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
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