How to Set a gridview column width when binding to a datatable

Question

I am binding a table to a gridview in asp.net as such

grdIssues.DataSource = mdtIssues;

grdIssues.DataBind();

The problem is I cannot the

Answer 1

I like to answer my own question whenever I can so future users searching the thread will find the answer.

I could not find a way to do what I wanted directly. However I found if I define the columns myself, I could change the properties. In this example, I wanted to center the column data. Something like this.

BoundField bdfRaisedDate = new BoundField();
clsUtilities.SetBoundFieldCenter(ref bdfRaisedDate, "RaisedDateShort",    "Opened", "RaisedDate");

grdIssues.Columns.Add(bdfRaisedDate);

grdIssues.DataSource = mdtIssues;

grdIssues.DataBind();

public static void SetBoundFieldCenter(ref BoundField bdfAny, string pDataField, string pHeadingValue, string  pSortExpression)
{
      bdfAny.DataField = pDataField;
      bdfAny.HeaderText = pHeadingValue;
      bdfAny.SortExpression = pSortExpression;
      bdfAny.HeaderStyle.HorizontalAlign = HorizontalAlign.Center;
      bdfAny.ItemStyle.HorizontalAlign = HorizontalAlign.Center;
}