ASP.NET GridView Tips and Tricks Collection

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ASP.NET GridView is the most commonly used Data Control in the ASP.NET Control Toolkit. The forums are flooded with questions about using the GridView control.

I thought of starting a new series of articles on the ASP.NET GridView control to help out fellow developers. I will be updating this page with new tips as frequently as possible. I plan to write 100 GridView tips covering the most frequently asked questions on the ASP.NET GridView.

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Let the learning begin!

Tip 1: Create an ASP.NET GridView Paging Style programmatically

Tip 2: Generate THead and TBody tags in the ASP.NET GridView

Tip 3: Check if SQLDataSource returns empty data

Tip 4: Pass ID of the ASP.NET GridView Row to a PopUp window

Tip 5: Apply CSS to a GridView Row based on a condition

Tip 6: Refresh an ASP.NET GridView automatically at regular intervals

Tip 7: Hide Selected Row in an ASP.NET GridView

Tip 8: Add a Key Up Event to all TextBoxes in an ASP.NET GridView or Table control

Tip 9: Loop through all the rows in all the pages of an ASP.NET GridView

Tip 10: Display an Image for EmptyData in an ASP.NET GridView

Tip 11: Change DateFormat In an ASP.NET GridView

Tip 12: Display Message On MouseOver In an ASP.NET GridView

Tip 13: Hiding a Column in an ASP.NET GridView

Tip 14: Prevent Word Wrap in an ASP.NET GridView

Tip 15: Find all the Checked Checkboxes in ASP.NET GridView

Tip 16: Add an Image Command Field to ASP.NET GridView at runtime

Tip 17: Import Excel Data Into An ASP.NET GridView using OLEDB

Tip 18: Import Excel Data Into an ASP.NET GridView using Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel

Tip 19: Retrieve Rows Selected Using CheckBox in an ASP.NET GridView

Tip 20: Check Uncheck all CheckBoxes in an ASP.NET GridView using jQuery

Tip 21: Check Uncheck all CheckBoxes in an ASP.NET GridView kept in an Update Panel using jQuery

Tip 22: Programmatically Load a GridView Row in Edit Mode

Tip 23: Set the Line Color Between Rows in an ASP.NET GridView

Tip 24: Display the details of the GridView Row being Deleted and Cancel the delete operation

Tip 25: Bind ASP.NET GridView to a Custom Object or Collection with Paging and Sorting

Tip 26: Set Width of GridView TextBox in Edit mode

Tip 27: Merge GridView Header Columns

Tip 28: ASP.NET GridView Data Caching

Tip 29: ASP.NET GridView Sorting with Image

Tip 30: Change Background Color of GridView Cell using jQuery

Tip 31: Add an Auto Generated Row Number to the ASP.NET GridView

Tip 32: Bind CheckBox in ASP.NET GridView – Multiple ways

Tip 33: ASP.NET GridView Row Count with ObjectDataSource

Tip 34: Highlight Current Page in ASP.NET GridView Pager

Tip 35: Align ASP.NET GridView Column Text

Tip 36: Display Page count in ASP.NET GridView

Tip 37: Cancel Update and Delete in ASP.NET GridView

Tip 38: Sort the ASP.NET GridView Columns using jQuery TableSorter plugin

 Watch out for more tips as I update this post regularly. Please retweet this post and let your fellow developers know about this series.

I am writing this post to benefit as many developers as I can. Feel free to use the comments section and request for a GridView tip.

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About The Author

Suprotim Agarwal, Developer Technologies MVP (Microsoft Most Valuable Professional) is the founder and contributor for DevCurry, DotNetCurry and SQLServerCurry. He is the Chief Editor of a Developer Magazine called DNC Magazine. He has also authored two Books - 51 Recipes using jQuery with ASP.NET Controls. and The Absolutely Awesome jQuery CookBook.

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