Hardcoding a value in a datagrid footer [resolved]

I have a datagrid on a page, and this page is part of prototyping, entirely for display purposes.

In the datagrid, I have set ShowFooter = "true".

Now I'd like to place the text "something" in the footer, how can I do this through the HTML portion of the ASPX page and not through the codebehind?

You'd have to assign the column definitions in the HTML too and then set the FooterText here.

Code:

---

<asp:DataGrid id="dgrd1" runat="server" ShowFooter="true">
<Columns>
<asp:BoundColumn HeaderText="Author" FooterText="Author" DataField="author" />
</Columns>
</asp:DataGrid>

---

I think thats what you were asking anyway.

DJ

I see what you mean. So if I have 4 columns, there'd be 4 column separators too.

I tried this, and finally gave up and did this in the codebehind like so:

VB Code:

Private Sub DataGrid1_ItemDataBound(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Web.UI.WebControls.DataGridItemEventArgs) Handles DataGrid1.ItemDataBound
        ' else if (e.Item.ItemType == ListItemType.Footer) e.Item.Cells[2].Text = "<b>Total:</b> " + String.Format("{0:c}", runningSum);
 
        'If e.Item.ItemType = ListItemType.Footer Then
        '    e.Item.Cells(e.Item.Cells.Count - 1).Text = "1"
        'End If
 
 
        If e.Item.ItemType = ListItemType.Footer Then
            Dim numberofCells As Integer = e.Item.Cells.Count
            Dim x As Integer
            For x = 0 To numberofCells - 2
                e.Item.Cells.RemoveAt(0)
            Next
 
            e.Item.Cells(0).Text = "1" 
            e.Item.Cells(0).ColumnSpan = numberofCells
            e.Item.Cells(0).HorizontalAlign = HorizontalAlign.Center
            e.Item.Cells(0).Attributes.Add("height", "100%")
        End If
 
    End Sub

Thanks for your time.