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GridColumnCollection.ColumnByName(String) Method

Returns a column specified by its name.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraGrid.Columns

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraGrid.v24.2.dll

NuGet Packages: DevExpress.Win.Grid, DevExpress.Win.Navigation

#Declaration

public virtual GridColumn ColumnByName(
    string columnName
)

#Parameters

Name Type Description
columnName String

A string value specifying the column’s name.

#Returns

Type Description
GridColumn

A GridColumn object representing the column with the specified name. null (Nothing in Visual Basic) if the collection doesn’t contain the column with the specified name.

#Remarks

This method traverses the column collection and checks whether the visited column’s GridColumn.Name property matches the parameter. If a match is found, the column is returned.

To find a column by the name of a corresponding data source field, use the ColumnByFieldName method.

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