"alvi***@gmail.com" wrote:

> Hi, you can't do in the ButtonField control (unless you do it on normal
> Button server control in the TemplateField). ButtonField exposes
> DataTextField and DataTextFormatString properties, which you can be
> used for that purpose by assigning the DataTextFormatString property
> programmatically with the value in
> Resources.Windward.ReportList_Confirm in RowDataBound event.
>
>
> Hope this helps...
>
>
>
> Regards,
> Alvin Chooi
> Microsoft ASP.NET Enthusiast
> http://alvinzc.blogspot.com
>
>

"David Thielen" wrote:

> I need the Eval for another property I am adding - OnClientClick. So the
> problem remains.
>
> My big question is why do the DataControlField derived classes not have a
> databinding event? It seems that it would be natural for them to have it.
>
> --
> thanks - dave
> david_at_windward_dot_net
> http://www.windwardreports.com
>
> Cubicle Wars - http://www.windwardreports.com/film.htm
>
>
>
>
> "alvi***@gmail.com" wrote:
>
> > Hi, you can't do in the ButtonField control (unless you do it on normal
> > Button server control in the TemplateField). ButtonField exposes
> > DataTextField and DataTextFormatString properties, which you can be
> > used for that purpose by assigning the DataTextFormatString property
> > programmatically with the value in
> > Resources.Windward.ReportList_Confirm in RowDataBound event.
> >
> >
> > Hope this helps...
> >
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> > Alvin Chooi
> > Microsoft ASP.NET Enthusiast
> > http://alvinzc.blogspot.com
> >
> >

"Walter Wang [MSFT]" wrote:

> Hi David,
>
> Would you please tell me more about your custom ButtonField control? Such
> as why you want to inherit from ButtonField, what's the purpose of this
> field?
>
> A ButtonField represents a field that is displayed as a button in a
> data-bound control. It's not inheriting from Control or WebControl, and it
> doesn't have the DataBinding event and the BindingContainer property which
> are required for Data Binding expression to work on it.
>
> IMHO, the ButtonField is only used where you need to render a field as
> button or link, other than that purpose, it's recommended to use
> TemplateField which you have full control.
>
> Anyway, I think we might discuss it further after you described more about
> the purpose of the customized ButtonField control. Thanks.
>
> Sincerely,
> Walter Wang (waw***@online.microsoft.com, remove 'online.')
> Microsoft Online Community Support
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