Bind a string collection to a data grid

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Pete Nelson

Does anyone know of a way to bind a string collection to a datagrid?
Basically, I have an object, CreditPlans, and a string collection,
ModelNumbers. I'd like to bind the ModelNumbers collection to the
datagrid, but because there isn't a custom object with properties, just
a string object, I'm not sure how to reference it in the datagrid.

FYI, I can enumerate through the collection...

foreach(string modelNum in CreditPlan.ModelNumbers)
{
// code
}


But I'm not sure what would go in the datagrid....

<asp:DataGrid Runat="server" ID="dgModels" AutoGenerateColumns="False">
<Columns>
<asp:BoundColumn DataField="???"/>
</Columns>
</asp:DataGrid>


Any ideas? I can always create a custom ModelNumber object, but I'd
like to avoid it if I can.

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you could probably just convert your string contents to an array and bind
directly to the array, as long as you could seperate out the items

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Pete Nelson said:
<asp:DataGrid Runat="server" ID="dgModels" AutoGenerateColumns="False">
<Columns>
<asp:BoundColumn DataField="???"/>
</Columns>
</asp:DataGrid>
Click to expand...

I found an answer.

<asp:TemplateColumn HeaderText="Model Numbers">
<ItemTemplate>
<%# Container.DataItem.ToString() %>
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:TemplateColumn>



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Pete "DVDTracker" Nelson | When the barrel of my Glock
(e-mail address removed) | meets Hoppes #9, it's like
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