BaseView.PopulateColumns() Method

Creates grid columns/card fields for fields in the View’s bound data source.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraGrid.Views.Base

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraGrid.v24.1.dll

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

Declaration

C#

public abstract void PopulateColumns()

VB.NET

Public MustOverride Sub PopulateColumns

Remarks

This method is overridden in BaseView descendants to perform required actions. See ColumnView.PopulateColumns to learn more.

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

winforms-grid-data-annotation-attributes/CS/GridDataAttributes/Form1.cs#L22

void gridControl1_DataSourceChanged(object sender, EventArgs e) {
    gridControl1.MainView.PopulateColumns();
    (gridControl1.MainView as GridView).BestFitColumns();

XPO_how-to-load-unique-distinct-data-via-xpo-e1001/CS/Distinct/Form1.cs#L172

public void RefreshColumns() {
    gridControl1.MainView.PopulateColumns();
    gridView1.Columns[0].Summary.Add(DevExpress.Data.SummaryItemType.Count);

VB.NET

winforms-grid-data-annotation-attributes/VB/GridDataAttributes/Form1.vb#L19

Private Sub gridControl1_DataSourceChanged(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
    gridControl1.MainView.PopulateColumns()
    TryCast(gridControl1.MainView, GridView).BestFitColumns()

XPO_how-to-load-unique-distinct-data-via-xpo-e1001/VB/Distinct/Form1.vb#L167

Public Sub RefreshColumns()
    gridControl1.MainView.PopulateColumns()
    gridView1.Columns(0).Summary.Add(DevExpress.Data.SummaryItemType.Count)