Hide certain text that displays in gridview

Question

I have a conditional statement that is bound to my gridview now that will check the sql data that is passed and if it there is a certain phrase then the gridview cell will turn pink. But if the text is not there then it will turn green.

Here is the statement I have so far:

  if (dataItem != null)
            {
                var label = dataItem["Client"].FindControl("ClientLabel") as Label;
                if (label != null)
                {
                    var item = dataItem;
                    var text = label.Text;

                    if (text == "Complete") 
                    {
                        item["ClientServer"].BackColor = Color.Lime;

                    }
                    else if (text != "Complete") 
                    {
                        item["ClientServer"].BackColor = Color.Salmon;
                    }
                }

So this works and will turn the cell green or pink depending on the text, but is there a way to hide the word "complete" and still turn the cell the correct color?

You want to hide the word "Complete" in your source code? Or you don't want to hard code that value? Try and ask your question in a different way. — Nick DeVore, Dec 19 '13 at 20:50
@NickDeVore, I just want to hide the word complete. The user will manually enter this in the gridview. — CSharpDev4Evr, Dec 19 '13 at 20:57

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 19 '13 at 20:52

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How about clearing out the text property of the item (setting its sub-item text to null)? And if you eventually need it in the future you could store it in a temporary variable.

answered Dec 19 '13 at 20:52

Rodrigo Silva

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 19 '13 at 20:56

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Did you try this method

Label label = dataItem["Client"].FindControl("ClientLabel") as Label;

if (text == "Complete") 
{
    item["ClientServer"].BackColor = Color.Lime;
    lable.visible = false;
}

answered Dec 19 '13 at 20:56

Kirk

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score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 10:32

There is a similar question, that contains good examples on the following link:

Getting value from a cell from a gridview on RowDataBound event

 protected void GridView1_DataBound(object sender, GridViewRowEventArgs e)
    {
        if (e.Row.RowType == DataControlRowType.DataRow)
        {
            if (e.Row.Cells[0].Text.Contains("Complete"))
            {
                e.Row.Cells[1].BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.Lime;
            }
        }
    }

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Hide certain text that displays in gridview

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