInt32(e.Row.DataItem("CalculatedMessageParts").ToString())