LookUpColumnInfoCollection.Add(LookUpColumnInfo) Method

Adds a new column to the current collection.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraEditors.Controls

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraEditors.v24.1.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Win.Navigation

Declaration

C#

public virtual int Add(
    LookUpColumnInfo column
)

VB.NET

Public Overridable Function Add(
    column As LookUpColumnInfo
) As Integer

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
column	LookUpColumnInfo	A column to add to the collection.

Returns

Type	Description
Int32	The position into which the new element was inserted.

Remarks

Use the Add method to add a new element to the collection. The column to add is passed as the column parameter. To add several columns at once, see the LookUpColumnInfoCollection.AddRange method.

Example

The following code adds two columns to the RepositoryItemLookUpEdit.Columns collection of a lookup editor. For each column we initialize its field, caption and width.

C#

using DevExpress.XtraEditors.Controls;
//...
lookUpEdit1.Properties.Columns.Add(new LookUpColumnInfo("ID", "No", 20));
lookUpEdit1.Properties.Columns.Add(new LookUpColumnInfo("Name", "Customer Name", 80));

VB.NET

Imports DevExpress.XtraEditors.Controls
' ...
LookUpEdit1.Properties.Columns.Add(New LookUpColumnInfo("ID", "No", 20))
LookUpEdit1.Properties.Columns.Add(New LookUpColumnInfo("Name", "Customer Name", 80))

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

winforms-lookup-show-custom-tooltips/CS/LookUpEditWithHints/Form1.cs#L31

LookUpColumnInfoCollection coll = lookUpEditHints1.Properties.Columns;
coll.Add(new LookUpColumnInfo("Customer"));
coll.Add(new LookUpColumnInfo("Description"));

winforms-grid-bind-lookup-column-to-entity-framework/CS/EntitiesLookupWithEditing/Form1.cs#L26

editor.DisplayMember = "CategoryName";
editor.Columns.Add(new DevExpress.XtraEditors.Controls.LookUpColumnInfo("CategoryName"));
column.ColumnEdit = editor;

winforms-scheduler-sync-google-event-colors-with-labels/CS/SchedulerGSync/SchedulerGSync/SyncOptionsForm.cs#L31

this.lookUpEdit1.Properties.Columns.Clear();
this.lookUpEdit1.Properties.Columns.Add(new DevExpress.XtraEditors.Controls.LookUpColumnInfo("Summary"));
this.lookUpEdit1.EditValue = CalendarId;

VB.NET

winforms-lookup-show-custom-tooltips/VB/LookUpEditWithHints/Form1.vb#L26

Dim coll As LookUpColumnInfoCollection = lookUpEditHints1.Properties.Columns
coll.Add(New LookUpColumnInfo("Customer"))
coll.Add(New LookUpColumnInfo("Description"))

winforms-grid-bind-lookup-column-to-entity-framework/VB/EntitiesLookupWithEditing/Form1.vb#L25

editor.DisplayMember = "CategoryName"
editor.Columns.Add(New DevExpress.XtraEditors.Controls.LookUpColumnInfo("CategoryName"))
column.ColumnEdit = editor

winforms-scheduler-sync-google-event-colors-with-labels/VB/SchedulerGSync/SchedulerGSync/SyncOptionsForm.vb#L34

Me.lookUpEdit1.Properties.Columns.Clear()
Me.lookUpEdit1.Properties.Columns.Add(New DevExpress.XtraEditors.Controls.LookUpColumnInfo("Summary"))
Me.lookUpEdit1.EditValue = CalendarId