using a name instead of a index in ColumnGroups

[Joe]

 The following code works:

 view.ColumnGroups.Add(new GridViewColumnGroup("AutoPOD"));
            view.ColumnGroups.Add(new GridViewColumnGroup("Addresses"));
            view.ColumnGroups[0].Rows.Add(new GridViewColumnGroupRow());
            view.ColumnGroups[0].Rows.Add(new GridViewColumnGroupRow());
            view.ColumnGroups[1].Rows.Add(new GridViewColumnGroupRow());
            view.ColumnGroups[1].Rows.Add(new GridViewColumnGroupRow());
           

 Is there a way to replace it with something like this, short of using variables:

 view.ColumnGroups.Add(new GridViewColumnGroup("AutoPOD"));
            view.ColumnGroups.Add(new GridViewColumnGroup("Addresses"));
            view.ColumnGroups["autoPOD"].Rows.Add(new GridViewColumnGroupRow());
            view.ColumnGroups[0].Rows.Add(new GridViewColumnGroupRow());
            view.ColumnGroups["Addresses"].Rows.Add(new GridViewColumnGroupRow());
            view.ColumnGroups[1].Rows.Add(new GridViewColumnGroupRow());

We have a lot of groups and having the name right there would help code readability a lot.

 

Thanks,

 

Joe

[Stefan]

Hi Joe,

Thank you for writing.

The GridViewColumnGroup constructor has an overload, where it accepts specifying the group Name as :

view.ColumnGroups.Add(new GridViewColumnGroup("groupText", "groupName"));

once the Name is specified, then you can use the indexer and access the group by name:

view.ColumnGroups["groupName"]

I hope that you find this information useful. Should you have any other questions, do not hesitate to contact us.

Regards,
Stefan
Telerik

[Mahmoud]

Hi Joe ,

Use this code

 

Telerik.WinControls.UI.ColumnGroupsViewDefinition view = new Telerik.WinControls.UI.ColumnGroupsViewDefinition();

view.ColumnGroups.Add(new Telerik.WinControls.UI.GridViewColumnGroup("AutoPOD", "AutoPOD"));
view.ColumnGroups.Add(new Telerik.WinControls.UI.GridViewColumnGroup("Addresses", "Addresses"));
view.ColumnGroups["AutoPOD"].Rows.Add(new Telerik.WinControls.UI.GridViewColumnGroupRow());
view.ColumnGroups["AutoPOD"].Rows.Add(new Telerik.WinControls.UI.GridViewColumnGroupRow());
view.ColumnGroups["Addresses"].Rows.Add(new Telerik.WinControls.UI.GridViewColumnGroupRow());
view.ColumnGroups["Addresses"].Rows.Add(new Telerik.WinControls.UI.GridViewColumnGroupRow());

[Joe]

Thanks Mahmoud -- 

That should do it, I appreciate it!

 

--Joe

[Joe]

Thank you Stefan --

 Did I miss this in the online documentation?  

I did search / read it before posting.

I should have used intelisense in VS better (I stopped after looking at the view.ColumnGroups.Add -- after you add the (new GridViewColumnGroup it shows the available overloads), it would have saved me some time.

 Thank you,

Joe

[Stefan]

Hello,

The constructor is available in the reference of the documentation as well: http://docs.telerik.com/devtools/winforms/api/html/M_Telerik_WinControls_UI_GridViewColumnGroup__ctor_2.htm

I am glad this works for you.

Regards,
Stefan
Telerik