DataGridColumnCollection.Count Property

 

Gets the number of columns in the DataGridColumnCollection collection.

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

<BrowsableAttribute(False)>
Public ReadOnly Property Count As Integer

Property Value

Type: System.Int32

The number of columns in the DataGridColumnCollection.

Use this property to determine the number of columns in the DataGridColumnCollection collection. The Count property is commonly used when iterating through the collection to determine the upper bound of the collection.

The following code example demonstrates how to use the Count property to determine the upper bound of the DataGridColumnCollection collection. This value is then used to iterate though the collection.

<%@ Page Language="VB" AutoEventWireup="True" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="System.Data" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<script language="VB" runat="server">

    Dim Cart As New DataTable()
    Dim CartView As DataView

    Sub Page_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs)
        Dim dr As DataRow

        If Session("ShoppingCart") Is Nothing Then

            Cart.Columns.Add(New DataColumn("Qty", GetType(String)))
            Cart.Columns.Add(New DataColumn("Item", GetType(String)))
            Cart.Columns.Add(New DataColumn("Price", GetType(String)))
            Session("ShoppingCart") = Cart

            ' Create sample data.
            Dim i As Integer
            For i = 1 To 4
                dr = Cart.NewRow()
                If i Mod 2 <> 0 Then
                    dr(0) = "2"
                Else
                    dr(0) = "1"
                End If
                dr(1) = "Item " & i.ToString()
                dr(2) =(1.23 *(i + 1)).ToString()
                Cart.Rows.Add(dr)
            Next i
        Else
            Cart = CType(Session("ShoppingCart"), DataTable)
        End If 
        CartView = New DataView(Cart)
        CartView.Sort = "Item"

        If Not IsPostBack Then
            BindGrid()
        End If 
    End Sub 'Page_Load


    Sub MyDataGrid_Edit(sender As Object, e As DataGridCommandEventArgs)
        MyDataGrid.EditItemIndex = e.Item.ItemIndex
        BindGrid()
    End Sub 'MyDataGrid_Edit


    Sub MyDataGrid_Cancel(sender As Object, e As DataGridCommandEventArgs)
        MyDataGrid.EditItemIndex = - 1
        BindGrid()
    End Sub 'MyDataGrid_Cancel


    Sub MyDataGrid_Update(sender As Object, e As DataGridCommandEventArgs)
        ' For bound columns, the edited value is stored in a TextBox.
        ' The TextBox is the 0th element in the column's cell.
        Dim qtyText As TextBox = CType(e.Item.Cells(2).Controls(0), TextBox)
        Dim priceText As TextBox = CType(e.Item.Cells(3).Controls(0), TextBox)

        Dim item As String = e.Item.Cells(1).Text
        Dim qty As String = qtyText.Text
        Dim price As String = priceText.Text

        Dim dr As DataRow

        ' With a database, use an update command to update the data. Because 
        ' the data source in this example is an in-memory DataTable, delete the 
        ' old row and replace it with a new one.        

        ' Remove old entry.
        CartView.RowFilter = "Item='" & item & "'"
        If CartView.Count > 0 Then
            CartView.Delete(0)
        End If
        CartView.RowFilter = ""

        ' Add new entry.
        dr = Cart.NewRow()
        dr(0) = qty
        dr(1) = item
        dr(2) = price
        Cart.Rows.Add(dr)

        MyDataGrid.EditItemIndex = - 1
        BindGrid()
    End Sub 'MyDataGrid_Update


    Sub Button_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs)
        Label1.Text = "Header Text for each column: <br /><br />"

        Dim i As Integer
        For i = 0 To MyDataGrid.Columns.Count - 1
            Label1.Text &= "<br />" & MyDataGrid.Columns(i).HeaderText
        Next i
    End Sub 'Button_Click


    Sub BindGrid()
        MyDataGrid.DataSource = CartView
        MyDataGrid.DataBind()
    End Sub 'BindGrid

</script>

<head runat="server">
    <title>ASP.NET Example</title>
</head>
<body style="font: 10pt verdana">

   <form id="form1" runat="server">

      <asp:DataGrid id="MyDataGrid" runat="server"
           BorderColor="black"
           BorderWidth="1"
           CellPadding="3"
           Font-Names="Verdana"
           Font-Size="8pt"
           HeaderStyle-BackColor="#aaaadd"
           OnEditCommand="MyDataGrid_Edit"
           OnCancelCommand="MyDataGrid_Cancel"
           OnUpdateCommand="MyDataGrid_Update"
           AutoGenerateColumns="false">

         <Columns>

            <asp:EditCommandColumn
                 EditText="Edit"
                 CancelText="Cancel"
                 UpdateText="Update"
                 ItemStyle-Wrap="false"
                 HeaderText="Edit Command Column"
                 HeaderStyle-Wrap="false"/>

            <asp:BoundColumn HeaderText="Item" 
                 ReadOnly="true" 
                 DataField="Item"/>

            <asp:BoundColumn HeaderText="Quantity" 
                 DataField="Qty"/>

            <asp:BoundColumn HeaderText="Price" 
                 DataField="Price"/>

         </Columns>

      </asp:DataGrid>

      <br /><br />

      <asp:Button id="Button1"
           Text="Display Header Text for Columns"
           OnClick="Button_Click"
           runat="server"/>

      <br /><br />

      <asp:Label id="Label1"
           runat="server"/>      

   </form>

</body>
</html>

.NET Framework
Available since 1.1
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