RetrieveFieldsParameters.ColumnCount Property

Gets or sets the number of columns in the layout that will be generated.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraDataLayout

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraLayout.v24.1.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Win.Navigation

Declaration

C#

public int ColumnCount { get; set; }

VB.NET

Public Property ColumnCount As Integer

Property Value

Type	Description
Int32	An integer value that specifies the number of columns in the layout that will be generated.

Remarks

Setting the ColumnCount property to a value greater than the number of public fields in the underlying data source is not in effect.

Consider a sample business object to which a Data Layout Control is bound.

C#

public class Address {
    public string City { get; set; }
    public string Country { get; set; }
    public string Phone { get; set; }
}

A call to the DataLayoutControl.RetrieveFields method with the ColumnCount parameter set to 2 generates the following layout:

If the ColumnCount parameter is set to 3, the layout is generated as follows: