Question : How to truncate (GridView)BoundFiled's string value using DataFormatString?

Basically, I have got the GridView with the BoundFiled called "Description" which can be very long. I would like to truncate it to 100 characters. (I would like to postfix with "..." after trucate if possible)

We can always do it by handling the DataBound event handler but is it possible to do it with the DataFormatString?

Answer : How to truncate (GridView)BoundFiled's string value using DataFormatString?

I think the only way that can be done is to use the DataBound event.   The DataFormatString does not have the capability to do this.