Content Limited by Character Number – VB.NET

Code behind


Partial Class _default
    Inherits System.Web.UI.Page

Protected Sub GridView1_RowDataBound(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As 
                                                    GridViewRowEventArgs)

If e.Row.RowType = DataControlRowType.DataRow Then

  'character count
   If DataBinder.Eval(e.Row.DataItem, "description").ToString.Length >= 175 Then
       e.Row.Cells(3).Text = +
       DataBinder.Eval(e.Row.DataItem, "description").ToString.Substring(0, 175) + 
       e.Row.Cells(3).ToolTip = DataBinder.Eval(e.Row.DataItem, "description").ToString
     Else
       e.Row.Cells(3).Text = +
       DataBinder.Eval(e.Row.DataItem, "description").ToString
     End If

 End If

End Sub

End Class