Spread Windows Forms 6.0 Product Documentation
DataAutoSizeColumns Property
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FarPoint.Win.Spread Assembly > FarPoint.Win.Spread Namespace > SheetView Class : DataAutoSizeColumns Property


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Gets or sets whether a bound sheet automatically sizes its columns based on the data in the associated database fields.

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration) 
Public Property DataAutoSizeColumns As Boolean
Visual Basic (Usage)Copy Code
Dim instance As SheetView
Dim value As Boolean
 
instance.DataAutoSizeColumns = value
 
value = instance.DataAutoSizeColumns
C# 
public bool DataAutoSizeColumns {get; set;}

Property Value

Boolean: true if columns are sized automatically; false otherwise

Remarks

The width of the column is based on the data type of the field rather than the actual data in the column. Use GetPreferredColumnWidth to get the width of the widest text string in the column.

Example

This example sets whether the column size is automatically set based on the data in the database.
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string conStr = "Provider=Microsoft.JET.OLEDB.4.0;data source= " + Application.StartupPath + "\\Patients2000.mdb";
string sqlStr = "SELECT * FROM Patients"; 
System.Data.OleDb.OleDbConnection conn  = new System.Data.OleDb.OleDbConnection(conStr); 
DataSet ds = new DataSet(); 
System.Data.OleDb.OleDbDataAdapter da = new System.Data.OleDb.OleDbDataAdapter(sqlStr, conn);
fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.DataAutoSizeColumns = true; 
fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.DataMember = "Patients"; 
da.Fill(ds); 
fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.DataSource = ds;
Visual BasicCopy Code
Dim conStr As String = "Provider=Microsoft.JET.OLEDB.4.0;data source= " & Application.StartupPath & "\Patients2000.mdb"
Dim sqlStr As String = "SELECT * FROM Patients"
Dim conn As New System.Data.OleDb.OleDbConnection(conStr)
Dim ds As DataSet = New DataSet()
Dim da As New System.Data.OleDb.OleDbDataAdapter(sqlStr, conn)
FpSpread1.ActiveSheet.DataAutoSizeColumns = True
FpSpread1.ActiveSheet.DataMember = "Patients"
da.Fill(ds)
FpSpread1.ActiveSheet.DataSource = ds

Requirements

Target Platforms: Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

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