Hi

I'm fairly new to .NET and I'm having a problem with dynamically adding rows to a datagrid.

I can populate, edit, save the datagrid fine, but for each item in that datagrid I want to be able to add a new row underneath it to allow a large "Comments" textbox to be displayed (basically there isn't enough room to display the Comment in the row, so I'm trying to add a new row underneath each item)!

Can anyone advise if this is possible, and if so be able to guide me in the right direction of achieving the above?

Many thanks

Dan

You can use template columns in the datagrid. Perhaps a template column with a larger textbox might work.

Otherwise, I'm not sure if you can do what you are asking. The datagrid is a pretty rigid control regarding how it renders itself from what I have found. You can make all kinds of changes to the columns of one row, but adding a row is another story.

Perhaps you might be better off to try this:

Manipulate your data source before you bind to the grid. Add rows to the source data (which is MUCH easier). You can flag the row somehow to indicate that it's the "comments" row. Then you can deal with the row in the grid's ItemDataBound event handler. Make whatever column changes you need in that row. The grid will actually help you out with flagging the row because all the rows you add on (one comments row for each data row) will actually end up being the grid's 'Alternate Item' (versus 'Item'). So then you just need to manipulate the comment row's columns to fit your needs.

-Peter

Hi Peter, many thanks for the advice. I'll give it a go!

Dan