Question

use a reapeter to display data, but sometimes the data is to big to be displayed in a cell. Can I use a method to allow the reapter to display the first 100 characters of a string and after that a hyperlink to display next page? any help is welcome!

Answer 1

You can leave this logic in the view:

<asp:Label runat="server" 
 Text='<%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "your_text_field").ToString().Substring(0, Math.Min(100, DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "your_text_field").ToString().Length %>' />
<asp:Hyperlink runat="server" Test='<%# Eval("your_text_field") %>' 
     Visible='<%# Eval("your_text_field").ToString().Length > 100 %>' />