How to Display “Yes” or “No” Instead of Checkbox while binding Boolean value with GridView ? – The Best and Cheap Windows ASP.NET Hosting Review

If you are binding some data source in grid view which having any field type of Boolean then Grid View Rendered it as “Checkbox” . But sometime we may required to display either Yes/ No or “1/0” instead of Checked/ Unchecked Text Box. Here is an quick tip which described how you can override the checkbox to your required value in GridView RowDataBound events.

Let’s consider you have a simple class “Student” with some student records.

Public Class Student
{
    Public Int Roll { Get; Set; }
    Public String Name { Get; Set; }
    Public Bool Status { Get; Set; }
}
    Protected Void Page_Load(Object Sender, EventArgs E)
{
   List<Student> Students = New List<Student>();
   Students.Add(New Student { Roll = 1, Name = "Abhijit", Status=True});
   Students.Add(New Student {Roll=2,Name="Manish",Status=False});
   Students.Add(New Student { Roll = 3, Name = "Atul", Status = True });
   GridView2.DataSource = Students;
   GridView2.DataBind();
}

Now if you run the application you will get below out put Which is the default behavior of GridView

Now Change the binding during on RowDataBound of GridView

/// <Summary>
  /// Handles The RowDataBound Event Of The GridView2 Control.
  /// </Summary>
  /// <Param Name="Sender">The Source Of The Event.</Param>
  /// <Param Name="E">The <See Cref="System.Web.UI.WebControls.GridViewRowEventArgs"/> Instance Containing The Event Data.</Param>
  Protected Void GridView2_RowDataBound(Object Sender, GridViewRowEventArgs E)
  {
      If (E.Row.RowType == DataControlRowType.DataRow)
      {
          Student S = (Student)E.Row.DataItem;
          If (S.Status == True)
          {
              E.Row.Cells[2].Text = "1";
          }
          Else
          {
              E.Row.Cells[2].Text = "0";
          }
      }
  }