Remove the space between the < and the %. When I posted the message, I needed to put that in so the information would show up correctly. See if that fixes it.
>hi cathi!
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>first of all thanks for your patience.
>
>i don't get an error message the only thing i get is the column in the datagrid which contains the code i/you have written in the html-source ('< %# formatstring... ').
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Cathi Gero, CPA
Prenia Software & Consulting Services
Microsoft C# / .NET MVP
Mere Mortals for .NET MVP
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