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GridColumnCollection.AddVisible(String, String) Method

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GridColumnCollection.AddVisible(String, String) Method

Adds a new column, binds it to the specified field, assigns the specified caption and makes this column visible.

Namespace : DevExpress.XtraGrid.Columns

Assembly : DevExpress.XtraGrid.v25.2.dll

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

Declaration

csharp
public GridColumn AddVisible(
    string fieldName,
    string caption
)
vb
Public Function AddVisible(
    fieldName As String,
    caption As String
) As GridColumn

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
fieldNameString

A string that specifies the name of the field to which to bind the created column. This value is assigned to the GridColumn.FieldName property.

| | caption | String |

A string that specifies the column’s display caption. This value is assigned to the GridColumn.Caption property.

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Returns

TypeDescription
GridColumn

The created GridColumn object.

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Remarks

The column created will be displayed after existing visible columns.

The following code snippet (auto-collected from DevExpress Examples) contains a reference to the AddVisible(String, String) method.

Note

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winforms-grid-create-populate-unbound-column/CS/WindowsApplication1/Form1.cs#L39

csharp
{
    GridColumn col = gridView1.Columns.AddVisible("Unbound", "Unbound column");
    col.UnboundType = DevExpress.Data.UnboundColumnType.String;

winforms-grid-create-populate-unbound-column/VB/WindowsApplication1/Form1.vb#L40

vb
Private Sub CreateUnboundColumn()
    Dim col As GridColumn = gridView1.Columns.AddVisible("Unbound", "Unbound column")
    col.UnboundType = DevExpress.Data.UnboundColumnType.String

See Also

Visible

VisibleIndex

Add

VisibleColumns

GridColumnCollection Class

GridColumnCollection Members

DevExpress.XtraGrid.Columns Namespace