Obtaining values from a hidden column in a grid view

Although in .NET 2003, accessing a hidden cell in a grid was pretty straight forward, with 2005, a bit of a work-around is required in order to achieve the same. Although ‘Visible=False’ would allow us to access a cell for a hidden column in 2003, in the case of 2005, we need to use the style ‘display:none;’ in order to achieve the same. A simple example is as given below.










Applying it to hide the column in the grid,