Hello Brad,

If the columns are not specified, what do you need sort for? Only when column structure is specified, you can use sort. I think you can do yor sorting after you called RetrieveStructure. If you specified the sort before RetrieveStructure, of course WebGrid would not sort.

Regards,
Handy

Handy,

The columns are ultimately specified; what I meant is that they're not specified in the aspx page but, rather, RetrieveStructure() is used to specify the columns. We have some scenarios where the same WebGrid is used for a couple of different searches and we display the different result sets in the same WebGrid. Then the user is allowed to save their preferences, both their form field entries which generate the results, as well as the field(s) that they sorted on, columns that they filtered on, etc. So, we want our users to be able to load one of the reports that they have saved in this manor, call "RetrieveStructure" and then apply the filters via SortedColumns.Add() but it doesn't seem to work. It doesn't work if I call it before or after RetrieveStructure. Is there a way to accomplish this goal? This same process does work in situations where the columns are added to the grid without RetrieveStructure.

Thanks,

Brad

Attached is a simple sample of WebGrid with programatic data bind and retrieve structure functionality. It is demonstrated that adding the field to sorted column collection after retrieve structure will sort the WebGrid data.

The data binding is performed in the InitializeDataSource server side event handler, while the retrieve structure will be performed during the PrepareDataBinding server side event handler.

Thanks Glenn. I was able to get this to work. The key, it seems, is that the addition of columns to the various filter collections needs to take place in PrepareDataBinding. That was the difference.

Thanks,

Brad