Re: Width Problem with Dynamically Created Repeater Row

Have you considered looking at your data as it is returned from your
query and provide your own <br /> tags on long lines? You'd have to do
the lifting yourself instead of databinding but you are then fully in
control of column widths.

John Warner

> Date:    Sat, 28 Apr 2007 16:58:46 +0200
> From:    Brady Kelly <[email protected]>
> Subject: Width Problem with Dynamically Created Repeater Row
>
> I have an HTML table construct where I dynamically create
> each row (tr) for a Repeater in the ItemDataBound event.  My
> problem is that with some data sources, with many columns, my
> resulting HTML table is too wide.  In my ItemDataBound event
> I iterate my column definitions and create one HtmlTableCell
> for each column, and it's here I would like to set the width
> of that column to something narrow than what it defaults to.
> However, setting width on the HtmlTableCell has no apparent
> effect.  How should I go about this?
>
>
>
>         private void rptUsers_ItemDataBound(object sender,
> RepeaterItemEventArgs e)
>
>         {
>
>             HtmlTableRow gridRow = new HtmlTableRow();
>
>             TaskType dataRow = e.Item.DataItem as TaskType;
>
>
>
>             gridRow = taskTypeGrid.BuildHtmlTableRow(dataRow);
>
>             ((Repeater)sender).Controls.Add(gridRow);
>
>         }
>
>
>
>         public HtmlTableRow BuildHtmlTableRow(EntityBase dataRow)
>
>         {
>
>             HtmlTableRow gridRow = new HtmlTableRow();
>
>             foreach (GridColumnBase col in columns)
>
>             {
>
>                 HtmlTableCell gridCell = new HtmlTableCell();
>
>                 object dataValue = dataRow[col.BoundField];
>
>
>
>                 gridCell.Width = "50px";
>
>                 gridCell = col.BuildHtmlTableCell(dataValue);
>
>                 gridRow.Controls.Add(gridCell);
>
>             }
>
>             return gridRow;
>
>         }
>

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