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• Matthew

  Posted on Oct 29, 2009 (permalink)

  Hello; I have two questions.
  
  What is the difference between the Visible property and the Display property on a RadGrid's Column definition?
  
  For example:
  
  

  <rad:RadGrid ID="gdCompanies" runat="server">

  <MasterTableView AutoGenerateColumns="false" EditMode="EditForms">

  <Columns>

  <rad:GridBoundColumn DataField="CompanyId" UniqueName="CompanyId"

  Visible="false"

  Display="false"/>

  </Columns>

  </MasterTableView>

  </rad:RadGrid>

  
  Also, is there a way to disable a field (specifically a GridBoundColumn) from being displayed in edit mode? I have tried visible=false and display=false, but the field is still displayed in edit mode (EditForms flavor).
  
  Thanks,
  
  Matthew
  
  

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• Schlurk Master

  Posted on Oct 29, 2009 (permalink)

  The visible property is used through server-side to determine whether or not an item should be rendered to the page, while display simply changes the CSS style to 'display:none';. Basically if you are just trying to dynamically show/hide columns the Display property is the way to go.
  
  As for disabling a column in the edit-form, try setting the column's ReadOnly property to true (false by default).
  

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