Declaring the name of a grid

[eagle]

How can I declare the name of a grid, then use it to bind it to the
datasource?

I have 3 grids, each with different id's. dgOne, dgTwo, dgThree. I want to
be able to do things to each grid. So I need to pass the name of the grid
to the GetData procedure. What I have done so far:

arrGridNames(1) = "One"
arrGridNames(2) = "Two"
arrGridNames(3) = "Three"

dg = "dg" & arrGridNames(1)

so that I come up with dgOne. But of course that is a string, and can't be
a datagrid, so when I try to bind it, I get the error: public member
'Datasource" on type 'String' not found.

How would I do this?

[S.M. Altaf [MVP]]

Use the FindControl Method.

Here is an example of what you could do, I'm typing this straight into the
email without an IDE, so you'll pardon any syntax errors. :)

Dim dgTemp As New DataGrid
dgTemp = CType(Page.FindControl("DataGrid1or2or3"), DataGrid)
dgTemp.DataSource = dt
dgTemp.DataBind();


HTH

-S.M. Altaf
[MVP - VB]




--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
All that glitters has a high refractive index. [url]www.mendhak.com[/url]
"eagle" <eagle@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:uKJvhrvsFHA.3604@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...

> How can I declare the name of a grid, then use it to bind it to the
> datasource?
>
> I have 3 grids, each with different id's. dgOne, dgTwo, dgThree. I want
> to be able to do things to each grid. So I need to pass the name of the
> grid to the GetData procedure. What I have done so far:
>
> arrGridNames(1) = "One"
> arrGridNames(2) = "Two"
> arrGridNames(3) = "Three"
>
> dg = "dg" & arrGridNames(1)
>
> so that I come up with dgOne. But of course that is a string, and can't
> be a datagrid, so when I try to bind it, I get the error: public member
> 'Datasource" on type 'String' not found.
>
> How would I do this?
>
>
>
>