Question

I have a GridView control set up, populated from a database through the BL, and one of the fields contains currency amounts. Right now it is displaying in the format of 0000.0000, and I need to bring it to a currency format that adds $ + dataNumber down to hundredths.

I have looked for filters, but so far I haven’t seen a direct and simple answer. Could using a regular expression to filter work? :/

It is my first attempt to do so. Any answers are appreciated, but please provide site documentation for me to reference while attempting to implement your suggestions.

Answer 1

The GridView.BoundColumn type provides the DataFormatString property you can use to specify the display format. You can use the C format to display in currency format.

<Columns>
    ...
    <asp:BoundColumn DataField="MyFieldName" DataFormatString="C" />
    ...
</Columns>