Adding dynamic columns to an ASP.NET Gridview

Question

I\'m having a problem dynamically adding columns to a GridView. I need to change the layout -- i.e. the included columns -- based on the value in a DropDownList. When the

Answer 1

I found this little nugget in the documentation, under the DataControlFieldCollection Class.

If you are using the GridView or DetailsView control, the DataControlField objects that are automatically created (for example, when the AutoGenerateColumns property is true) are not stored in the publicly accessible fields collection. You can only access and manipulate DataControlField objects that are not automatically generated.

I guess the answer is to do all of your column manipulation in code, and then your approach should work fine.