Unable to set Width of Column in GridView ASP.NET (No DataSource for GridView)

Question

An error popped up upon running the application.

I'm trying to set the Width of the First Column of my GridView but i can't do it.

Rows, Columns, Data of this GridView is not bounded to any DataSource.

//By Class Statistics

int A1Available = get.countAvailA1();
int A1Alloted = get.countUnavailA1();
int B1Available = get.countAvailB1();
int B1Alloted = get.countUnavailB1();
int B2Available = get.countAvailB2();
int B2Alloted = get.countUnavailB2();
int C1Available = get.countAvailC1();
int C1Alloted = get.countUnavailC1();

DataTable dtClass = new DataTable();
dtClass.Columns.Add("Class");
dtClass.Columns.Add("A1");
dtClass.Columns.Add("B1");
dtClass.Columns.Add("B2");
dtClass.Columns.Add("C1");

DataRow r;
r = dtClass.NewRow();
r["Class"] = "Number of Available Beds";
r["A1"] = A1Available.ToString();
r["B1"] = B1Available.ToString();
r["B2"] = B2Available.ToString();
r["C1"] = C1Available.ToString();
dtClass.Rows.Add(r);

r = dtClass.NewRow();
r["Class"] = "Number of Unavailable Beds";
r["A1"] = A1Alloted.ToString();
r["B1"] = B1Alloted.ToString();
r["B2"] = B2Alloted.ToString();
r["C1"] = C1Alloted.ToString();
dtClass.Rows.Add(r);

bedStats.DataSource = dtClass;
bedStats.DataBind();   
bedStats.Columns[1].HeaderStyle.Width = new Unit(55, UnitType.Percentage);

Used this code to set the Width. Is there any other way to? Doesn't have be bothered about the value, just setting the Width..

bedStats.Columns[1].HeaderStyle.Width = new Unit(55, UnitType.Percentage);

Image of Error

Answer 1

Setting column values will only work with TemplateField and BoundField columns. Autogenerated columns are not part the column collection in the GridView. If you want to color the Headers you need to use the OnRowDataBound event. Only then you can access the columns.

protected void bedStats_RowDataBound(object sender, GridViewRowEventArgs e)
{
    if (e.Row.RowType == DataControlRowType.Header)
    {
        e.Row.Cells[1].Width = new Unit(55, UnitType.Percentage);
        e.Row.Cells[1].BackColor = Color.Pink;
    }
}