Truncate text in column

[Joe]

Does anyone know a way to truncate the text in a column such that the text
doesn't wrap to a second line? With winform you can MeasureString using the
Font, but I can't find a way to use that with asp.net.

One thought occurred to me - turn off "wrap text within cells", but that
makes the grid as a whole widen out. Perhaps I can set the width of the
column back to it's proper value after the data loads up?

Thanks!

[Elton Wang]

Hi Joe,

You can truncate the text in a column from
DataGrid_ItemDataBound event. The sample code as follows:

DataRowView drv = (DataRowView)e.Item.DataItem;
TableCell cell = (TableCell)e.Item.Controls[columnIndex];
cell.Text = drv[columnIndex].Tostring().Substring(0,
length);

Hope it's helpful to you.

Elton Wang
[email]elton_wang@hotmail.com[/email]

>-----Original Message-----
>Does anyone know a way to truncate the text in a column

such that the text

>doesn't wrap to a second line? With winform you can

MeasureString using the

>Font, but I can't find a way to use that with asp.net.
>
>One thought occurred to me - turn off "wrap text within

cells", but that

>makes the grid as a whole widen out. Perhaps I can set

the width of the

>column back to it's proper value after the data loads up?
>
>Thanks!
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