What is the use of InsertVisible property of BoundField in a GridView

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Hi Friends.. Can any one explain me what is the use of "InsertVisible" property of BoundField in a GridView and at what conditions we should use it. I had seen the description in msdn.com but iam not able to understand exactly.
Thanks in advance..

Posted 28-Dec-11 4:53am

Venkat_C6

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 28-Dec-11 18:15pm

Do you mean this:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.web.ui.webcontrols.datacontrolfield.insertvisible.aspx
?

And what exactly can't you understand? The documentation is crystal clear...
--SA

Venkat_C6 29-Dec-11 1:19am

Ya I had seen that page. But I can't understand exact use.

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Sandeep Mewara · Accepted Answer · 2011-12-28T19:20:00

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InsertVisible: If the value of this property is set to 'False' then one cannot set the value for the related column in 'Insert' mode. Thus, this property/feature is generally used when one wants to set a value of the column programmatically or may be default value defined in a database.

Just in case, here is the MSDN link[^] that sounds like you already went through.

Posted 28-Dec-11 19:20pm

Sandeep Mewara

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Venkat_C6 29-Dec-11 1:31am

Ok thank you for your answer. And one small doubt for me. I think If we give "ReadOnly=true" also we can get the same behaviour. Then what is the specific use of this.

Sandeep Mewara 29-Dec-11 1:36am

Ok. :)
Why not you try a quick sample of your own and see the difference, as now you know their use!

Venkat_C6 29-Dec-11 1:41am

Ya I had already tried. I had taken one grid view and gave insert option for it. First I gave ReadOnly="true" for the primary key column. And later I gave InsertVisible="false". I din't observer any change in it. I got same behaviour..

Sandeep Mewara 29-Dec-11 1:51am

It's not just the view, it's about the scenario you are in. Even though appearance wise they look same but design/code wise they are different and will be used differently as and when required.

Venkat_C6 29-Dec-11 1:54am

Ok thank u. When we use InsertItemTemplate & EditItemTemplate we will know the difference itseems. Once I will try like that. Im very much thankful to u for your response.