Hi Andi,

Unless I'm just misunderstanding how this is used, I don't think that this will solve my problem either. What I need is to dynamically add various controls to a cell during the InitializeRow event but I won't know what all will be put in there. Here is an example:

If Not e.Row.Cells.GetNamedItem("FirstName") Is Nothing Then

Dim lbl As New Label("I want to add a label in this case")
Dim lt As New Literal("Maybe I also want to add a literal")
Dim ddl As New DropDownList()
ddl.Items.Add(New ListItem("I also want a dropdownlist"))

e.Row.Cells.GetNamedItem("Test").GetTemplateContainer().Controls.Add(lbl)
e.Row.Cells.GetNamedItem("Test").GetTemplateContainer().Controls.Add(lt)
e.Row.Cells.GetNamedItem("Test").GetTemplateContainer().Controls.Add(ddl)

End If

That is the sort of thing that I need to do. I want to add various server controls to a cell at run time but I don't know what sort of template can accomodate that. I wonder if perhaps I'm using the incorrect column type? Is there a way to accomplish what I am trying to do?

Thanks,

Brad

Hi Andi,

Have you heard anything from your development team about this? It has been more than a week now.

Thanks,

Brad

Thanks Andi, but in my case, I cannot just create a checkbox or a label in my template because I am adding controls dynamically. Sometimes I'm creating labels, sometimes checkboxes, sometimes maybe a combination of several controls will need to be added and it would be very time consuming to create a template for each of these scenarios. It seems that the blank template works ok though. I appreciate your help.

Brad

Yudi,

I have tried that and it did not work. I actually downloaded his zip file, added it to the sample solution, and ran it and I got the same error. When I removed the xhtml doctype on this solution, it worked fine.

Brad

Handy,

I was able to successfully implement your suggestion for the column move but I still am not sure how to prevent removal via the context menu.

You wrote that "If the current column is in "ColumnContextMenu...," but I'm not sure what that means. What is "ColumnContextMenu."

Also, what is the "NamedItem" that I should be searching for in instead of "mnuCol_checkbox1." I changed this to the name of the column in question but I got a javascript error.

Thanks,

Brad