How can a get the datatype of the active column?

[Richard Kettelerij]

I use a GridDataBoundGrid and i'm trying to get the datatype of the active column (the column with the selected cell). How can i do that? I used the code below, but it doesn't seem to work because it always returns System.Int32 (while most columns contain text information).

Console.WriteLine(_grid.CurrentCell.GetType());

or

_grid.GetCol(_grid.CurrentCell.ColIndex).GetType();

Thanks in advance.

[Administrator]

If you have not explicitly added GridBoundColumns, then you could use code like:

int field = _grid.Binder.ColIndexToField(_grid.CurrentCell.ColIndex);
Type t = _grid.Binder.InternalColumns[field].StyleInfo.CellValueType;

If you have added GridBoundColumns, then you would use _grid.GridBoundColumns instead of _grid.Binder.InternalColumns.

[Richard Kettelerij]

It didn't exactly did the trick, but thanks anyway