Gridview Sorting with AutoGenerateColumns OFF

[Terry Olsen]

When I let the GridView automatically generate columns, I can allow
sorting. But when I turn autogenerate columns off, it won't allow
sorting (column names are not hyperlinks).

Is there a way I can turn sorting on when i'm not autogenerating
columns?

 

[sloan]

You can programmatically alter a GridView.


bool addSort = true;

BoundField currentBF = new BoundField();
currentBF.DataField = "LastName";
currentBF.HeaderText = "Employee Last Name";
if (addSort)
{
currentBF.SortExpression = "LastName";
}
gv.Columns.Add(currentBF);



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