Empty Grid not displaying

[Mike]

I have a search form above my grid.  When the page loads there is a container for the grid, however it is not populated with data until a search has been performed.  How can I show the empty grid on page load?  I have a ajaxManager that shows the loading.... image and it is not showing up on the first search and I would like it to be displayed.

Thanks!

[Shinu]

Hi Mike,

Try setting the  ShowHeadersWhenNoRecords property to true in the aspx and see whether the Grid is getting displayed.

ASPX:

 <MasterTableView DataSourceID="SqlDataSource1"   ShowHeadersWhenNoRecords="true"  >

Shinu.

[Mike]

Shinu,

I tried that with no luck, thanks for the idea though.  Hopefully, it's just an attribute in a tag.

[Sebastian]

Hi Mike,

You can assign an empty data source for the grid (inside the NeedDataSource event handler for example) in order to display the NoRecordsTemplate alongside with the column headers, for example:

//inside the NeedDataSource event handler when the condition is to have no data in the grid

<GridInstance>.DataSource = new Object[0];

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Stephen
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[Mike]

Do I want to do this even if I'm not binding the grid on page load, and only when a search is performed?   This does work I will just use it in my page load and !IsPostBack

[Sebastian]

Hi Mike,

This seems to be an alternative approach which should work properly as well. Feel free to use it if applicable.
 
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Stephen
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