</ iframe > </noscript> <!-- End Google Tag Manager (noscript) --> <div id="BeforeHeaderContent"> </div> <div id="HeaderContent"> <!--DXMETADATA start type="Literal" condition="communityenabled" value="%%scrap:name=_COMMUNITY_RATING%%" --><!--DXMETADATA end --> <!--DXMETADATA start type="LogoImage" --><!--DXMETADATA end--> <div id="ProjectTitle"><!--DXMETADATA start type="ProjectTitle" -->Extended Library for WPF and Silverlight<!--DXMETADATA end--></div> <div id="PageTitle"><div id="PageTitleText"><!--DXMETADATA start type="ItemTitle" -->Generating Property Methods Automatically<!--DXMETADATA end--></div></div> </div> <div id="AfterHeaderContent"> <!-- Spacing --> <span id="ToggleAllSectionsLink" class="FunctionLink"> <label id="CollapseAllLabel"><!--DXMETADATA start type="Phrase" name="COLLAPSE_ALL" -->Collapse All<!--DXMETADATA end--></label> <label id="ExpandAllLabel" style="display: none;"><!--DXMETADATA start type="Phrase" name="EXPAND_ALL" -->Expand All<!--DXMETADATA end--></label> </span><!--DXMETADATA start type="Literal" condition="communityenabled" value="%%scrap:name=_COMMUNITY_DROPDOWN%%" --><!--DXMETADATA end --> </div> <!--DXMETADATA start type="Breadcrumbs" scrap="_BREADCRUMBS" --><div class="BreadcrumbsContainer"><table><tr><td> <a href="PropertyGrid.html">PropertyGrid</a> > <a href="PropertyGridFeatures.html">PropertyGrid Features</a> > Generating Property Methods Automatically</td></tr></table></div><!--DXMETADATA end --> <div id="BodyContent"> <!--DXMETADATA start type="TopicSection" name="BodyText"--><p>By default when you set the <a href="C1.WPF.Extended.4~C1.WPF.Extended.C1PropertyGrid~SelectedObject.html">C1PropertyGrid.SelectedObject</a> property to bind to an object, the members listed in the <a href="C1.WPF.Extended.4~C1.WPF.Extended.C1PropertyGrid.html">C1PropertyGrid</a> control will be automatically generated. This is because the <a href="C1.WPF.Extended.4~C1.WPF.Extended.C1PropertyGrid~AutoGenerateProperties.html">C1PropertyGrid.AutoGenerateProperties</a> property is set to <b>True</b> by default. You can set the <span class="LinkProperty"><strong>SelectedObject</strong></span> property to <b>False</b> if you do not want properties to be automatically generated. You might do so, for example, if you want only a few properties to be editable or you want to customize the way properties appear in the <span class="LinkClass"><strong>C1PropertyGrid</strong></span> window.</p> <p>While properties are visible by default, however, methods are not. By default the <span class="LinkProperty"><strong>AutoGenerateMethods</strong></span> property is set to <b>False</b> and methods are not automatically displayed. If you choose, you can automatically generate methods by setting the <span class="LinkProperty"><strong>AutoGenerateMethods</strong></span> property to <b>True</b>.</p> <p><strong>Sorting Members in C1PropertyGrid</strong></p> <p>By default properties and methods are listed alphabetically in the <span class="LinkClass"><strong>C1PropertyGrid</strong></span> control, similar to the <b>Alphabetic</b> view in the Visual Studio Properties window. However, you can customize the way members are listed by setting the <a href="C1.WPF.Extended.4~C1.WPF.Extended.C1PropertyGrid~PropertySort.html">C1PropertyGrid.PropertySort</a> property. The <span class="LinkClass"><strong>C1PropertyGrid</strong></span> control can sort the properties in any of the following ways:</p> <ul> <li><strong>Alphabetical:</strong> the properties are sorted in an alphabetical list. This is the default setting and appears similar to the Alphabetic view in the Visual Studio Properties window</li> <li><strong>Categorized:</strong> the categories are displayed in an alphabetical list, the properties in each category are displayed in no particular order (the order in which are retrieved from the <strong>SelectedObject</strong>).</li> <li><strong>CategorizedAlphabetical:</strong> the categories are displayed in an alphabetical list; the properties in each category are displayed in alphabetical order. This appears similar to the Categorized view in the Visual Studio Properties window.</li> <li><strong>CategorizedCustom:</strong> the categories are displayed in an alphabetical list; the properties inside each category are displayed in a custom order defined by the user using the <strong>Display.Order</strong> attribute.</li> <li><strong>Custom:</strong> the properties are displayed in custom order defined by the user using the <strong>Display.Order</strong> attribute.</li> <li><strong>NoSort:</strong> properties are displayed in the order in which they are retrieved from the <strong>SelectedObject</strong>.</li> </ul> <p class="MsoBodyText"> </p> <p class="MsoBodyText">Set the <span class="LinkProperty"><strong>C1PropertyGrid.PropertySort</strong></span> property to one of the above options to customize the way the property grid is sorted.</p><!--DXMETADATA end--> <a name="seealsobookmark"></a> <!--DXMETADATA start type="FilteredItemList" scrap="CATEGORISED_LINKS" namespace="linkcategory" source="Item" filter="" NoHeader="True" NoFooter="True" format="%%replaceinquotes:value=false%%%%scrap:name=_COLLAPSIBLE_HEADER,idprefix=seealso,caption=""%%phrase:name=SeeAlso%%%%designlist:tagidentifier=seealso,itemtype=See Also%%""%%%%filtereditemlist%%</div>"--><!--DXMETADATA end--> </div> <div id="FooterContent"> <!--DXMETADATA start type="Scrap" condition="communityenabled" name="_COMMUNITY_FOOTER" --><!--DXMETADATA end --> <!--DXMETADATA start type="Variable" name="CopyrightNotice" format="<p> </p><p> </p><hr style=""height: 1px"" /><p>%%variable%%</p>" --><p> </p><p> </p><hr style="height: 1px"><p>Copyright (c) <script type="text/javascript"> var theDate=new Date() document.write(theDate.getFullYear()) </script> GrapeCity, inc. 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