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AutoGeneratedFieldProperties::Name Property

Gets or sets the name of the AutoGeneratedField object.

Namespace:  System.Web.UI.WebControls
Assembly:  System.Web (in System.Web.dll)

public:
property String^ Name {
	String^ get ();
	void set (String^ value);
}

Property Value

Type: System::String
The name of the AutoGeneratedField object. The default is an empty string (""), which indicates that this property is not set.

Use the Name property to specify the name of the AutoGeneratedField object. The name is often the name of the field bound to the AutoGeneratedField object. The value of this property is also displayed in the header section of the AutoGeneratedField object in a DetailsView or a GridView control.

The following code example demonstrates how to use the Name property to determine the value with which to set the HeaderText property of an AutoGeneratedField object.

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Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98

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
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