RowDataBound function of GridView

Question

I have a DataTable that contains 3 fields: ACount, BCount and DCount. If ACount < 0 then I need to displa

Answer 1

This has worked for me.... I must be misunderstanding something so I had to replace angled brackets with [ or ] for the ASP so just be aware of that.

 [asp:TemplateField runat="server" HeaderText="Header"]
 [ItemTemplate]
 [asp:Label ID="theLabel" runat="server" Text='[%# Eval("DataSource").ToString() 
  %]'][/asp:Label]
 [/ItemTemplate]
 [/asp:TemplateField]


 protected void GridView_RowDataBound(object sender, GridViewRowEventArgs e)
 {
    if (e.Row.RowType == DataControlRowType.DataRow)
    {
        Label newLabel = (Label)e.Row.FindControl("theLabel");

        if (newLabel.Text.Length > 20) //20 is cutoff length
        {
            newLabel.Text = lbl.Text.Substring(0, 20);

            newLabel.Text += "...";
        }
    }
}