Re: DataGrid [Attribute] ???

From: Manohar Kamath (mkamath_at_TAKETHISOUTkamath.com)
Date: 12/24/04

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    Why not use a DataGridTableStyle? 

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Manohar Kamath
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"Bret Pehrson" <bret@classicade.com> wrote in message
news:41C88A51.928DC825@classicade.com...
> Question/issue:
>
> I'm using a custom data source for my (WinForms) datagrid:
>
> public class MyDataSource : IList
> {
>   public void AddRow(string firstName, string lastName);
>   // ...
> }
>
> each row is a:
>
> public class MyDataRow
> {
>   public string FirstName
>   {
>     get { return firstName; }
>   }
>   private string firstName;
>   //...
> }
>
> Then:
>
>   MyDataSource data = new MyDataSource();
>   data.AddRow("Bret", "Pehrson");
>   //...
>
>   grid.DataSource = data;
>
>
> Now, everything displays fine in the DataGrid.  I'm not using any designer
or
> other parameters to set up the columns, just letting the data source and
grid
> figure that out.  The only problem that I have is that I want the DataGrid
to
> display "First name" as the column header and not "FirstName" as is
currently
> happening.
>
> What I'd hope would be possible is some attribute on the FirstName
property
> that would specify the column name, something like
>
>   [HeaderText("First name")]
>   public string FirstName
>   {
>     get { return firstName; }
>   }
>
> Is there such a beast?  I've looked and looked, and can't find anything.
I
> want all of this to be done in the code for the MyDataRow/MyDataSource
class.
>
> Thanks
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