How to: Specify Custom Display Text for Data Cells

Nov 18, 2021

This example demonstrates how to display the “empty” string within the Units On Order column’s cells if they contain zero values.

The image below shows the result:

C#
VB.NET

csharp

protected void ASPxGridView2_CustomColumnDisplayText(object sender,
    DevExpress.Web.ASPxGridViewColumnDisplayTextEventArgs e) {
    if (e.Column.FieldName != "UnitsOnOrder") return;
    if (Convert.ToInt32(e.Value) == 0)
        e.DisplayText = "empty";
}

Protected Sub ASPxGridView1_CustomColumnDisplayText(ByVal sender As Object,_
    ByVal e As DevExpress.Web.ASPxGridViewColumnDisplayTextEventArgs)_
    Handles ASPxGridView1.CustomColumnDisplayText
    If e.Column.FieldName = "UnitsOnOrder" Then
        If Convert.ToInt32(e.Value) = 0 Then
            e.DisplayText = "empty"
        End If
    End If
End Sub