ColumnView.PopulateColumns(Type, PopulateColumnsParameters) Method

Generates columns for the custom code-first data source.

Namespace : DevExpress.XtraGrid.Views.Base

Assembly : DevExpress.XtraGrid.v25.2.dll

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

Declaration

C#
VB.NET

csharp

public virtual void PopulateColumns(
    Type elementType,
    PopulateColumnsParameters populateColumnsParameters = null
)

Public Overridable Sub PopulateColumns(
    elementType As Type,
    populateColumnsParameters As PopulateColumnsParameters = Nothing
)

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
elementType	Type

A Type of the code-first data source for which columns should be generated.

Optional Parameters

Name	Type	Default	Description
populateColumnsParameters	DevExpress.XtraGrid.Extensions.PopulateColumnsParameters	null

A PopulateColumnsParameters object that stores advanced column generation parameters.

Remarks

A code-first data source is a class that exposes public properties, each representing a related data source field. Using the PopulateColumns method overload, you can pass this class to generate a column layout for the target code-first source.