DataGridViewColumn.DataPropertyName Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Windows.Forms

Assembly:

System.Windows.Forms.dll

Source:

DataGridViewColumn.cs

Gets or sets the name of the data source property or database column to which the DataGridViewColumn is bound.

C#

[System.ComponentModel.Browsable(true)]
[System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter("System.Windows.Forms.Design.DataMemberFieldConverter, System.Design, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a")]
public string DataPropertyName { get; set; }

Property Value

String

The case-insensitive name of the property or database column associated with the DataGridViewColumn.

Attributes

BrowsableAttribute TypeConverterAttribute

Examples

The following code example shows how to choose what property each column will represent.

C#

public enum Title
{
    King,
    Sir
};

C#

private void EnumsAndComboBox_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
    // Populate the data source.
    bindingSource1.Add(new Knight(Title.King, "Uther", true));
    bindingSource1.Add(new Knight(Title.King, "Arthur", true));
    bindingSource1.Add(new Knight(Title.Sir, "Mordred", false));
    bindingSource1.Add(new Knight(Title.Sir, "Gawain", true));
    bindingSource1.Add(new Knight(Title.Sir, "Galahad", true));

    // Initialize the DataGridView.
    dataGridView1.AutoGenerateColumns = false;
    dataGridView1.AutoSize = true;
    dataGridView1.DataSource = bindingSource1;

    dataGridView1.Columns.Add(CreateComboBoxWithEnums());

    // Initialize and add a text box column.
    DataGridViewColumn column = new DataGridViewTextBoxColumn();
    column.DataPropertyName = "Name";
    column.Name = "Knight";
    dataGridView1.Columns.Add(column);

    // Initialize and add a check box column.
    column = new DataGridViewCheckBoxColumn();
    column.DataPropertyName = "GoodGuy";
    column.Name = "Good";
    dataGridView1.Columns.Add(column);

    // Initialize the form.
    this.Controls.Add(dataGridView1);
    this.AutoSize = true;
    this.Text = "DataGridView object binding demo";
}

DataGridViewComboBoxColumn CreateComboBoxWithEnums()
{
    DataGridViewComboBoxColumn combo = new DataGridViewComboBoxColumn();
    combo.DataSource = Enum.GetValues(typeof(Title));
    combo.DataPropertyName = "Title";
    combo.Name = "Title";
    return combo;
}
#region "business object"
private class Knight
{
    private string hisName;
    private bool good;
    private Title hisTitle;

    public Knight(Title title, string name, bool good)
    {
        hisTitle = title;
        hisName = name;
        this.good = good;
    }

    public Knight()
    {
        hisTitle = Title.Sir;
        hisName = "<enter name>";
        good = true;
    }

    public string Name
    {
        get
        {
            return hisName;
        }

        set
        {
            hisName = value;
        }
    }

    public bool GoodGuy
    {
        get
        {
            return good;
        }
        set
        {
            good = value;
        }
    }

    public Title Title
    {
        get
        {
            return hisTitle;
        }
        set
        {
            hisTitle = value;
        }
    }
}
#endregion

Remarks

When the AutoGenerateColumns property is set to true, each column automatically sets its DataPropertyName property to the name of a property or database column in the data source specified by the DataSource property. This binding can also be performed manually, which is useful when you want to display only a subset of the properties or database columns available in the data source. In such cases, set the AutoGenerateColumns property to false, and then manually add each DataGridViewColumn, setting the value of each DataPropertyName property to the properties or database columns in the data source that you want to display.

Applies to

See also

• DataGridView
• ColumnDataPropertyNameChanged