gridview.boundfield.dataformatstring doesn't work

30 Nov 2005 7:14 PM

Abraham Andres Luna

i tried the following code:

<asp:gridview id="gvRDK" runat="server" autogeneratecolumns="false">
<columns>
<asp:Boundfield DataField="DateCreate" DataFormatString="DateCreate:
{0:d}" HeaderText="Date Created:" />
</columns>
</asp:gridview>

but i got the following output:

      Date Created:
      DateCreate: 1/1/1900 12:00:00 AM

why isn't it formatting as a short date?

i then tried to following code:

<asp:datagrid id="dgRDK" runat="server" autogeneratecolumns="false">
<columns>
<asp:Boundcolumn DataField="DateCreate" DataFormatString="DateCreate:
{0:d}" HeaderText="BoundColumn" />
</columns>
</asp:datagrid>

and got the expected output:
      BoundColumn
      DateCreate: 1/1/1900

thank you for your help

2 Dec 2005 2:13 AM

Ing. Winkler Bernhard

Hi Abraham,

And here comes the solution:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.web.ui.webcontrols.boundfield.dataformatstring.aspx

Add HtmlEncode="false" to the BoundField and all will work fine.

Bernhard Winkler

On Wed, 30 Nov 2005 14:14:46 -0500, "Abraham Andres Luna"
<a**@rdk.com> wrote:

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>i tried the following code:
>
><asp:gridview id="gvRDK" runat="server" autogeneratecolumns="false">
> <columns>
> <asp:Boundfield DataField="DateCreate" DataFormatString="DateCreate:
>{0:d}" HeaderText="Date Created:" />
> </columns>
></asp:gridview>
>
>but i got the following output:
>
>      Date Created:
>      DateCreate: 1/1/1900 12:00:00 AM
>
>
>why isn't it formatting as a short date?
>
>i then tried to following code:
>
><asp:datagrid id="dgRDK" runat="server" autogeneratecolumns="false">
> <columns>
> <asp:Boundcolumn DataField="DateCreate" DataFormatString="DateCreate:
>{0:d}" HeaderText="BoundColumn" />
> </columns>
></asp:datagrid>
>
>
>and got the expected output:
>      BoundColumn
>      DateCreate: 1/1/1900
>
>
>thank you for your help
>