Caption Property
.NET Framework Class Library
DataColumn..::.Caption Property

Gets or sets the caption for the column.

Namespace:  System.Data
Assembly:  System.Data (in System.Data.dll)
Visual Basic (Declaration)
Public Property Caption As String
Visual Basic (Usage)
Dim instance As DataColumn
Dim value As String

value = instance.Caption

instance.Caption = value
C#
public string Caption { get; set; }
Visual C++
public:
property String^ Caption {
    String^ get ();
    void set (String^ value);
}
JScript
public function get Caption () : String
public function set Caption (value : String)

Property Value

Type: System..::.String
The caption of the column. If not set, returns the ColumnName value.

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

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

Visual Basic
Private Sub CreateDataTable()
    Dim table As DataTable
    Dim column As DataColumn 

    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})
End Sub

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});
}

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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, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Compact Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 2.0, 1.0

XNA Framework

Supported in: 3.0, 2.0, 1.0
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ColumnName vs. Caption?      DelftRed   |   Edit   |   Show History
It would be useful to document the difference between the Caption and the ColumName, because it does not appear clear from this documentation. What is the difference?
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