Gridview visible = false problem VB.NET

Trampas

Hi,

I have a gridview where i have a BoundField where I set the visible to false as they hold data that is not required for the user to see.

The gridview is populated by a DataSchema (.xsd file)

I am trying to retrieve the invisible value from the gridview when the user after a user selects a row but all i get back is nothing. If i remove the visible tag everything works fine.

<asp:GridView ID="grvCustDetails" runat="server" AutoGenerateColumns="false" OnSelectedIndexChanged="grvCustDetails_SelectedIndexChanged" AutoGenerateSelectButton="true">
                    <Columns >
                        <asp:BoundField DataField="custid" HeaderText="Customer ID"/>
                        <asp:BoundField DataField="custname" HeaderText="Customer Name"/>
                        <asp:BoundField DataField="custadd" HeaderText="Customer Address" />
                        <asp:BoundField DataField="custcontdet" HeaderText="Customer Contact Details" />
                        <asp:BoundField DataField="custvatcode" HeaderText="Customer VAT Code" />
                        <asp:BoundField DataField="ppsno" HeaderText="Sales Person ID" />
                        <asp:BoundField DataField="cusDelete" HeaderText="Deleted" Visible="false" />                         
                    </Columns>
                </asp:GridView>


    Protected Sub grvCustDetails_SelectedIndexChanged(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles grvCustDetails.SelectedIndexChanged

        Dim row As GridViewRow = grvCustDetails.SelectedRow
        Dim strCustDelete As String = row.Cells(7).Text

    End Sub

Thanks for your help

mewso

In .net 2 the grid does not render if set to invisible so I think that may be your problem. Try creating a css class to hide it:-

.invisible
{
display: none;
}

Then instead of making it invisible set it's classname to "invisible". Should work then.