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ButtonField.DataTextField Property

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Definition

Namespace:
System.Web.UI.WebControls
Assembly:
System.Web.dll

Gets or sets the name of the data field for which the value is bound to the Text property of the Button control that is rendered by the ButtonField object.

public:
 virtual property System::String ^ DataTextField { System::String ^ get(); void set(System::String ^ value); };
[System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter("System.Web.UI.Design.DataSourceViewSchemaConverter, System.Design, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a")]
public virtual string DataTextField { get; set; }
[System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter("System.Web.UI.Design.DataSourceViewSchemaConverter, System.Design, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a")]
public virtual string DataTextField { get; set; }
[<System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter("System.Web.UI.Design.DataSourceViewSchemaConverter, System.Design, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a")>]
member this.DataTextField : string with get, set
[<System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter("System.Web.UI.Design.DataSourceViewSchemaConverter, System.Design, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a")>]
member this.DataTextField : string with get, set
Public Overridable Property DataTextField As String

Property Value

String

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

Attributes
TypeConverterAttribute

Examples

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


<%@ Page language="C#" %>

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

  void AuthorsGridView_RowCommand(Object sender, GridViewCommandEventArgs e)
  {
  
    // If multiple ButtonField column fields are used, use the
    // CommandName property to determine which button was clicked.
    if(e.CommandName=="Select")
    {
    
      // Convert the row index stored in the CommandArgument
      // property to an Integer.
      int index = Convert.ToInt32(e.CommandArgument);    
    
      // Get the last name of the selected author from the appropriate
      // cell in the GridView control.
      GridViewRow selectedRow = AuthorsGridView.Rows[index];
      TableCell lastNameCell = selectedRow.Cells[1];
      string lastName = lastNameCell.Text;  
    
      // Display the selected author.
      Message.Text = "You selected " + lastName + ".";
      
    }
    
  }
    
</script>

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
  <head runat="server">
    <title>ButtonField DataTextField Example</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
        
      <h3>ButtonField DataTextField Example</h3>
      
      <asp:label id="Message"
        forecolor="Red"
        runat="server"
        AssociatedControlID="AuthorsGridView"/>
                    
      <!-- Set the DataTextField property of the ButtonField -->
      <!-- declaratively. Set the DataTextFormatString       -->
      <!-- property to apply special formatting to the text. -->
      <asp:gridview id="AuthorsGridView" 
        datasourceid="AuthorsSqlDataSource" 
        autogeneratecolumns="false"
        onrowcommand="AuthorsGridView_RowCommand" 
        runat="server">
                
        <columns>
                
          <asp:buttonfield buttontype="Link" 
            commandname="Select"
            headertext="Select Author"
            datatextfield="au_lname"
            datatextformatstring="[{0}]"    
            text="Select"/>
          <asp:boundfield datafield="au_fname" 
            headertext="First Name"/>
                
        </columns>
                
      </asp:gridview>
            
      <!-- This example uses Microsoft SQL Server and connects -->
      <!-- to the Pubs sample database.                        -->
      <asp:sqldatasource id="AuthorsSqlDataSource"  
        selectcommand="SELECT [au_lname], [au_fname] FROM [authors]"
        connectionstring="server=localhost;database=pubs;integrated security=SSPI"
        runat="server">
      </asp:sqldatasource>
            
    </form>
  </body>
</html>


<%@ Page language="VB" %>

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

  Sub AuthorsGridView_RowCommand(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As GridViewCommandEventArgs)
  
    ' If multiple ButtonField column fields are used, use the
    ' CommandName property to determine which button was clicked.
    If e.CommandName = "Select" Then
    
      ' Convert the row index stored in the CommandArgument
      ' property to an Integer.
      Dim index As Integer = Convert.ToInt32(e.CommandArgument)
    
      ' Get the last name of the selected author from the appropriate
      ' cell in the GridView control.
      Dim selectedRow As GridViewRow = AuthorsGridView.Rows(index)
      Dim lastNameCell As TableCell = selectedRow.Cells(1)
      Dim lastName As String = lastNameCell.Text
    
      ' Display the selected author.
      Message.Text = "You selected " & lastName & "."
      
    End If
    
  End Sub
    
</script>

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
  <head runat="server">
    <title>ButtonField DataTextField Example</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
        
      <h3>ButtonField DataTextField Example</h3>
      
      <asp:label id="Message"
        forecolor="Red"
        runat="server"
        AssociatedControlID="AuthorsGridView"/>
                    
      <!-- Set the DataTextField property of the ButtonField -->
      <!-- declaratively. Set the DataTextFormatString       -->
      <!-- property to apply special formatting to the text. -->
      <asp:gridview id="AuthorsGridView" 
        datasourceid="AuthorsSqlDataSource" 
        autogeneratecolumns="false"
        onrowcommand="AuthorsGridView_RowCommand"
        runat="server">
                
        <columns>
                
          <asp:buttonfield buttontype="Link" 
            commandname="Select"
            headertext="Select Author"
            datatextfield="au_lname"
            datatextformatstring="[{0}]"    
            text="Select"/>
          <asp:boundfield datafield="au_fname" 
            headertext="First Name"/>
                
        </columns>
                
      </asp:gridview>
            
      <!-- This example uses Microsoft SQL Server and connects -->
      <!-- to the Pubs sample database.                        -->
      <asp:sqldatasource id="AuthorsSqlDataSource"  
        selectcommand="SELECT [au_lname], [au_fname] FROM [authors]"
        connectionstring="server=localhost;database=pubs;integrated security=SSPI"
        runat="server">
      </asp:sqldatasource>
            
    </form>
  </body>
</html>

Remarks

When the ButtonType property of a ButtonField object is set to the Button or Link value, use the DataTextField property to specify the name of the field to bind to the ButtonField object. The values of the field are then displayed as the text for the buttons in the ButtonField object. Optionally, you can format the displayed text by setting the DataTextFormatString property.

Instead of using the DataTextField property to bind a ButtonField object to a field from a data source, you can use the Text property to display static text for the text of the buttons in the ButtonField object. When the Text property is used, each button shares the same caption.

Note

If the DataTextField and Text properties are both set, the DataTextField property takes precedence.

The value of this property is stored in view state.

Applies to

See also