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remya1000
12-06-2010, 03:12 PM
i'm using VB \ ASP.NET.

i'm trying to display some values in Gridview. but i don't know how many columns i need to display. at run time only i will come to know how many columns i need to display. it depends up on the values from Database. so i'm creating columns dynamically and adding to gridview. till that it works fine. but i want some columns value to be hyperlink. so i need to create some columns hyperlink dynamically.

Database table looks like this


Index-------Name--------------Date-----------------Description
1------------John----------------12/1/2010---------- Work
2------------Peter---------------12/2/2010---------- Out
3------------John----------------12/3/2010---------- Off



depends upon the "Distinct Date", the number of columns in gridview is created dynamically.

Gridview looks like this

Index-----Name----------12/1/2010-------12/2/2010----------12/3/2010
1----------John-----------Work--------------ADD NEW----------Off
2----------Peter----------ADD NEW---------Out-----------------ADD NEW



for all the date columns i want to create dynamic hyperlink.


for example : if i need to make any chnage for 12/1/2010 john, i can click hyperlink "Work" and update the information. and if i need to add some description for 12/2/2010 John, i can click hyperlink "Add New" and add description for that date.



Codes


Sub Display_Table
Dim Table_MAINPAGE As DataTable
Dim Row As DataRow
Dim dcol As DataColumn
Dim myConnection As SqlConnection
Dim MySQL As String
Dim myCommand As SqlCommand
Dim myreader As SqlDataReader
Dim pFirst As Boolean = True
Dim Name_NotExist, Group_NotExist As Boolean

aryDate.Clear()
aryName.Clear()
aryDate_Desc.Clear()

Table_MAINPAGE = New DataTable()

dcol = New DataColumn(" # ")
Table_MAINPAGE.Columns.Add(dcol)

dcol = New DataColumn("Name")
Table_MAINPAGE.Columns.Add(dcol)

myConnection = New SqlConnection(WebConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings("cvConnectionString").ToString)
MySQL = "select DISTINCT ondate from sList ORDER BY ondate"
myConnection.Open()
myCommand = New SqlCommand(MySQL, myConnection)
myreader = myCommand.ExecuteReader
While myreader.Read
'Get distinct Date from database
aryDate.Add(myreader(0))
dcol = New DataColumn(Trim(myreader(0)))
Table_MAINPAGE.Columns.Add(dcol)
End While
myreader.Close()

pFirst = True
MySQL = "Select fname, lname from Users ORDER BY fname"
myCommand = New SqlCommand(MySQL, myConnection)
myreader = myCommand.ExecuteReader
While myreader.Read
If pFirst = True Then
pFirst = False
'Get distinct Name from database
aryName.Add(myreader(0) & " " & myreader(1))
GoTo NextValue
End If

Name_NotExist = False
Group_NotExist = False
For q As Integer = 0 To aryName.Count - 1
If myreader(0) & " " & myreader(1) <> aryName.Item(q) Then
Name_NotExist = True
Else
Name_NotExist = False
GoTo NextValue
End If
Next
If Name_NotExist = True Then
aryName.Add(myreader(0) & " " & myreader(1))
End If
NextValue:
End While
myreader.Close()


Dim h As Integer = 0
Dim gBool As Boolean = False
'Now add data for dynamic columns
'As first column is increment, as number of data in database
'Let's add some data to the other columns
For k As Integer = 0 To aryName.Count - 1
aryDate_Desc.Clear()
MySQL = "select ondate, description from sList where [name] = '" & Trim(aryName.Item(k).ToString) & "' order by ondate"
myCommand = New SqlCommand(MySQL, myConnection)
myreader = myCommand.ExecuteReader
'Create a new row
Row = Table_MAINPAGE.NewRow()
h = h + 1
Row(" # ") = h
Row("Name") = aryName.Item(k).ToString
While myreader.Read
aryDate_Desc.Add(myreader(0) & " - " & myreader(1))
End While
For i As Integer = 0 To aryDate.Count - 1
gBool = False
For j As Integer = 0 To aryDate_Desc.Count - 1
If Trim(aryDate.Item(i)) = Trim(aryDate_Desc.Item(j).Split("-")(0)) Then
'Initialize the row data.
Row(Trim(aryDate.Item(i))) = Trim(aryDate_Desc.Item(j).Split("-")(1))
gBool = True
GoTo NextArrayValue
End If
Next
NextArrayValue:
If gBool <> True Then
Row(Trim(aryDate.Item(i))) = "Add New"
End If
Next
'Add the row to the datatable.
Table_MAINPAGE.Rows.Add(Row)
myreader.Close()
Next

'Initialize the DataSource
GridView1.DataSource = Table_MAINPAGE

For i As Integer = 0 To GridView1.Columns.Count - 1
GridView1.Columns(i).ItemStyle.Width = 500
Next

'Bind the datatable with the GridView
GridView1.DataBind()

myConnection.Close()
End Sub


How can i create dynamic hyperlinks for the date columns.....

if you have any idea, how to do this, please help me. if you can some example, that's will be great.

