Getting value from a cell from a gridview on RowDataBound event

Question

string percentage = e.Row.Cells[7].Text;

I am trying to do some dynamic stuff with my GridView, so I have wired up some code to the RowDataBound ev

Answer 1

The above are good suggestions, but you can get at the text value of a cell in a grid view without wrapping it in a literal or label control. You just have to know what event to wire up. In this case, use the DataBound event instead, like so:

protected void GridView1_DataBound(object sender, GridViewRowEventArgs e)
{
    if (e.Row.RowType == DataControlRowType.DataRow)
    {
        if (e.Row.Cells[0].Text.Contains("sometext"))
        {
            e.Row.Cells[0].Font.Bold = true;
        }
    }
}

When running a debugger, you will see the text appear in this method.