[RESOLVED] [2005] how to get to DropDownList in GridView Control.

[josephine]

gooday all..

working with the DataView Control under Visual Web Developer 2005 Express.
DataGrid is databound.
got a template column containing a DropDownList, defined like so:

                <asp:TemplateField Visible="False">
                    <EditItemTemplate>
                        <asp:DropDownList ID="DropDownList1" runat="server" DataSourceID="ddl2source" DataTextField="Status"
                            DataValueField="statusID">
                        </asp:DropDownList>
                        <asp:SqlDataSource ID="ddl2source" runat="server" ConnectionString="<%$ ConnectionStrings:assetsConnectionString1 %>"
                            ProviderName="<%$ ConnectionStrings:assetsConnectionString1.ProviderName %>"
                            SelectCommand="SELECT assets.amstatus.* FROM assets.amstatus"></asp:SqlDataSource>
                    </EditItemTemplate>

column's Visible=False till user click Edit then in the GridView1_RowEditing Event, i cgange Visible property to true like so:

GridView1.Columns(4).Visible = False
        GridView1.Columns(5).Visible = True

so DropDownList is availble to user to select new value for edited row. that works fine.

i wish to show DropDownList to user only in the relevant cell of edited row..
something like

GridView1.SelectedRow.Cells(4).Visible = False
GridView1.SelectedRow.Cells(5).Visible = True

or like

Dim mms As TableCell = New TableCell
mms = GridView1.SelectedRow.Cells(4) 
mms.Visible=False

alas, no go there..

any ideas guys? possible task at all?

thanks in advance for any help/ideas.
Happy Friday,