Hiding the value of a cell without collapsing the column

[Adrian]

I have a RadGrid on my page displaying a list of search results from my database. Some of these results have associated files which I provide a download link for, and some don't.

For the results that don't have an associated file I want to hide the link in that row only. I can do that, I've found, using this code in the ItemDataBound event:

if (e.Item is Telerik.Web.UI.GridDataItem)
{
    if (!((bool)((DataRowView)e.Item.DataItem).Row["IsElectronic"]))
    {
        ((Telerik.Web.UI.GridDataItem)e.Item)["colDownload"].Visible = false;
    }
}

The problem is that by setting the GridDataItem's Visible property I'm effectively collapsing that column for that row, moving everything out of alignment with the grid headers. Instead, I'd like to do something to empty the contents of the cell, or change just that cell to a different column type, or something similar?

[Shinu]

Hi Adrian,

You can set its Text property to empty string instead of setting visible property.

C#:

((Telerik.Web.UI.GridDataItem)e.Item)["colDownload"].Text = string.Empty;

Thanks,
Shinu

[Adrian]

Hi Shinu,

Thanks for that. That worked a treat.