I'm looking for an alternative grid that is NOT based on Microsofts VERY POOR implementation of DataGridView.  The problem I'm having with the Microsoft DataGridView is summarized nicely in this YouTube Video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-LhoDw9CmY

Basically if I set column visible and column formatting options in the designer/IDE and then during application runtime my code sets DataSource = myDataTable and then change the DataSource to another DataTable, ALL my column visible state and formatting information is reset to "default" state ... NOT good.  (note: ONLY when the DataSource is changed, first time it works fine and keeps visible/formatting info).

Per video, the only work around is to add a BUNCH of code to DataBinding_Complete event to set my columns back to the state I setup via designer/IDE.

So my questions:

1.  Is Telerik Grid based on the Microsoft's implementation?
2.  Is this same behavior "by design" in the Telerik Grid?

Thanks, Rob.

Hello Rob Ainscough,

Thank you writing.

RadGridView is not based on the Microsoft DataGridView. It is built on Telerik Presentation Framework which provides WPF-like visual effects and a great number of options to customize RadControls. You can find more details in our documentation.

As to your second question, RadGridView can generate columns based on the data source or can use a user defined (at design-time) columns' layout. If you follow the second scenario, the columns' layout will not be changed if you change the data source and the new data source has the same layout. In addition, you can use Save/LoadLayout methods to save the column settings.

Do not hesitate to contact me again if you have any additional questions.

Sincerely yours,
Martin Vasilev
the Telerik team