Databinding with a custom object to datagridview - Column Header Text

Question

I have an list of objects (PrintJob) that I bind to a DataGridView. Here is a cut down version of the PrintJob object (Don't want to bore you completely!!):

public class PrintJob 
{
        private long pagesToPrint;
        public long PagesToPrint
        {
            get { return pagesToPrint; }
        }

        private long recipientRef;
        public long RecipientRef
        {
            get { return recipientRef; }
            set { recipientRef = value; }
        }
}

and I make a list of these objects and bind to the dataGridView like so:

dataGridView1.DataSource = uiModel.GetPrintJobs();

all good so far?

Everything displays fine expcept the Column Headers - which show the exact same as the Propery name in my object i.e. "PagesToPrint" appears in column header, where ideally, I would want it to display "Pages To Print" in the header text.

How do I get the Column Header text to show something a bit more readable - I guess based on the property name.

Cheers.

Marc Gravell · Accepted Answer · 2009-06-11 09:47:02Z

7

 [DisplayName("Pages to print")]
 public long PagesToPrint {...}

etc (with using System.ComponentModel; at the top of the code file)

answered Jun 11, 2009 at 9:47

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Vidar Over a year ago

Can you also preset column widths and stuff like that with attributes?

Marc Gravell Over a year ago

No, you can't. You can control some things like the type-converter (used to render and parse the value), but that is about it.

Vidar Over a year ago

(Sorry last question) Would I be able to bind to columns I have already set up using the designer?

Marc Gravell Over a year ago

I don't fully understand the question; but if the designer has already added the columns, no the [DisplayName] won't be used. If you use AutoGenerateColumns they will be (and I believe new designer uses will pick up the [DisplayName]). But it isn't hard to automate if you want a method you can run against a DataGridView to fix the column headers (let me know if you need this - I'd guess 10 lines).

Vidar Over a year ago

Hi - sorry just come back from hols in Italy. What I meant - is I have set up columns in an order and format I like using the VS Forms Designer. I just wondered if you could bind to these manually created columns - I'm guessing you would have to make use of the ColumnAdded event for the dataGridView and do some jiggery pokery - not sure whether all this negates the benefits of data binding in the first place ??? Cheers.

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woany · Accepted Answer · 2009-08-20 23:15:32Z

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Yes you can use the designer with a bound data source. Just set the "DataPropertyName" property value of each column in the designer.

For example...for column 1 the "DataPropertyName" property value would be "PagesToPrint", whilst the "HeaderText" property would be the actual text ("Pages to Print"?) you want displayed as the column header.

answered Aug 20, 2009 at 23:15

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