Sort column on a databoundgrid

[Russell Simmons]

What event gets fired when a user clicks on a column header to update the sort column and order? Also, the SortCol property allows the user to set a column for the sort order - is there a similar property that allows me to retrieve the current sort index?
Thanks.

[Administrator]

The CellClick event fires before the sort is done. Youwould check teh row index to make sure the click is on a header cell.

The sort direction is stored in the header's cells style.Tag property. Here are code snippets that show how you can get at it.

private void button1_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
	for(int i = 1; i <= this.gridDataBoundGrid1.Model.ColCount; ++i)
		if(this.gridDataBoundGrid1[0,i].Tag is ListSortDirection)
		{
			MessageBox.Show((i.ToString() + " " + this.gridDataBoundGrid1[0,i].Tag.ToString());
		}
	}
}

[Russell Simmons]

What event fires after the sort is done? Unfortunately, it seems that when the CellClick event fires, the Tag property is not yet set.

> The CellClick event fires before the sort is done. Youwould check teh row index to make sure the click is on a header cell.
>
> The sort direction is stored in the header's cells style.Tag property. Here are code snippets that show how you can get at it.
>

> private void button1_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
> {
> 	for(int i = 1; i <= this.gridDataBoundGrid1.Model.ColCount; ++i)
> 		if(this.gridDataBoundGrid1[0,i].Tag is ListSortDirection)
> 		{
> 			MessageBox.Show((i.ToString() + " " + this.gridDataBoundGrid1[0,i].Tag.ToString());
> 		}
> 	}
> }
> 

[Administrator]

I am afraid there is no good event yo catch this action. To catch it, you can derive the GridDataBoundGrid and override the SortColumn virtual method.

Public Class DataBoundSortGrid
    Inherits GridDataBoundGrid


    Public Overrides Sub SortColumn(ByVal colIndex As Integer)

        MyBase.SortColumn(colIndex)
	Console.WriteLine("After Sort")

    End Sub

End Class

[Russell Simmons]

Thank you. I figured out another way to do what I wanted to do. The info you sent was very helpful, though.

> I am afraid there is no good event yo catch this action. To catch it, you can derive the GridDataBoundGrid and override the SortColumn virtual method.
>
>

> Public Class DataBoundSortGrid
>     Inherits GridDataBoundGrid
> 
> 
>     Public Overrides Sub SortColumn(ByVal colIndex As Integer)
> 
>         MyBase.SortColumn(colIndex)
> 	Console.WriteLine("After Sort")
> 
>     End Sub
> 
> End Class
> 

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