Most <asp: controls have an id you can set, which you can then use in your 

code to set all the other properties.

i.e. <textarea id="thisText" runat="server" />



thisText.Value = "Hello there";

thisText.Rows = 20;

thisText.Cols = 40;

etc...



is there a way to set the properties of the HyperLinkColumn and/or 

BoundColumn for a DataGrid from the code?

the datagrid below works, but i would like to beable to set the 

HyperLinkColumn properties like this



list.HyperLinkColumn.DataNavigateUrlField = "ID";

list.HyperLinkColumn.DataNavigateUrlFormatString = "form.aspx?

action=Edit&ID={0}";

list.HyperLinkColumn.DataTextField = "Title";  



then the diplay would be completly removed from the logic

<asp:HyperLinkColumn /> of course this is where an id property would come 

in handy.





instead of like this -

<asp:DataGrid 

     id="list" 

     AutoGenerateColumns="false" 

     ShowHeader="false"

     runat="server">

<Columns>

 <asp:BoundColumn DataField="ID" Visible="false" />

 <asp:BoundColumn DataField="Title" Visible="false" />

  

  <asp:TemplateColumn>

   <itemtemplate>

    <b>&nbsp;-&nbsp;</b>

   </itemtemplate>

  </asp:TemplateColumn>



  <asp:HyperLinkColumn 

       DataNavigateUrlField="ID" 

       DataNavigateUrlFormatString="form.aspx?action=Edit&ID={0}"

       DataTextField="Title"  />



</Columns>

</asp:DataGrid>





on another note is it possible to insert comments in a datagrid

this seems to throw an erorr

<asp:DataGrid id="list" runat="server" />



<Columns>

 <!-- Hidden Data --->

 <asp:BoundColumn DataField="ID" Visible="false" />

 <asp:BoundColumn DataField="Title" Visible="false" />

  

  <!-- for formatting only -->

  <asp:TemplateColumn>

   <itemtemplate>

    <b>&nbsp;-&nbsp;</b>

   </itemtemplate>

  </asp:TemplateColumn>



  <!-- Link to Edit Form -->

  <asp:HyperLinkColumn 

       DataNavigateUrlField="ID" 

       DataNavigateUrlFormatString="form.aspx?action=Edit&ID={0}"

       DataTextField="Title"  />





</asp:DataGrid>