"Mark Rae [MVP]" <mark [at] markNOSPAMrae.net> wrote in message
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> "Andy B" <a_borka [at] sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
> news:%23zHSIhOpIHA.4112 [at] TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>
> [top-posting corrected again]
>
>>>>>>I have the object property StockContract.Dictionary which is a
>>>>>>dictionary collection of <string, string> key/value pairs. I need to
>>>>>>be able to retreive the keys and their values and display them on a
>>>>>>page. I want to use something like a repeater or something like that.
>>>>>>I don't know if this would be code I will have to manually write
>>>>>>myself, or if it can be done with dataBinding of some sort. I am using
>>>>>>vs2008 and c# 3.5. Any ideas on how to do something like this?
>>>>>
>>>>> <asp:GridView ID="gvTest" runat="server" AutoGenerateColumns="true" />
>>>>>
>>>>> Dictionary<string, string> dicTest = new Dictionary<string, string>();
>>>>> dicTest.Add("1st", "First");
>>>>> dicTest.Add("2nd", "Second");
>>>>> dicTest.Add("3rd", "Third");
>>>>> gvTest.DataSource = dicTest;
>>>>> gvTest.DataBind();
>>>>
>>>> I tried to put the StockContract.Dictionary property as a
>>>> listView.DataSource. The compiler isn't complaining about it yet, but
>>>> there is another question about this kind of databinding. Inside the
>>>> item template, What do I use for the Eval() method to get the values
>>>> out of the Dictionary collection? I tried Eval("Keys") as the text for
>>>> a Label control, but that is what I litterally end up with as the text
>>>> instead of the text of the key. Any ideas how to deal with something
>>>> like this?
>>>
>>> Not sure what you're trying to do exactly...
>>>
>>> What you've got here is, essentially, a two-dimensional array - which
>>> field from which row are you trying to use as the text in a Label
>>> control...?
>>
>>I am trying to databind to the collection like you normally would say to a
>>database table.
>
> Can you clarify what you mean by that, please? You don't databind *to* a
> database table - you databind *from* a database table *to* a webcontrol
> such as a GridView etc...
>
>> I need to cycle through all of the keys and print out their key text and
>> value text on a page. The print out has to be formatted with html
>> markup...
>
> You didn't say that originally...
>
> foreach (KeyValuePair<string, string> objKVP in dicTest)
> {
> MyLabel.Text += objKVP.Key + " - " + objKVP.Value + "
";
> }
>
> If the Dictionary is quite large, it would probably be better to use a
> StringBuilder...
>
>
> --
> Mark Rae
> ASP.NET MVP
> http://www.markrae.net
There seems to be a problem with the KeyValuePair<string, string> part. I am
not getting intelisense for the local variable defined as a KeyValuePair.
foreach(KeyValuePair<string, string> values in StockContract.Dictionary) {
Label1.Text = Values.key; //cant get intelisense for this line...
....
}
