ThenBy.Direction Property

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: System.Web.UI.WebControls.Expressions

Assembly:: System.Web.Extensions.dll

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Gets or sets the ordering direction of the IQueryable data source object.

public:
 property System::Web::UI::WebControls::SortDirection Direction { System::Web::UI::WebControls::SortDirection get(); void set(System::Web::UI::WebControls::SortDirection value); };

public System.Web.UI.WebControls.SortDirection Direction { get; set; }

member this.Direction : System.Web.UI.WebControls.SortDirection with get, set

Public Property Direction As SortDirection

Property Value

SortDirection

The ordering direction of the IQueryable data source object.

Examples

The following example shows how to sort data by the ListPrice field in descending order and on the ProductID field in ascending order by using the Direction property. This code example is part of a larger example provided in Walkthrough: Filtering Data in a Web Page Using Declarative Syntax.

<asp:OrderByExpression DataField="ListPrice"   
    Direction="Descending">  
  <asp:ThenBy DataField="ProductID" Direction="Ascending"/>  
</asp:OrderByExpression>

Remarks

The OrderByExpression is used in the QueryExtender control to sort data in ascending or descending order. The direction of the sort operation is specified by using the Direction property.

Applies to

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