Gridview SortExpression and SortDirection not being set
I was doing a lot of manual binding to a Gridview and tried to implement a sort. This is no easy task without using some type of ObjectDataSource, but I made it to a point where I had it working except the actual SortExpression and SortDirection didn't seem to be set.
A quick google search turned out others complaining of the same problem and complaining that SortExpression and SortDirection were Get only properties. A quick hit of System.Reflection let me set those values with:
Doing this turned up the real problem. My DataSource was not considered Sortable and setting those fields caused the Gridview to attempt to sort it, thus throwing an exception.typeof(GridView).GetField("_sortExpression", BindingFlags.NonPublicBindingFlags.Instance).SetValue(this.gvSearchResults, e.SortExpression);
typeof(GridView).GetField("_sortDirection", BindingFlags.NonPublic BindingFlags.Instance).SetValue(this.gvSearchResults, e.SortDirection);
The only solution I've come up with in this case is to manage the SortExpression and SortDirection in Viewstate myself and display images/do datasource sorting with my own code.
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