nedd help creating gridview user control with sorting and filtering

[Nitesh]

hey guys,

I find myself always repeating code when it comes to gridviews. I want to build a usercontrol so I can just set a datasource andcolumn types etc and I can use the same control over and over in different projects.

I also want to have sorting and filtering. please help me

[gep13]

So, what exactly are you struggling with

Sounds to me like what you want is a Composite User Control, that contains a GridView, which then has a couple Properties on it that will accept the necessary information, such the DataSource, and also whether or not the GridView does Sorting/Filtering, etc.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa479016.aspx

Gary

[Nitesh]

thanks gary, i've found this as well. I robably have to make a user control that does this:

http://aspalliance.com/1125_Dynamica...rt_Options.all

as I want to set the gridviews datasource as well as specify the column types dynamically. I don't want to set "Autogenerate" columns to true etc.

what do you think?

also if I go this route, will it be difficult to add filtering for each column. example.

a textbox in the headerrow for each text column that allows you to filter.

a dropdownlist in columns that get data from a lookup table.

and a datepicker for datecolumns that allow you to filter by date ranges.

this will take me a few months to do so I really need your guidance. thanks

[gep13]

Hello,

Sorry for not getting back to you sooner, I sort of forgot about this thread

Anyway...

Yip, that looks like a decent example to follow.

As for adding the filtering capabilities, I don't see any reason why that would cause any problems, I have seen a number of examples where this has been done.

Sounds like you have an interesting project ahead of you.

Keep us up to date with how things are progressing.

Gary

[Nitesh]

hey guys,

i'm really confused and I desperatley need to be put on the right track.
I've seen posts on how to create custom controls etc

I don't know whether I need to create a class library that inherits the Gridview or to make one that Inherits WebControl(with a gridview dynamically added).

Please advise me asap. I need to get moving and i'm badly stuck.

I'd like my final product to be something like this:

http://www.obout.com/grid/grid_filte...e_disable.aspx

An I want to ceate my columns using the DynamicallyTemplatedGridview column class like the one I posted in the earlier thread.