Hello everyone and thanks for your help in advance.  I am working on an 

ASP.Net application that queries a database and returns a recordset sorted 

by item type.  What I am trying to accomnplish is to have a line break and 

new heading each time the item type changes.  I may also want to subtotal 

at the bottom of each item break.  Is there a way to do this with the 

datagrid or will I need to do this with another control.  If so, which one.



Any help will be greatly appreciated.  Thanks.

Hugh,



You won't be able to do this with a DataGrid, or any of

the other controls. But ASP.NET is extensible so you could

create your own which is composed of multiple DataGrids.



If you want to take this approach, your best bet is the

first read up on control building and get comfortable

with the basics of doing that first - you'll probably

have a few questions along the way.



After that, you'll need to focus on building a control

that works like the DataGrid in terms of its ease of

use but renders the output how you want it.



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- Mitch Denny

- http://www.warbyte.com

- mitch.denny@w...

- +61 (414) 610-141

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> -----Original Message-----

> From: Hugh McLaughlin [mailto:hugh@k...] 

> Sent: Saturday, 15 December 2001 6:19 PM

> To: ASP+

> Subject: [aspx] Heading Breaks with Datagrids

> 

> 

> Hello everyone and thanks for your help in advance.  I am 

> working on an 

> ASP.Net application that queries a database and returns a 

> recordset sorted 

> by item type.  What I am trying to accomnplish is to have a 

> line break and 

> new heading each time the item type changes.  I may also want 

> to subtotal 

> at the bottom of each item break.  Is there a way to do this with the 

> datagrid or will I need to do this with another control.  If 

> so, which one.

> 

> Any help will be greatly appreciated.  Thanks.




> 

Hugh,

I agree with Mitch, if you are learning, and not under any time

constraints.  If that is not the case, I would grab my data using the

XML control and xmldatareader, and apply an XSL stylesheet with the UI

that you want.  This technique works great for me while abstracting my

data from my user interface elements.



Todd Bryant

MCSE,MCSD,MCDBA,MCT

Netdesk Corporation

xxx.xxx.xxxx  FAX  xxx.xxx.xxxx

e-mail:  Todd.Bryant@n... 



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-----Original Message-----

From: Mitch Denny [mailto:mitch.denny@w...]

Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2001 6:25 PM

To: ASP+

Subject: [aspx] RE: Heading Breaks with Datagrids





Hugh,



You won't be able to do this with a DataGrid, or any of

the other controls. But ASP.NET is extensible so you could

create your own which is composed of multiple DataGrids.



If you want to take this approach, your best bet is the

first read up on control building and get comfortable

with the basics of doing that first - you'll probably

have a few questions along the way.



After that, you'll need to focus on building a control

that works like the DataGrid in terms of its ease of

use but renders the output how you want it.



----------------------------------------

- Mitch Denny

- http://www.warbyte.com

- mitch.denny@w...

- +61 (414) 610-141

-



> -----Original Message-----

> From: Hugh McLaughlin [mailto:hugh@k...]

> Sent: Saturday, 15 December 2001 6:19 PM

> To: ASP+

> Subject: [aspx] Heading Breaks with Datagrids

>

>

> Hello everyone and thanks for your help in advance.  I am

> working on an

> ASP.Net application that queries a database and returns a

> recordset sorted

> by item type.  What I am trying to accomnplish is to have a

> line break and

> new heading each time the item type changes.  I may also want

> to subtotal

> at the bottom of each item break.  Is there a way to do this with the

> datagrid or will I need to do this with another control.  If

> so, which one.

>

> Any help will be greatly appreciated.  Thanks.




>