BoundField.DataField Property

Gets or sets the name of the data field to bind to the BoundField object.

Namespace: System.Web.UI.WebControls
Assembly: System.Web (in system.web.dll)

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public:
virtual property String^ DataField {
	String^ get ();
	void set (String^ value);
}
/** @property */
public String get_DataField ()

/** @property */
public void set_DataField (String value)

public function get DataField () : String

public function set DataField (value : String)

Not applicable.

Property Value

The name of the data field to bind to the BoundField. The default is an empty string (""), which indicates that this property is not set.

Use the DataField property to specify the name of the data field to bind to the BoundField object. The values of the specified field are displayed in the BoundField object as text. You can optionally format the displayed text by setting the DataFormatString property.

NoteNote:

If a field's value is null, an empty string ("") is displayed for the value by default. To specify an alternate caption, set the NullDisplayText property.

The following code example demonstrates how to use the DataField property to specify which field to display in a BoundField field column of a GridView control.

No code example is currently available or this language may not be supported.

Windows 98, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Starter Edition

The Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 is supported on Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP SP2, and Windows Server 2003 SP1.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.0, 2.0

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