nedd help creating gridview user control with sorting and filtering

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:wave:

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

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

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

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.