GridView Constructor
Definition
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Initializes a new instance of the GridView class.
public:
GridView();
public GridView ();
Public Sub New ()
Examples
The following example demonstrates how to use the constructor to dynamically add a GridView control to a page.
<%@ 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 Page_Load(Object sender, EventArgs e)
{
// Create a new GridView object.
GridView customersGridView = new GridView();
// Set the GridView object's properties.
customersGridView.ID = "CustomersGridView";
customersGridView.DataSourceID = "CustomersSource";
customersGridView.AutoGenerateColumns = true;
// Add the GridView object to the Controls collection
// of the PlaceHolder control.
GridViewPlaceHolder.Controls.Add(customersGridView);
}
</script>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head runat="server">
<title>GridView Constructor Example</title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<h3>GridView Constructor Example</h3>
<asp:placeholder id="GridViewPlaceHolder"
runat="Server"/>
<!-- This example uses Microsoft SQL Server and connects -->
<!-- to the Northwind sample database. Use an ASP.NET -->
<!-- expression to retrieve the connection string value -->
<!-- from the Web.config file. -->
<asp:sqldatasource id="CustomersSource"
selectcommand="Select [CustomerID], [CompanyName], [City] From [Customers]"
connectionstring="<%$ ConnectionStrings:NorthWindConnectionString%>"
runat="server"/>
</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 Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
' Create a new GridView object.
Dim customersGridView As New GridView()
' Set the GridView object's properties.
customersGridView.ID = "CustomersGridView"
customersGridView.DataSourceID = "CustomersSource"
customersGridView.AutoGenerateColumns = True
' Add the GridView object to the Controls collection
' of the PlaceHolder control.
GridViewPlaceHolder.Controls.Add(customersGridView)
End Sub
</script>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head runat="server">
<title>GridView Constructor Example</title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<h3>GridView Constructor Example</h3>
<asp:placeholder id="GridViewPlaceHolder"
runat="Server"/>
<!-- This example uses Microsoft SQL Server and connects -->
<!-- to the Northwind sample database. Use an ASP.NET -->
<!-- expression to retrieve the connection string value -->
<!-- from the Web.config file. -->
<asp:sqldatasource id="CustomersSource"
selectcommand="Select [CustomerID], [CompanyName], [City] From [Customers]"
connectionstring="<%$ ConnectionStrings:NorthWindConnectionString%>"
runat="server"/>
</form>
</body>
</html>
Remarks
Use this constructor to initialize a new instance of the GridView class. To dynamically add a GridView control to a page, create a new GridView object, set its properties, and then add it to the Control.Controls collection of a container control, such as PlaceHolder.