Hi,

I'm displaying a GridView programmatically in my code and I was wondering if there was a way to set the AutoFormat programmatically to use "Professional"?

Thanks

when you apply the "Professional" format in the designer, the plain grid view converts as below. Copy this and paste it into a skin file. Remove the ID="GridView1" This formatting gets applied to all GridViews.

<asp:GridView ID="GridView1" runat="server" CellPadding="4" ForeColor="#333333" GridLines="None">
            <FooterStyle BackColor="#5D7B9D" Font-Bold="True" ForeColor="White" />
            <RowStyle BackColor="#F7F6F3" ForeColor="#333333" />
            <EditRowStyle BackColor="#999999" />
            <SelectedRowStyle BackColor="#E2DED6" Font-Bold="True" ForeColor="#333333" />
            <PagerStyle BackColor="#284775" ForeColor="White" HorizontalAlign="Center" />
            <HeaderStyle BackColor="#5D7B9D" Font-Bold="True" ForeColor="White" />
            <AlternatingRowStyle BackColor="White" ForeColor="#284775" />
        </asp:GridView>

 If you do not want it across all GridViews, the add SkinId="ProfessionalSkin" attribute, the set the GridView's SkinId property to "ProfessionalSkin"
 

<asp:GridView ID="GridView1" runat="server" CellPadding="4" ForeColor="#333333" GridLines="None" SkidId="ProfessionalSkin">
            <FooterStyle BackColor="#5D7B9D" Font-Bold="True" ForeColor="White" />
            <RowStyle BackColor="#F7F6F3" ForeColor="#333333" />
            <EditRowStyle BackColor="#999999" />
            <SelectedRowStyle BackColor="#E2DED6" Font-Bold="True" ForeColor="#333333" />
            <PagerStyle BackColor="#284775" ForeColor="White" HorizontalAlign="Center" />
            <HeaderStyle BackColor="#5D7B9D" Font-Bold="True" ForeColor="White" />
            <AlternatingRowStyle BackColor="White" ForeColor="#284775" />
        </asp:GridView>

Ahhh so that's the secret.

Thanks ubaid1900.

hi, i'm stuck trying to create a gridview programmatically. Can you help please?

Hi InsanePaul,

Here' what I've got. I'm still working on it to make it more dynamic but you'll get the idea on how to create it through code. I've created a Game object that retrieves the data I want. 

I'm using BoundFields here instead of AutoGenerateColumns. If you use AutoGenerateColumns then you don't need to create all these BoundFields.

I've also added a Panel on my ASP page called pnlGames and you'll see at the end of this routine where I add my GridView to the panel.

Hope this helps.

Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Load
    Dim mygame As New Game   

    Dim grv1 As New GridView

    grv1.AutoGenerateColumns = False
    grv1.CssClass = "contentTable"
    grv1.GridLines = GridLines.Both


    Dim bfldGameDate As New BoundField
    With bfldGameDate
      .HeaderText = "Game Date"
      .DataField = "game_date"
      .DataFormatString = "{0:MM/dd/yy}"
      .HtmlEncode = False
    End With
    grv1.Columns.Add(bfldGameDate)

    Dim bfldGameTime As New BoundField
    With bfldGameTime
      .HeaderText = "Game Time"
      .DataField = "game_time"
      .DataFormatString = "{0:hh:mm tt}"
      .HtmlEncode = False
    End With
    grv1.Columns.Add(bfldGameTime)

    Dim bfldHome As New BoundField
    With bfldHome
      .HeaderText = "Home"
      .DataField = "home_team"
    End With
    grv1.Columns.Add(bfldHome)

    Dim bfldAway As New BoundField
    With bfldAway
      .HeaderText = "Away"
      .DataField = "away_team"
    End With
    grv1.Columns.Add(bfldAway)

    With grv1
      .DataSource = mygame.GetGamesByDate("21/09/2007 12:00:00 AM")
      .DataBind()
    End With

    pnlGames.Controls.Add(grv1)


    End Sub