This documentation is archived and is not being maintained.

BoundField::HeaderText Property

Gets or sets the text that is displayed in the header of a data control.

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

public:
virtual property String^ HeaderText {
	String^ get () override;
	void set (String^ value) override;
}

Property Value

Type: System::String
The text displayed in the header of a data control. The default value is an empty string ("").

Use the HeaderText property to identify a field in a data control with a friendly name. The most common application of the HeaderText property is to provide meaningful column names to data-bound fields in a GridView or DetailsView control.

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
Show: