Adding a new column with buttons in gridview and binding data to it

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I have added a button for Print in my gridview table as follows

<asp:GridView ID="GridView1" runat="server" AllowPaging="True" 
                    AllowSorting="True" AutoGenerateColumns="False" DataKeyNames="ID" 
                    DataSourceID="SqlDataSource2" 
                    onselectedindexchanged="GridView1_SelectedIndexChanged" Width="522px">
                    <Columns>
                        <asp:BoundField DataField="ID" HeaderText="ID" InsertVisible="False" 
                            ReadOnly="True" SortExpression="ID" />
                        <asp:BoundField DataField="Story_number" HeaderText="Story_number" 
                            SortExpression="Story_number" />
                        <asp:BoundField DataField="Date" HeaderText="Date" SortExpression="Date" />
                        <asp:BoundField DataField="Memory_card" HeaderText="Memory_card" 
                            SortExpression="Memory_card" />
                        <asp:BoundField DataField="Story_Name" HeaderText="Story_Name" 
                            SortExpression="Story_Name" />
                        <asp:ButtonField ButtonType="Button" Text="print" />
                    </Columns>
                </asp:GridView>

Please help me with the c# code for this button. When the button is pressed I need it to redirect to a page (print.aspx). I have been trying the following code but it does not work .Thanks in advance for your help.

Session["id"] = GridView1.SelectedRow.Cells[0].Text;
Response.Redirect("Print.aspx");

Question title and body is completely different - title says adding column, body says how to get 1st cell text? — Arindam Nayak
– Arindam Nayak, Commented Apr 25, 2015 at 15:15
also where are you trying the last two lines of your code? And what happens when you click the print button, does it refresh the page or something else ... — Usman Waheed
– Usman Waheed, Commented Apr 25, 2015 at 15:19
Sorry for the confusion. What I want is to add a print button to Gridview that when clicked creates a session Variable of the ID of the selected row and redirects to a new web page — Gerard
– Gerard, Commented Apr 25, 2015 at 15:21
I am not sure were to use it as I usually use On SelectedIndexChanged when I use the built in Select button. I would like your help as I am new to this — Gerard
– Gerard, Commented Apr 25, 2015 at 15:23
You can have select index change event for gridview, then set the value of selected row to session and on button click just redirect. — Arindam Nayak
– Arindam Nayak, Commented Apr 25, 2015 at 15:35

Cesar BA · Accepted Answer · 2015-04-25 15:21:18Z

3

Instead of buttonField, use template field

<asp:TemplateField>
    <ItemTemplate>
        <asp:ImageButton ID="ButtonPrint" runat="server" CssClass="yourCssClassIsNeedIt" OnClick="printRegFunction"
            CommandArgument='<%# Bind("id") %>' ImageUrl="images/button.png"/>
    </ItemTemplate>
</asp:TemplateField>

your server code or behind code here:

protected void printRegFunction(object sender, ImageClickEventArgs e)
    {
        Session["id"] = ((ImageButton)sender).CommandArgument;
        Response.Redirect("Print.aspx");

    }

answered Apr 25, 2015 at 15:21

Cesar BA

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Gerard Over a year ago

Thank You Exactly what I wanted.

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