DataColumn.Caption Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Data

Assemblies:

netstandard.dll, System.Data.Common.dll

Source:

DataColumn.cs

Gets or sets the caption for the column.

C#

public string Caption { get; set; }

Property Value

String

The caption of the column. If not set, returns the ColumnName value.

Examples

The following example creates a new DataTable. It then adds three DataColumn objects to a DataColumnCollection and sets the Caption property for each DataColumn.

C#

private void CreateDataTable()
{
   DataTable table;
   DataColumn column;

   table = new DataTable("Customers");

   //CustomerID column
   column = table.Columns.Add("CustomerID",
       System.Type.GetType("System.Int32"));
   column.Unique = true;
    
   //CustomerName column
   column = table.Columns.Add("CustomerName",
       System.Type.GetType("System.String"));
   column.Caption = "Name";

   //CreditLimit
   column = table.Columns.Add("CreditLimit",
       System.Type.GetType("System.Double"));
   column.DefaultValue = 0;
   column.Caption = "Limit";

   table.Rows.Add(new object[] {1, "Jonathan", 23.44});
   table.Rows.Add(new object[] {2, "Bill", 56.87});
}

Remarks

You can use the Caption property to display a descriptive or friendly name for a DataColumn.

Applies to

See also

• ColumnName
• Using DataSets in ADO.NET