hello guys;

I am using a typedList to fill my datagrid. what I want to do is to sort the datagrid according to user's selection. (You know; users may click on a column header on a datagrid and trigger the sortCommand event for the datagrid.)

I want to do something like this:

//DATAGRID SORTCOMMAND EVENT HANDLER
private myDataGrid_SortCommand(Object source, System.Web.UI.WebControls.DataGridSortCommandEventArgs e)
{
  GridListFiller([colorvalue="0011FF"]e.SortExpression[/color]);
}

//THE FUNCTION THAT FILLS THE TYPEDLIST
private sometableTypedList GridListFiller([colorvalue="0011FF"]string sortField[/color])
{
   sometableTypedList Tlist = new sometableTypedList();

   ISortExpression sorter = new SortExpression();
   sorter.Add([colorvalue="0011FF"]sortField[/color], SortOperator.Descending);

   Tlist.Fill(0,sorter,false,null);

   return Tlist;

}

please help me thanks in advance. abdullah.

If you want to sort the typedlist after it's loaded, it should support sorting automatically, as the typedlist is a datatable, which is bound to the grid using its default DataView, which supports sorting out of the box. So if you allow sorting in the grid (by enabling the grid's sorting ability, you have to do that manually in most grids), you can sort the typedlist in the grid by clicking on a column header.

I think that's what you want to do, if I understand you correctly, or am I mistaken?

that's what I exactly want to do. I am using .NET 2003's native datagrid. I enable sorting for my datagrid from the property builder of it. I also assing the sorting field for each column.

after these process, column headers become links. (so we click them to sort out the data) but these links doesn't work. it needs some extra code. (in the SortCommand Events though)

. . . I got it working now...

thanks Otis

Ok

Please post your solution so others can benefit from it when they are searching these forums.

Thanks!

sure

                this.someTableCollection1 = myfunc();// fills the collection
                this.someTableCollection1 .SupportsSorting=true;
                this.someTableCollection1 .Sort(e.SortExpression, ListSortDirection.Descending, null);
                this.DataGrid1.DataBind();

someTableTypedList1 = myfunc();//fills the typedList
someTableTypedList1.DefaultView.Sort = e.SortExpression+" DESC";
DataGrid1.DataBind();

you have to write these code pieces into your datagrid's SortCommand event handler.