DetailsView.ChangeMode Method

Switches the DetailsView control to the specified mode.

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

public:
void ChangeMode (
	DetailsViewMode newMode
)
public void ChangeMode (
	DetailsViewMode newMode
)
public function ChangeMode (
	newMode : DetailsViewMode
)
Not applicable.

Parameters

newMode

One of the DetailsViewMode values.

Use the ChangeMode method to programmatically switch the DetailsView control between edit, insert, and read-only mode. This method also updates the CurrentMode property with the specified mode. The following table lists the different mode values.

Mode

Description

DetailsViewMode.Edit

The DetailsView control is in edit mode, which allows the user to update the values of a record.

DetailsViewMode.Insert

The DetailsView control is in insert mode, which allows the user to add a new record to the data source.

DetailsView.ReadOnly

The DetailsView control is in read-only mode, which is the normal display mode.

The following code example demonstrates how to use the ChangeMode method to return the DetailsView control to read-only mode whenever the user navigates to another record.

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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