Multi Line GridView Column Cell

Introduction

I was working on a project , where I had to retrieve what was saved in the database and display it in the same cell, but multi line. Since the data was saved in the format of <br>, it was easy for me to display it.

1. Create a new project using C#.

2. Create a table in the database (SQL or MYSQL table or any other database):

   

3. Save some data to the table. For example:

   

4. Before you save the data to the table, replace the \r\n with <br>:

   

5. Drag and drop GridView from the Tool Kit to the Web form.

6. Create the following columns:

   

7. Gridview will appear like this:

   

8. Change the property of the Message column as shown below:

   

9. Set the HtmlEncode to false.

10. Write the code to fill the GridView. Here is a sample:

    

11. The data will appear like this:

    

Points of Interest

It can be used to display text file data saved in the database.

It was very nice and easy to display multi lines of text in one cell. What we need to do is set the HtmlEncode property to false.

History

• 12^th November, 2007: Initial post