Changing the Page Size Interactively in a DataGrid Web Control - The Implementation

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For convenience we can wrap the work done in a function

Function NewCurrentPageIndex( _
    dg As DataGrid, _
....ntRecordCount As Integer, _
....intNewPageSize As Integer _
) As Integer

The SelectedIndexChanged event of our page size setting DropDownList control has the procedure PageSizeChanged as its handler. This procedure looks like that:

Sub PageSizeChanged(sender As Object, e As EventArgs)
    MyDataGrid.CurrentPageIndex = _
        NewCurrentPageIndex(MyDataGrid, _
                            Session("recCount"), _
                            ddlPageSize.SelectedItem.Text)
    BindGrid
End Sub

Here is the source of the NewCurrentPageIndex function:

Function NewCurrentPageIndex( _
    dg As DataGrid, _
    intRecordCount As Integer, _
    intNewPageSize As Integer _
) As Integer
    ' old page size
    Dim intOldPageSize As Integer
    ' top record index on current page
    Dim intFirstRecordIndex As Integer
    ' new page count
    Dim intNewPageCount As Integer
    Dim intNewCurrentPageIndex as Integer
    ' is given from the DataGrid PageSize property
    intOldPageSize = dg.PageSize
    ' identifies the reference record
    intFirstRecordIndex = dg.CurrentPageIndex * intOldPageSize + 1
    ' set the new page size for the Data grig
    dg.PageSize = intNewPageSize
    ' The actual page count of the DataGrid control
    ' is the "old" page count.
    ' The new page count of the DataGrid control will be set
    ' automatically after we bind the Datagrid to the data source
    ' with new page size set.
    ' We need the new page count already now
    ' to find out the new current page index,
    ' so we must calculate it.
    intNewPageCount = _
    CType(Math.Ceiling(intRecordCount / intNewPageSize),Integer)
    ' get the new current page index
    Dim i as Integer
    For i = 1 to intNewPageCount
        If intFirstRecordIndex >= (i-1)*intNewPageSize +1 And _
            intFirstRecordIndex <= i*intNewPageSize Then
            intNewCurrentPageIndex=i-1
            Exit For
        End If
    Next i
    NewCurrentPageIndex = intNewCurrentPageIndex
End Function

Here (http://www.hatvany-online.net/aspdotnet/articles/changingpagesize.aspx) you can try a live demo. You can find the source code of the sample in the support file.

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