Limiting the Data being displayed in the GridView and Display Tooltip

C#

protected void GridView1_RowDataBound(object sender, GridViewRowEventArgs e)
{
            if (e.Row.RowType == DataControlRowType.DataRow)
            {
                ViewState["OrigData"] = e.Row.Cells[0].Text;
                if (e.Row.Cells[0].Text.Length >= 30) //Just change the value of 30 based on your requirements
                {
                    e.Row.Cells[0].Text = e.Row.Cells[0].Text.Substring(0, 30) + "...";
                    e.Row.Cells[0].ToolTip = ViewState["OrigData"].ToString();
                }

             }

} 

VB.NET

Protected Sub GridView1_RowDataBound(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As GridViewRowEventArgs) 
    If e.Row.RowType = DataControlRowType.DataRow Then 
        ViewState("OrigData") = e.Row.Cells(0).Text 
        If e.Row.Cells(0).Text.Length >= 30 Then  'Just change the value of 30 based on your requirements 
            e.Row.Cells(0).Text = e.Row.Cells(0).Text.Substring(0, 30) + "..." 
            e.Row.Cells(0).ToolTip = ViewState("OrigData").ToString() 
        End If 
    End If 
End Sub 

 

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