Question

I have a GridView what I fill through a LINQ expression.
Something like this:

GridView1.DataSource = from c in customers, o in c.Orders, 
  total = o.Total where total >= 2000 select new {id = c.CustomerID, 
  order = o.OrderID, total = total};

And in its RowCreated method I try to get a property, for example the id, but it has no a known type:

object element = e.Row.DataItem;
int id = element.id; // It's bad!!!!!!

How can I do?
Thanks!!

Answer 1

Name your type!

public class GridType
{
    public int Id {get; set:} . . etc
}

then in linq,

. . . select new GridType {...etc}

Then in the RowCreated method, cast the dataitem to GridType, and you can ccess it’s properties.

Otherwise your looking for duck typeing which C# doesn’t do.