formatting a date field in a datagrid colum - newbie

[RP]

I'm working with a datagrid control and needing to format a date field(from
access) so that it just has dd/mm. Do I format it in the Tag or in my
OnItemDataBoundEventHandler (or similar). I was looking at the
DataFormatString parameter but couldn't get that to affect the data.
Thanks
Rich

[Jim Blizzard [MSFT]]

You could have more control over the formatting by using the standard
DateTime format strings in the OnItemDataBound event handler. See
[url]http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpguide/htm[/url]
l/cpconstandarddatetimeformatstringsoutputexample.as p for info about
formatting date strings.

Hope this helps,
bliz

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>I'm working with a datagrid control and needing to format a date field(from
>access) so that it just has dd/mm. Do I format it in the Tag or in my
>OnItemDataBoundEventHandler (or similar). I was looking at the
>DataFormatString parameter but couldn't get that to affect the data.
>Thanks
>Rich
>
>
>

[David Waz...]

You can set the format using the 'Data Formatting
Expression:' field in the property builder for the column:
{0:dd/mm}
email if you need more...

>-----Original Message-----
>I'm working with a datagrid control and needing to format

a date field(from

>access) so that it just has dd/mm. Do I format it in

the Tag or in my

>OnItemDataBoundEventHandler (or similar). I was looking

at the

>DataFormatString parameter but couldn't get that to

affect the data.

>Thanks
>Rich
>
>
>.
>

[RP]

Thanks. I used the {0:dd/mm/yy} string in the property builder.

Have a great 4th weekend.

Rich

[RP]

Thanks. I used the {0:dd/mm/yy} string in the property builder.

Have a great 4th weekend.

Rich