"Mark" <maxmann@kc.rr.com> wrote in message
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> All-
>
> I'm basically creating a user control which contains a datagrid that will
be
> used throughout our application by all pages.
> My user control contains a datagrid control and I expose methods to add a
> bound column to the grid.
> So when they call this function and pass in the field name and title, I
> dynamically add this new bound column to the
> grid. It works when loaded for the first time and the paging works fine
> also.
> The only problem is that the Sort event doesn't fire. The bound columns
are
> being recreated when the page reloads,
> so the grid object has them. I don't get it.
>
>
> Any help would be great. Thanks
>
>

"Mark" <maxmann@kc.rr.com> wrote in message
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> FYI:
>
> When I binded the data back to the grid on load, the event fired. Doesn't
> make sense though, because when you add static columns
> to the grid in Html, you don't have to do that. What this means is that
if
> you create the columns dynamically in code, you have to rebind the grid in
> order to get the sort event, then figure out how to sort your data, and
then
> rebind once again. Two binds in one postback.
>
> Either I'm missing something, or this is bad design on MS's part.