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DataGridColumn Class

Serves as the base class for the different column types of the DataGrid control.

Namespace:  System.Web.UI.WebControls
Assembly:  System.Web (in System.Web.dll)
[TypeConverterAttribute(typeof(ExpandableObjectConverter))]
public abstract class DataGridColumn : IStateManager

The DataGridColumn type exposes the following members.

  Name Description
Protected method DataGridColumn Initializes a new instance of the DataGridColumn class.
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  Name Description
Protected property DesignMode Gets a value that indicates whether the column is in design mode.
Public property FooterStyle Gets the style properties for the footer section of the column.
Public property FooterText Gets or sets the text displayed in the footer section of the column.
Public property HeaderImageUrl Gets or sets the location of an image to display in the header section of the column.
Public property HeaderStyle Gets the style properties for the header section of the column.
Public property HeaderText Gets or sets the text displayed in the header section of the column.
Protected property IsTrackingViewState Gets a value that determines whether the DataGridColumn object is marked to save its state.
Public property ItemStyle Gets the style properties for the item cells of the column.
Protected property Owner Gets the DataGrid control that the column is a member of.
Public property SortExpression Gets or sets the name of the field or expression to pass to the OnSortCommand method when a column is selected for sorting.
Protected property ViewState Gets the System.Web.UI.StateBag object that allows a column derived from the DataGridColumn class to store its properties.
Public property Visible Gets or sets a value that indicates whether the column is visible in the DataGrid control.
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  Name Description
Public method Equals(Object) Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected method Finalize Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method GetHashCode Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method GetType Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method Initialize Provides the base implementation to reset a column derived from the DataGridColumn class to its initial state.
Public method InitializeCell Provides the base implementation to reset the specified cell from a column derived from the DataGridColumn class to its initial state.
Protected method LoadViewState Loads the state of the DataGridColumn object.
Protected method MemberwiseClone Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected method OnColumnChanged Calls the DataGridDesigner.OnColumnsChanged method.
Protected method SaveViewState Saves the current state of the DataGridColumn object.
Public method ToString Returns the string representation of the column. (Overrides Object.ToString().)
Protected method TrackViewState Causes tracking of view-state changes to the server control so they can be stored in the server control's System.Web.UI.StateBag object.
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  Name Description
Explicit interface implemetation Private property IStateManager.IsTrackingViewState Infrastructure. Gets a value that indicates whether the column is tracking view state changes.
Explicit interface implemetation Private method IStateManager.LoadViewState Infrastructure. Loads previously saved state.
Explicit interface implemetation Private method IStateManager.SaveViewState Infrastructure. Returns an object containing state changes.
Explicit interface implemetation Private method IStateManager.TrackViewState Infrastructure. Starts tracking state changes.
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The DataGridColumn class is the base class for all column types of the DataGrid control. It defines the properties and methods that are common to all column types. An instance of the DataGridColumn class is not created directly.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.
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