Controlling visibility / title of columns

[Masoud]

Hi there,

Is it possible to retrieve the name of the property that a RadGridViewColumn is bound to via DataMemberBinding?   I need this information for two reasons:
- show and hide columns in a grid based on the name of the property the column is bound to.  
- set the title of a column based on the name of the property the column was bound to

Thank you very much for your help

[Maya]

Hello,

You can find the name of the property as follows:

var propertyName = column.DataMemberBinding.Path.Path;

In this case 'column" is the one which corresponding property you want to find.

All the best,
Maya
the Telerik team

[Masoud]

Hello,

DataMemberBinding is a property of GridViewBoundColumnBase.  The Columns collection of RadGridView exposes a collection of type GridViewColumnCollection that exposes GridViewColumn which doens't expose a DataMemberBinding.  How do I get a collection of GridViewBoundColumnBase from the RadGridView?  Is it possible to obtain the GridViewBoundColumnBase the maps to a GridViewColumn?

Thank you for your help!

Regards

[Maya]

Hi,

Generally, you can cast each of the columns in Columns collection of RadGridView to its corresponding type. For example:

GridViewColumnCollection columns = this.clubsGrid.Columns;
var firstColumnPropertyName = (columns[0] as GridViewDataColumn).DataMemberBinding.Path.Path;

What is the type of columns that you are working with ? Do you define unbound columns ? 

Kind regards,
Maya
the Telerik team

[Masoud]

Hi,

thank you for the information!  I am using BoundColumns,  and am now able to retrieve the information I need!

Best regards!