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MetaTable::DisplayColumn Property

Gets the column that is used to display values when entries in this table are used as parents in foreign-key relationships.

Namespace:  System.Web.DynamicData
Assembly:  System.Web.DynamicData (in System.Web.DynamicData.dll)

public:
property MetaColumn^ DisplayColumn {
	MetaColumn^ get ();
}

Property Value

Type: System.Web.DynamicData::MetaColumn
The column that is used to display values when entries in this table are used as parents in foreign-key relationships.

The column that is returned is selected in this order:

  1. The column that is specified by using the DisplayColumnAttribute attribute.

  2. The first string column that is not in the primary key.

  3. The first string column that is in the primary key.

  4. The first non-string column that is in the primary key.

  5. The first column.

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 SP1
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