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OrderByExpression::Direction Property

Gets and sets the sort direction of the IQueryable data source object.

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

public:
property SortDirection Direction {
	SortDirection get ();
	void set (SortDirection value);
}

Property Value

Type: System.Web.UI.WebControls::SortDirection
The sort direction of the data source object.

The OrderByExpression class is used in the QueryExtender control to sort data in ascending or descending order. The direction of the sort operation is specified by using the Direction property.

The following example shows how to sort data by the ListPrice field in descending order and then by the ProductID field in ascending order. This code example is part of a larger example provided in Walkthrough: Filtering Data in a Web Page Using Declarative Syntax.

<asp:OrderByExpression DataField="ListPrice" 
    Direction="Descending">
  <asp:ThenBy DataField="ProductID" Direction="Ascending"/>
</asp:OrderByExpression>

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
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