Any way to manipulate the columns in GridView with AutoGenerateColumns = true?

Question

It seems like there\'s no way to manipulate the columns of a Gridview if AutoGenerateColumns = true. Here\'s my scenario:

I\'ve got a generic GridView that displays

Answer 1

You can manipulate things on data bound like this:

Private Sub MyGrid_RowDataBound(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Web.UI.WebControls.GridViewRowEventArgs) Handles Me.RowDataBound
  If Me.AutoGenerateColumns = True Then
    If e.Row.RowType = DataControlRowType.DataRow Then
          e.row.cells.add(some code here to add your special column)
    End If
    End If
End Sub

You'd have to create your own header to but it's very doable.