DataControlFieldCollection.Add(DataControlField) Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: System.Web.UI.WebControls

Assembly:: System.Web.dll

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Appends the specified DataControlField object to the end of the collection.

public:
 void Add(System::Web::UI::WebControls::DataControlField ^ field);

public void Add (System.Web.UI.WebControls.DataControlField field);

member this.Add : System.Web.UI.WebControls.DataControlField -> unit

Public Sub Add (field As DataControlField)

Parameters

field: DataControlField

The DataControlField to append to the collection.

Examples

The following code example demonstrates how to use the Add method to dynamically add a CheckBoxField object to 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 Page_Load(Object sender, EventArgs e)
  {

    // The columns need to be created only the first time
    // the page is loaded.
    if(!IsPostBack)
    {
  
      // Dynamically create columns to display the desired
      // fields from the data source. Columns that are 
      // dynamically added to the GridView control are not persisted 
      // across posts and must be recreated each time the page is 
      // loaded.
  
      // Create a BoundField object to display an author's last name.
      BoundField lastNameBoundField = new BoundField();
      lastNameBoundField.DataField = "au_lname";
      lastNameBoundField.HeaderText = "Last Name";
    
      // Create a CheckBoxField object to indicate whether the author
      // is on contract.
      CheckBoxField contractCheckBoxField = new CheckBoxField();
      contractCheckBoxField.DataField = "contract";
      contractCheckBoxField.HeaderText = "Contract";
    
      // Add the columns to the Columns collection of the
      // GridView control.
      AuthorsGridView.Columns.Add(lastNameBoundField);
      AuthorsGridView.Columns.Add(contractCheckBoxField);

    }
  
  }

</script>

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
  <head runat="server">
    <title>CheckBoxField Constructor Example</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
        
      <h3>CheckBoxField Constructor Example</h3>

      <asp:gridview id="AuthorsGridView" 
        datasourceid="AuthorsSqlDataSource" 
        autogeneratecolumns="False"
        runat="server">                
      </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], [address], [city], [state], [zip], [contract] 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 Page_Load(sender as Object, e As EventArgs)
  
    ' The columns need to be created only the first time
    ' the page is loaded.
    If Not IsPostBack Then

      ' Dynamically create columns to display the desired
      ' fields from the data source. Columns that are 
      ' dynamically added to the GridView control are not persisted 
      ' across posts and must be recreated each time the page is 
      ' loaded.
  
      ' Create a BoundField object to display an author's last name.
      Dim lastNameBoundField As BoundField = New BoundField
      lastNameBoundField.DataField = "au_lname"
      lastNameBoundField.HeaderText = "Last Name"
    
      ' Create a CheckBoxField object to indicate whether the author
      ' is on contract.
      Dim contractCheckBoxField As CheckBoxField = New CheckBoxField
      contractCheckBoxField.DataField = "contract"
      contractCheckBoxField.HeaderText = "Contract"
    
      ' Add the columns to the Columns collection of the
      ' GridView control.
      AuthorsGridView.Columns.Add(lastNameBoundField)
      AuthorsGridView.Columns.Add(contractCheckBoxField)

    End If
  
  End Sub

</script>

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
  <head runat="server">
    <title>CheckBoxField Constructor Example</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
        
      <h3>CheckBoxField Constructor Example</h3>

      <asp:gridview id="AuthorsGridView" 
        datasourceid="AuthorsSqlDataSource" 
        autogeneratecolumns="False"
        runat="server">                
      </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], [address], [city], [state], [zip], [contract] FROM [authors]"
        connectionstring="server=localhost;database=pubs;integrated security=SSPI"
        runat="server">
      </asp:sqldatasource>
            
    </form>
  </body>
</html>

Remarks

Use the Add method to append a DataControlField object to the end of the collection. This implementation of the method takes the DataControlField object specified by the field parameter and appends it to the collection.

Applies to

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