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 DisplayMemberBinding Property
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Microsoft Visual Studio 2008/.NET Framework 3.5

Other versions are also available for the following:
.NET Framework Class Library
GridViewColumn..::.DisplayMemberBinding Property

Gets or sets the data item to bind to for this column.

Namespace:  System.Windows.Controls
Assembly:  PresentationFramework (in PresentationFramework.dll)
Visual Basic (Declaration)
Public Property DisplayMemberBinding As BindingBase
Visual Basic (Usage)
Dim instance As GridViewColumn
Dim value As BindingBase

value = instance.DisplayMemberBinding

instance.DisplayMemberBinding = value
C#
public BindingBase DisplayMemberBinding { get; set; }
Visual C++
public:
property BindingBase^ DisplayMemberBinding {
    BindingBase^ get ();
    void set (BindingBase^ value);
}
JScript
public function get DisplayMemberBinding () : BindingBase
public function set DisplayMemberBinding (value : BindingBase)
XAML
For XAML information, see the BindingBase type.

Property Value

Type: System.Windows.Data..::.BindingBase
The specified data item type that displays in the column. The default is nullNothingnullptra null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).

The DisplayMemberBinding property associates a type of data from a data source to a column so that the column displays a set of values of that type. Examples of data source objects include XmlDataProvider objects and ObjectDataProvider objects.

The following properties are all used to define the content and style of a column cell, and are listed here in their order of precedence, from highest to lowest:

The following example shows how to set the DisplayMemberBinding property. For the complete sample, see ListView That Uses a GridView Sample.

C#
GridViewColumn gvc1 = new GridViewColumn();
gvc1.DisplayMemberBinding = new Binding("FirstName");
gvc1.Header = "FirstName";
gvc1.Width = 100;
XAML
<GridViewColumn DisplayMemberBinding=
                    "{Binding Path=FirstName}" 
                Header="First Name" Width="100"/>

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003

The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0
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