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How to: Summarize Empty Cells

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The following example demonstrates how to use custom summaries to count the total number of empty cells in the specified grid column.

Note

A complete sample project is available at https://github.com/DevExpress-Examples/how-to-summarize-empty-cells-e948.

<Window x:Class="CustomSummary_EmptyCells.Window1"
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
    xmlns:dx="http://schemas.devexpress.com/winfx/2008/xaml/core"
    xmlns:dxg="http://schemas.devexpress.com/winfx/2008/xaml/grid"
    Title="Window1" Height="350" Width="450" >
    <Grid>
        <dxg:GridControl x:Name="grid" CustomSummary="grid_CustomSummary" GroupCount="1">
            <dxg:GridControl.SortInfo>
                <dxg:GridSortInfo FieldName="Text" />
            </dxg:GridControl.SortInfo>
            <dxg:GridControl.Columns>
                <dxg:GridColumn FieldName="Text" />
                <dxg:GridColumn FieldName="Number" />
            </dxg:GridControl.Columns>
            <dxg:GridControl.View>
                <dxg:TableView x:Name="view" AutoWidth="True" 
                                    NavigationStyle="Cell" ShowTotalSummary="True"/>
            </dxg:GridControl.View>
            <dxg:GridControl.TotalSummary>
                <dxg:GridSummaryItem FieldName="Number" SummaryType="Custom" 
                                    DisplayFormat="Total empty cells count: {0}"/>
            </dxg:GridControl.TotalSummary>
            <dxg:GridControl.GroupSummary>
                <dxg:GridSummaryItem FieldName="Number" SummaryType="Custom" 
                                    DisplayFormat="Group empty cells count: {0}"/>
            </dxg:GridControl.GroupSummary>
        </dxg:GridControl>
    </Grid>
</Window>