VB.NET

How do you change a gridview from Update mode to normal mode?  I'm usually 
dealing for Formviews and there is a ChangeMode option but I don't see one 
for Gridviews.

Hi,
An important property that plays a special role in Update and Delete 
operations is the DataKeyNames property. This property is typically set to 
the names of fields from the data source that are part of a primary key used 
to match a given row in the data source. Multiple keys are comma-separated 
when specifying this property declaratively, although it is common to only 
have one primary key field. The values of fields specified by the 
DataKeyNames property are round-tripped in viewstate for the sake of 
retaining original values to pass to an Update or Delete operation, even if 
that field is not rendered as one of the columns in the GridView control. 
When the GridView invokes the data source Update or Delete operation, it 
passes the values of these fields to the data source in a special Keys 
dictionary, separate from the Values dictionary that contains new values 
entered by the user while the row is in edit mode (for update operations). 
The contents of the Values dictionary are obtained from the input controls 
rendered for the row in edit mode. To exclude a value from this dictionary, 
set the ReadOnly property to true on the corresponding BoundField in the 
Column collection. If you are using the GridView designer in Visual Studio, 
the ReadOnly property is set to true for primary key fields by default. 
ref:http://quickstarts.asp.net/QuickStartv20/aspnet/doc/ctrlref/data/gridview.aspx
-- 
Hope this helps.
Thanks and Regards.
Manish Bafna.
MCP and MCTS.



"pvong" wrote:


> VB.NET
> 
> How do you change a gridview from Update mode to normal mode?  I'm usually 
> dealing for Formviews and there is a ChangeMode option but I don't see one 
> for Gridviews. 
> 
> 
> 

I read this, but I'm still confused.  I understand the concept of how it 
happens, but I don't understand how to make it happen.


"Manish Bafna"  wrote in message 
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> Hi,
> An important property that plays a special role in Update and Delete
> operations is the DataKeyNames property. This property is typically set to
> the names of fields from the data source that are part of a primary key 
> used
> to match a given row in the data source. Multiple keys are comma-separated
> when specifying this property declaratively, although it is common to only
> have one primary key field. The values of fields specified by the
> DataKeyNames property are round-tripped in viewstate for the sake of
> retaining original values to pass to an Update or Delete operation, even 
> if
> that field is not rendered as one of the columns in the GridView control.
> When the GridView invokes the data source Update or Delete operation, it
> passes the values of these fields to the data source in a special Keys
> dictionary, separate from the Values dictionary that contains new values
> entered by the user while the row is in edit mode (for update operations).
> The contents of the Values dictionary are obtained from the input controls
> rendered for the row in edit mode. To exclude a value from this 
> dictionary,
> set the ReadOnly property to true on the corresponding BoundField in the
> Column collection. If you are using the GridView designer in Visual 
> Studio,
> the ReadOnly property is set to true for primary key fields by default.
> ref:http://quickstarts.asp.net/QuickStartv20/aspnet/doc/ctrlref/data/gridview.aspx
> -- 
> Hope this helps.
> Thanks and Regards.
> Manish Bafna.
> MCP and MCTS.
>
>
>
> "pvong" wrote:
>
>> VB.NET
>>
>> How do you change a gridview from Update mode to normal mode?  I'm 
>> usually
>> dealing for Formviews and there is a ChangeMode option but I don't see 
>> one
>> for Gridviews.
>>
>>
>> 

Please help me.  This is the only missing step for me.

Simple Gridview that when I hit Edit, I get Textboxes for editing.  I have 
inserted my own ADO.NET for the Update button and it works perfectly.  I 
just want the gridview to go back to normal view after it has updated.  So 
after Update, turn gridview back to original format where the textboxes are 
labels again and you have the option to hit Edit again.



"pvong" <phillip*at*yahoo*dot*com> wrote in message 
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> VB.NET
>
> How do you change a gridview from Update mode to normal mode?  I'm usually 
> dealing for Formviews and there is a ChangeMode option but I don't see one 
> for Gridviews.
>