Accessing Columns

• Dec 17, 2020
• 2 minutes to read

The ASPxCardView control stores its columns within the ASPxCardView.Columns collection.

Specify one of the following column characteristics to access an individual column with the CardViewColumnCollection.Item property:

• Index - The column’s index within the collection: the CollectionItem.Index property value.
• Name - The column’s unique identifier name: the WebColumnBase.Name property value.
• FieldName - The name of the column’s bound data source field: the CardViewColumn.FieldName property value.
• Caption - The column’s caption: the WebColumnBase.Caption property value.

Note

When you search for a column by column identifier, the search is prioritized as follows.

• 1) The Name property match;
• 2) The first FieldName property match;
• 3) The first Caption property match.

The following example uses different column characteristics to access columns.

C#

// To access a column, specify its unique identifier name - the column's Name property is set to 'MyColumn1'. 
CardViewColumn colMyColumn = CardView.Columns["MyColumn1"];

// To access a column, specify the name of the data source field to which the column is bound - the column's FieldName property is set to 'Department'. 
CardViewColumn colDepartment = CardView.Columns["Department"];

// To access a column, specify its caption - the column's Caption property is set to 'Primary Phone'.
CardViewColumn colPhone = CardView.Columns["Primary Phone"];

// To access a column, specify its index within the Columns collection. 
CardViewColumn colFirstColumn = CardView.Columns[0];

VB.NET

' To access a column, specify its unique identifier name - the column's Name property is set to 'MyColumn1'.
Dim colMyColumn As CardViewColumn = CardView.Columns("MyColumn1")

' To access a column, specify the name of the data source field to which the column is bound - the column's FieldName property is set to 'Department'.
Dim colDepartment As CardViewColumn = CardView.Columns("Department")

' To access a column, specify its caption - the column's Caption property is set to 'Primary Phone'.
Dim colPhone As CardViewColumn = CardView.Columns("Primary Phone")

' To access a column, specify its index within the Columns collection.
Dim colFirstColumn As CardViewColumn = CardView.Columns(0)

You can use the ASPxClientCardView.GetColumn, ASPxClientCardView.GetColumnByField or ASPxClientCardView.GetColumnById method to access client columns.