i have a custom object list for my data source. i want to be able to
override some method so that whenever a column in row is bound, i can take
that value that gets bound, which is an integer, and decode that into it's
code table's textual value.

so if i have a collection of Car objects who have a property called Color,
which is an integer that points to a table that i can covert to its text
form:

ColorTable
1 = 'blue'
2 = 'red'

Where can i go to do this? I figured if i override OnDataBound, i could loop
thru all the rows and then thru all the columns and convert the values then,
but that means i have to do a looping operation - i figured i should be able
to do it as it gets bound???

thanks

If you handle RowDataBound event, it is automatically called for every row 
in the data source, so you don't need to loop rows since it's already 
provided to you by handling the event. Only thing to do then is tyo deal 
with the columns in the data source. If they are fixed, you could do it 
fixed column by column and you don't have to loop.

-- 
Teemu Keiski
AspInsider, ASP.NET MVP
http://blogs.aspadvice.com/joteke
http://teemukeiski.net


"TS" <manofsteele1@nospam.nospam> wrote in message 
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>i have a custom object list for my data source. i want to be able to
> override some method so that whenever a column in row is bound, i can take
> that value that gets bound, which is an integer, and decode that into it's
> code table's textual value.
>
> so if i have a collection of Car objects who have a property called Color,
> which is an integer that points to a table that i can covert to its text
> form:
>
> ColorTable
> 1 = 'blue'
> 2 = 'red'
>
> Where can i go to do this? I figured if i override OnDataBound, i could 
> loop
> thru all the rows and then thru all the columns and convert the values 
> then,
> but that means i have to do a looping operation - i figured i should be 
> able
> to do it as it gets bound???
>
> thanks
>
> 

Hi TS,

There're two approaches for your objective. One is mentioned by Teemu: 
change the data after each row is bound.

Another approach is to directly convert the data to your desired one using 
a code-behind function and do this in the declarative markup with a 
TemplateField

                <asp:TemplateField>
                    <ItemTemplate>
                        <asp:Label ID="lblColor" runat="server" 
BackColor=<%# 
System.Drawing.Color.FromName(GetColor(DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, 
"ColorIndex")))%> Text=<%# GetColor(DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, 
"ColorIndex")) %>></asp:Label>
                    </ItemTemplate>
                </asp:TemplateField>


    protected string GetColor(object colorIndex)
    {
        switch ((int) colorIndex) {
            case 1:
                return "blue";
            case 2:
                return "red";
            case 3:
                return "yellow";
            case 4:
                return "purple";
        }

        return "white";
    }



Hope this helps.


Regards,
Walter Wang (wawang@online.microsoft.com, remove 'online.')
Microsoft Online Community Support

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Hi TS,

I'm writing to check the status of this post. Please feel free to let me 
know if there's anything else I can help. Thanks.



Regards,
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Microsoft Online Community Support

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