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>In VFP, it's easy to use the Eval() statement to get at an object named on-the-fly. How is this done with C#?
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>For example, in an ASP.NET code-behind I have
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>for ( int colCounter = 0 ; colCounter < tableCrossRef.Columns.Count ; colCounter++ )
>{
>	string colName =  "col" + (tableCrossRef.Columns[colCounter].ColumnName);
>	TemplateColumn (colName) = new TemplateColumn();
>}
>

>Which gives the error
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>(52): 'System.Web.UI.WebControls.TemplateColumn' denotes a 'class' which is not valid in the given context
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>I am trying to build a datagrid in the codebehind and I never know the names of the columns,so I can't just hardcode a template.
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>Anyone?
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>Thanks.