Hi all.,

Some we may feel some what un comfort with out grid view., Off-course its a best control to display the data in a formatted way. Suppose if we have more columns or more fields to display in a grid view. we feel that its a not easy task to display the data with out browser scrolling.

At that time we will think about to hide some data that means some text from a column., like only displaying the first few characters.

Yes that's the good option to follow.

It can be done using a simple conditional Operator ( ? ).




<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Business">
<EditItemTemplate>
<asp:TextBox ID="gvtxtBussName" width="80px" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("BusinessName") %>' ValidationGroup="upd"></asp:TextBox>
</EditItemTemplate>


<ItemTemplate>
<asp:Label ID="Label4" runat="server" Width="80px" Font-Size="10px"
Text='<%# Eval("BusinessName").ToString().Length > 10 ? Eval("BusinessName").ToString().Substring(0, 10)+".." : Eval("BusinessName") %>' ToolTip='<%# Bind("BusinessName") %>' ></asp:Label>
</ItemTemplate>


<ItemStyle Wrap="True" HorizontalAlign="Left" Width="80px" />
<HeaderStyle HorizontalAlign="Left" />
</asp:TemplateField>







In the above code I would like to display Bussiness name in my grid view., it compulsory to my requirement. at this case i reduced the characters to First 10.


Like this we can display content as we wish with simple modifications.


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