DataGrid Control Syntax

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Use the BoundColumn class to display the contents of a field in the data source.

<asp:DataGrid id="accessID" runat="server"
   AutoGenerateColumns=false
   ...

   <Columns>

     <asp:BoundColumn
       DataField = "DataSourceField"
       DataFormatString = "FormatString"
       ReadOnly = "true | false" />

   ....

   </Columns>

</asp:DataGrid>

Property	Description
DataField	The field name from the data source to bind to the BoundColumn.
DataFormatString	The string that specifies the display format for items in the BoundColumn.
ReadOnly	true if the the items in the BoundColumn can be edited, false otherwise.

For an example of using a BoundColumn control, see Adding Bound Columns to a DataGrid Web Server Control.

For additonal information, see the BoundColumn Class documentation.

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DataGrid Control Syntax

BoundColumn

BoundColumn Properties