Please refer this code
<asp:GridView ID="GridView1" HeaderStyle-BackColor="#3AC0F2" HeaderStyle-ForeColor="White"
runat="server" AutoGenerateColumns="false">
<Columns>
<asp:BoundField DataField="Id" HeaderText="Id" ItemStyle-Width="30" />
<asp:BoundField DataField="Name" HeaderText="Name" ItemStyle-Width="150" />
<asp:BoundField DataField="Country" HeaderText="Country" ItemStyle-Width="150" />
</Columns>
</asp:GridView>
<hr />
Select column
<asp:DropDownList ID="ddlColumns" runat="server">
</asp:DropDownList>
<br />
<asp:LinkButton Text="Show colums data in ListBox" OnClick="ShowColumnData" runat="server"></asp:LinkButton>
<br />
<asp:ListBox ID="lbColumns" runat="server"></asp:ListBox>
Namespace
using System.Data;
C#
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
if (!this.IsPostBack)
{
DataTable dt = new DataTable();
dt.Columns.AddRange(new DataColumn[3] { new DataColumn("Id", typeof(int)),
new DataColumn("Name", typeof(string)),
new DataColumn("Country",typeof(string)) });
dt.Rows.Add(1, "John Hammond", "United States");
dt.Rows.Add(2, "Mudassar Khan", "India");
dt.Rows.Add(3, "Suzanne Mathews", "France");
dt.Rows.Add(4, "Robert Schidner", "Russia");
GridView1.DataSource = dt;
GridView1.DataBind();
}
for (int i = 0; i < this.GridView1.HeaderRow.Cells.Count; i++)
{
this.ddlColumns.Items.Add(new ListItem(this.GridView1.HeaderRow.Cells[i].Text, i.ToString()));
}
}
protected void ShowColumnData(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
int cellIndex = Convert.ToInt32(this.ddlColumns.SelectedItem.Value);
foreach (GridViewRow row in this.GridView1.Rows)
{
this.lbColumns.Items.Add(new ListItem(row.Cells[cellIndex].Text));
}
}
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