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How to fix max char width of gridview column

Posted Date: 09 May 2008	Resource Type: Code Snippets	Category: ASP.NET GridView
Author: Mr. Kiran S Patel	Member Level: Bronze
Rating:	Points: 10

This code sample will help you to fix max no of charters displayed in grid view column, and how to show full detail in tool tip.

'--- Write Following Code to RowDataBound event ---------

Protected Sub GridView1_RowDataBound(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Web.UI.WebControls.GridViewRowEventArgs)
Handles GridView1.RowDataBound

Dim MaxChar As Int16 = 50

If e.Row.RowType = DataControlRowType.DataRow Then

If e.Row.Cells("GoodsDesc").Text.Length > MaxChar Then
e.Row.Cells("GoodsDesc").Text = e.Row.Cells(6).Text.Substring(0, MaxChar)
End If
e.Row.Cells("GoodsDesc").Text = e.Row.Cells("GoodsDesc").Text + "..."

e.Row.Cells("GoodsDesc").Attributes. _
Add("Title",e.Row.DataItem("GoodsDesc").ToString)

End If

'----------- "GoodsDesc" is Column name ----------

End Sub

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