Databinding error to get windows files on gridview

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Trying to get Windows files to load on ASP.Net GridView, but I am getting this DataBinding error message when I tried this code, below. DataBinding: 'System.Web.UI.WebControls.ListItem' does not contain a property with the name....

Can someone please advise? Million Thanks!!

FileGrid.DataBind();   // this line is giving me the problem.

What I have tried:

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) 
{

  if (!IsPostBack)
  {

    string[] filePaths = Directory.GetFiles(Server.MapPath("../Files/"));
    List<listitem> files = new List<listitem>(); 


    foreach (string filePath in filePaths)
    {
        files.Add(new ListItem(Path.GetFileName(filePath), filePath));
        // string fileName = Path.GetFileName(files.ToString());

     }

      FileGrid.DataSource = files;
      FileGrid.DataBind(); // this line is giving me the problem.
  }

}

Posted 17-Apr-18 12:09pm

Lay_Kay

Updated 28-Apr-18 7:48am

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Lay_Kay 28-Apr-18 13:44pm

Never mind.... I discovered where my problem was.

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Lay_Kay · Answer 1 · 2018-04-28T07:49:00

This is the syntax (below) to solve the problem after (!IsPostBack).

DataTable dt = new DataTable();

dt.Columns.Add("File");
dt.Columns.Add("Size");
dt.Columns.Add("Type");

foreach (string strfile in Directory.GetFiles(Server.MapPath("../Meow_Directory/")))
{
     FileInfo fi = new FileInfo(strfile);
     dt.Rows.Add(fi.Name, fi.Length.ToString(),
     GetFileType_ByExtension(fi.Extension));
}

FileGrid.DataSource = dt;
FileGrid.DataBind();