Thanks in advance.

remya1000
12-15-2010, 02:57 PM
when i try this code to display in DataTable Row, it's displaying this text inside textbox <a href=Update.aspx?id=81>" & "My Link Text" & "</a>

Row("Date") = String.Format("<a href=Update.aspx?id=81>" & "My Link Text" & "</a>")


Then i tried this code using TemplateFiled,

Imports System.Web.UI
Imports System.Web.UI.WebControls
Imports system.IO


Public Class TemplateHandler
Implements ITemplate

Private columnID, columnText As String

Public Sub New(ByVal colText As String)
columnText = colText
End Sub

Private Sub ITemplate_InstantiateIn(ByVal container As Control) Implements ITemplate.InstantiateIn
Dim lbl As New Label()
lbl.Text = columnText
container.Controls.Add(lbl)
End Sub

End Class



Imports System
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Data
Imports System.Data.SqlClient
Imports System.Web.Configuration


Partial Class Issues
Inherits System.Web.UI.Page

Dim aryDate, aryName, aryDate_Desc, aryDesc_Color_Date As New ArrayList


Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Load
Dim Table_MAINPAGE As DataTable
Dim Row As DataRow
Dim dcol As DataColumn
Dim myConnection As SqlConnection
Dim MySQL As String
Dim myCommand As SqlCommand
Dim myreader As SqlDataReader
Dim pFirst As Boolean = True
Dim Name_NotExist, Group_NotExist As Boolean

aryDate.Clear()
aryName.Clear()
aryDate_Desc.Clear()
aryDesc_Color_Date.Clear()

Table_MAINPAGE = New DataTable()

dcol = New DataColumn(" # ")
Table_MAINPAGE.Columns.Add(dcol)

dcol = New DataColumn("Name")
Table_MAINPAGE.Columns.Add(dcol)

myConnection = New SqlConnection(WebConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings("cvConnectionString").ToString)
MySQL = "select DISTINCT ondate from sList ORDER BY ondate"
myConnection.Open()
myCommand = New SqlCommand(MySQL, myConnection)
myreader = myCommand.ExecuteReader
While myreader.Read
aryDate.Add(myreader(0))
End While
myreader.Close()

pFirst = True
MySQL = "Select fname, lname from Users ORDER BY fname"
myCommand = New SqlCommand(MySQL, myConnection)
myreader = myCommand.ExecuteReader
While myreader.Read
If pFirst = True Then
pFirst = False
'Get distinct Name from database
aryName.Add(myreader(0) & " " & myreader(1))
GoTo NextValue
End If

Name_NotExist = False
Group_NotExist = False
For q As Integer = 0 To aryName.Count - 1
If myreader(0) & " " & myreader(1) <> aryName.Item(q) Then
Name_NotExist = True
Else
Name_NotExist = False
GoTo NextValue
End If
Next
If Name_NotExist = True Then
aryName.Add(myreader(0) & " " & myreader(1))
End If
NextValue:
End While
myreader.Close()


Dim h As Integer = 0
Dim gBool As Boolean = False
'Now add data for dynamic columns
'As first column is increment, as number of data in database
'Let's add some data to the other columns
For k As Integer = 0 To aryName.Count - 1
If Trim(aryName.Item(k).split("-")(1)) = Trim(aryGroup.Item(p)) Then
aryDate_Desc.Clear()
MySQL = "select ondate, description, color from sList where [name] = '" & Trim(aryName.Item(k).ToString) & "' order by ondate"
myCommand = New SqlCommand(MySQL, myConnection)
myreader = myCommand.ExecuteReader
'Create a new row
Row = Table_MAINPAGE.NewRow()
h = h + 1
Row(" # ") = h
Row("Name") = aryName.Item(k).ToString
While myreader.Read
aryDate_Desc.Add(myreader(0) & " - " & myreader(1))
aryDesc_Color_Date.Add(myreader(0) & " -" & myreader(1) & " - " & myreader(3))
End While
'Add the row to the datatable.
Table_MAINPAGE.Rows.Add(Row)
myreader.Close()
End If
Next

