Master/Detail - Identify Columns

[Todd]

I have a hierarchical grid with just a master table and a detail table.  I am allowing autocolumn creation when the datasource is bound.  As the columns are created I need to selectively hide and format some of them.  I do this in the ColumnCreated procedure using a GridBoundColumn variable to reference each column in turn.  The problem is that I can't find a way to identify whether a column is in the master table or the detail table to determine what to do with it.  If all column names were unique this wouldn't be an issue but some of them aren't and they need to be seen on either the master record or the detail record, but not both.

Thanks for any help you can give me.

[Shinu]

Hello Todd,

Try the following code snippet in the ItemCommand event.
C#:

protected void RadGrid1_ItemCreated(object sender, GridItemEventArgs e)
   {
       if (e.Item.OwnerTableView.Name == "Detail")
       {
         GridTableView childGrid = (GridTableView)e.Item.OwnerTableView;
         childGrid.GetColumn("EmployeeID").Visible=false;
       }
       if (e.Item.OwnerTableView.Name == "Master")
       {
        GridTableView master = (GridTableView)e.Item.OwnerTableView;
        master.GetColumn("LastName").Visible = false;
       }
   }

Thanks,
Shinu.

[Todd]

So in general where is the proper place to put code to hide/display/format columns?  Is it in the ItemCreated event or in the ColumnCreated event?

[Mira]

Hello Todd,

The ColumnCreated event is fired after the creation of auto-generated columns only.
That is way I recommend you use the ItemCreated event as Shinu suggested.

I hope this helps.

Kind regards,
Mira
the Telerik team