data binding nonconventionaly

[Mike Gaab]

Is there any way to bind a control, say a label, that is not
directly associated with the data source? I was reading
an article a few days ago that showed how to bind
a asp:literal and some string format function to bind data to
the literal. The literal was then added to the ?? control container.
Unfortunately that is all I remember. I can't find it.
Anyway it sounded like a good idea but at the time I was
busy and did save it.

Hope that will jog someone's memory.
Thanks Mike

 

[Raymond]

It's certainly possible to create the control
dynamically, set it's properties, and then add
it to it's container, whatever the container is.
For instance I have pages where I create a
table dynamically, create controls and set their
properties, add them to table cells, add the
table cells to table rows, and then the rows to
the table container.They go in the container
Controls collection using the Add() method:

<container obj>.Controls.Add(<control to be added>);

 

[Mike Gaab]

It's certainly possible to create the control
dynamically, set it's properties, and then add
it to it's container, whatever the container is.
For instance I have pages where I create a
table dynamically, create controls and set their
properties, add them to table cells, add the
table cells to table rows, and then the rows to
the table container.They go in the container
Controls collection using the Add() method:

<container obj>.Controls.Add(<control to be added>);

I was thinking of adding a control
say to a datagrid container that was a label. The label being
bound to a value from the datagrid's datasource and the label's
physical position would be outside of the datagrid. Does
that make sense?

Thanks,Mike