Putting certain rows in Italics

[Ed Bassin]

I have an SQL database which has an "optional" column.  I want the rows of my grid to be in italics if that row is optional.

Here is what the grid might look like after this is done:

Grouper | Field | Length
---------------------------
Age           x        3
Sex            y        1
Provider    z        12
Name        b         12

If the 'Provider' row is optional, it is put in italics, like shown above.

How do I create this effect?

Thanks

[Shinu]

Hi,

Try the following code snippet to achieve the desired scenario.

CS:

protected void RadGrid1_ItemDataBound(object sender, GridItemEventArgs e)
    {
        if (e.Item is GridDataItem)
        {
            GridDataItem item = (GridDataItem)e.Item;
            string strtxt = item["Grouper"].Text.ToString();
            if (strtxt=="Provider")
            {
               item["Grouper"].Font.Italic = true;
            }
        }
   }

Thanks
Shinu.

[Ed Bassin]

Thanks Shinu,

how do I access a piece of data like 'required' when required is not a column in the grid.  Is there some way to make an 'invisible' column which just stores the needed data?

[Princy]

Hello Ed,

You can access a column which is not part of the Grid but a column in the DataBase by using the DataKeyNames property of the Grid as shown in the code below.

aspx:

<MasterTableView DataSourceID="SqlDataSource1" DataKeyNames="required" >
</MasterTableView>

cs:

 protected void RadGrid1_ItemDataBound(object sender, GridItemEventArgs e)
    {
        if (e.Item is GridDataItem)
        {
            GridDataItem item = (GridDataItem)e.Item;
            string name = item.GetDataKeyValue("required").ToString();
        }
    }

Thanks
Princy.