GridView1.AutoGenerateColumns = False

Dim NameColumn As New BoundField()
NameColumn.DataField = " # "
NameColumn.HeaderText = " # "
GridView1.Columns.Add(NameColumn)

NameColumn = New BoundField()
NameColumn.DataField = "Name"
NameColumn.HeaderText = "Name"
GridView1.Columns.Add(NameColumn)

' Here is template column portion
Dim TmpCol As New TemplateField()
TmpCol.HeaderText = aryDate.Item(0).ToString
GridView1.Columns.Add(TmpCol)
TmpCol.ItemTemplate = New TemplateHandler(String.Format("<a href=Update.aspx?id=" & "81" & ">" & "work" & "</a>"))

TmpCol = New TemplateField()
TmpCol.HeaderText = aryDate.Item(1).ToString
GridView1.Columns.Add(TmpCol)
TmpCol.ItemTemplate = New TemplateHandler(String.Format("<a href=Update.aspx?id=" & "81" & ">" & "Off" & "</a>"))

TmpCol = New TemplateField()
TmpCol.HeaderText = aryDate.Item(2).ToString
GridView1.Columns.Add(TmpCol)
TmpCol.ItemTemplate = New TemplateHandler(String.Format("<a href=Update.aspx?id=" & "81" & ">" & "Out" & "</a>"))

'Initialize the DataSource
GridView1.DataSource = Table_MAINPAGE

For i As Integer = 0 To GridView1.Columns.Count - 1
GridView1.Columns(i).ItemStyle.Width = 500
Next

'Bind the datatable with the GridView
GridView1.DataBind()

myConnection.Close()
End Sub

Protected Sub GridView1_RowCreated(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Web.UI.WebControls.GridViewRowEventArgs) Handles GridView1.RowCreated
Dim tCell As TableCell
Dim drv As DataRowView
Dim ob As Object
Dim j As Integer = 1

For i As Integer = 0 To aryDate.Count - 1
j = j + 1
If e.Row.RowType = DataControlRowType.DataRow Then
drv = e.Row.DataItem
ob = drv(aryDate.Item(i))
If ob.ToString.Contains("Work") Then
tCell = e.Row.Cells(j)
tCell.BackColor = Drawing.Color.Blue
ElseIf ob.ToString.Contains("Off") Then
tCell = e.Row.Cells(j)
tCell.BackColor = Drawing.Color.LightBlue
ElseIf ob.ToString.Contains("Out") Then
tCell = e.Row.Cells(j)
tCell.BackColor = Drawing.Color.Gray
ElseIf ob.ToString.Contains("Add New") Then
tCell = e.Row.Cells(j)
tCell.BackColor = Drawing.Color.White
End If
End If
Next
End Sub

End Class


when i use the above code, its creating the hyperlink in label's inside gridview. but the gridview looks like this... its adds same text for the entire columns.

Index-----Name----------12/1/2010-----------12/2/2010------------12/3/2010
1----------John-----------Work-------------------Off----------------------Out
2----------Peter----------Work-------------------Off----------------------Out


But this is the format i need to display the gridview.

Index-----Name----------12/1/2010-----------12/2/2010------------12/3/2010
1----------John-----------Work------------------ADD NEW------------Off
2----------Peter----------ADD NEW-----------Out----------------------ADD NEW


is it possible to display it like that?

i tried this code too.. but same result

Dim myLink As New HyperLink
myLink.Text = columnText
myLink.NavigateUrl = "Update.aspx?id=" & columnID
container.Controls.Add(myLink)



Dim TmpCol As New TemplateField()
TmpCol.HeaderText = aryDate.Item(0).ToString
GridView1.Columns.Add(TmpCol)
TmpCol.ItemTemplate = New TemplateHandler(81,"my Link Text")


If you have any idea, how to do this, please let me know.

Thanks in advance....

remya1000
01-04-2011, 03:09 PM
adding code here. so later if someone have this problem, they can check this.

Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Load

Dim h As Integer = 0
Dim gBool As Boolean = False
'Now add data for dynamic columns
For k As Integer = 0 To aryName.Count - 1
If Trim(aryName.Item(k).split("-")(1)) = Trim(aryGroup.Item(p)) Then
aryDate_Desc.Clear()
'for each name, need to get date, description, color and recno
MySQL = "select ondate, description, color, recno from sList where [name] = '" & Trim(aryName.Item(k).ToString) & "' order by ondate"
myCommand = New SqlCommand(MySQL, myConnection)
myreader = myCommand.ExecuteReader
'Create a new row
Row = Table_MAINPAGE.NewRow()
h = h + 1
'adding values to "#" row.
Row(" # ") = h
'adding values to "Name" row.
Row("Name") = aryName.Item(k).ToString
While myreader.Read
aryDate_Desc.Add(myreader(0) & " - " & myreader(1))
'adding date, description, index, name to an array. so while creating hyperlink, we can pass the index values
aryHyperLinkIndex.Add(myreader(0) & " - " & myreader(1) & " - " & myreader(3) & " - " & Trim(aryName.Item(k).ToString))
End While
For i As Integer = 0 To aryDate.Count - 1
gBool = False
For j As Integer = 0 To aryDate_Desc.Count - 1
If Trim(aryDate.Item(i)) = Trim(aryDate_Desc.Item(j).Split("-")(0)) Then
'adding value to "Date" row.
Row(Trim(aryDate.Item(i))) = Trim(aryDate_Desc.Item(j).Split("-")(1))
gBool = True
GoTo NextArrayValue
End If
Next
NextArrayValue:
If gBool <> True Then
'adding value as "Add New" to "Date" row, if no value is set.
Row(Trim(aryDate.Item(i))) = "Add New"
'adding date, description, index, name to an array. so while creating hyperlink, we can pass the index values
aryHyperLinkIndex.Add(Trim(aryDate.Item(i)) & " - " & "Add New" & " - " & "0" & " - " & Trim(aryName.Item(k).split("-")(0)).ToString)
End If
Next

'Add the row to the datatable.
Table_MAINPAGE.Rows.Add(Row)
myreader.Close()
End If
Next
'for new group, we need to create empty row (empty row will seperate each group)
'Create a new row
Row = Table_MAINPAGE.NewRow()
Row(" # ") = ""
Row("Name") = ""
For i As Integer = 0 To aryDate.Count - 1
'Initialize the row data.
Row(Trim(aryDate.Item(i))) = ""
Next
'Add the row to the datatable.
Table_MAINPAGE.Rows.Add(Row)
Next

'Initialize the DataSource
GridView1.DataSource = Table_MAINPAGE

For i As Integer = 0 To GridView1.Columns.Count - 1
GridView1.Columns(i).ItemStyle.Width = 500
Next

'Bind the datatable with the GridView
GridView1.DataBind()

myConnection.Close()
End Sub


Protected Sub GridView1_RowDataBound(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Web.UI.WebControls.GridViewRowEventArgs) Handles GridView1.RowDataBound

If e.Row.RowType = DataControlRowType.DataRow Then

'gets first date cell's header
Dim Header_Date1 As DataControlFieldHeaderCell = CType(Me.GridView1.HeaderRow.Cells(2), DataControlFieldHeaderCell)
For k As Integer = 0 To aryHyperLinkIndex.Count - 1
'checks if first date cell's header and AryHyperLinkIndex date are equal
If Trim(Header_Date1.Text) = Trim(aryHyperLinkIndex.Item(k).split("-")(0)) Then
'if Current cell2 (first Date) text is equal to aryHyperLinkIndex description
If Trim(e.Row.Cells(2).Text) = Trim(aryHyperLinkIndex.Item(k).Split("-")(1)) Then
'if current cell1 (Name) text is equal to aryHyperLinkIndex name
If Trim(e.Row.Cells(1).Text) = Trim(aryHyperLinkIndex.Item(k).split("-")(3)) Then
e.Row.Cells(2).Text = e.Row.Cells(2).Text
'if current cell2 (first date) text is equal to "Add New", then create Hyperlink
If Trim(e.Row.Cells(2).Text) = "Add New" Then
Dim link As HyperLink = New HyperLink()
link.Text = e.Row.Cells(2).Text
'Passing the date and name
link.NavigateUrl = "AddValues.aspx?DateValue=" & Trim(Header_Date1.Text) & "&NameValue=" & Trim(aryHyperLinkIndex.Item(k).split("-")(3))
e.Row.Cells(2).Controls.Add(link)
GoTo SecondCell
Else
Dim link As HyperLink = New HyperLink()
link.Text = e.Row.Cells(2).Text
'Passing index
link.NavigateUrl = "ViewUpdates.aspx?ViewUpdateValue=" & Trim(aryHyperLinkIndex.Item(k).Split("-")(2))
e.Row.Cells(2).Controls.Add(link)
GoTo SecondCell
End If
End If
End If
End If
Next
SecondCell:

End If
End Sub

mmrcela
01-19-2011, 03:01 PM
Hi Remya1000,
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