</ 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" -->DataGrid for WPF and Silverlight<!--DXMETADATA end--></div> <div id="PageTitle"><div id="PageTitleText"><!--DXMETADATA start type="ItemTitle" -->Main Concepts and Properties<!--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 --> <!--DXMETADATA start type="IsWebOutputRootPageLinkEnabled" format="<a href='#' class='PageLink' id='viewInFrameLink' title='$$VIEW_WITH_NAVIGATION_TOOLS_TIP$$' style='display: none' data-root-page='%%WebOutputRootPage%%%%OutputFileExtension%%' target='_top'>$$VIEW_WITH_NAVIGATION_TOOLS_TEXT$$</a>" --><!--DXMETADATA end--> </div> <!--DXMETADATA start type="Breadcrumbs" scrap="_BREADCRUMBS" --><div class="BreadcrumbsContainer"><table><tr><td> <a href="DataGrid-for-WPF-Silverlight-Overview.html">DataGrid for WPF and Silverlight Overview</a> > Main Concepts and Properties</td></tr></table></div><!--DXMETADATA end --> <div id="BodyContent"> <!--DXMETADATA start type="TopicSection" name="BodyText"--><p>In order to use the <a href="C1.WPF.DataGrid.4~C1.WPF.DataGrid.C1DataGrid.html">C1DataGrid</a> to create an application that enables you to read and write to most databases it is useful to understand how the main properties map into datagrid elements.</p> <p>The steps involved in displaying and editing the datagrid are:</p> <ol> <li> <div> You can automatically generate the column's headers in the grid by either binding the grid by setting the ItemsSource property to an IEnumberable implementation or by using the <strong>DataGridColumn Collection Editor</strong>. </div> </li> <li> <div> Once the data is set for the grid you can determine whether or not you want to generate the columns automatically or configure the columns explicitly. Set the <a href="C1.WPF.DataGrid.4~C1.WPF.DataGrid.C1DataGrid~AutoGenerateColumns.html">AutoGenerateColumns</a> property to False to configure the columns explicitly or True to generate the columns automatically. </div> </li> <li> <div> You can then edit (delete, rearrange, and add) the datagrid's columns. For more information see <a href="RunTimeInteration.html">Run-time Interaction</a>. </div> </li> </ol><!--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 © <script type="text/javascript"> var theDate=new Date() document.write(theDate.getFullYear()) </script> GrapeCity, inc. All rights reserved. <script> $(document).ready(function() { if (!(window.self !== window.top)) { // Not running in a frameset // Get the page name var pageName = location.href.substring(location.href.lastIndexOf("/") + 1); if (pageName.indexOf("#") != -1) { pageName = pageName.substring(0, pageName.indexOf("#")); } // Append to webframe.html var framePage = "webframe.html#" + pageName; location.href = framePage; } }); </script></p><!--DXMETADATA end --> <!--DXMETADATA start type="Variable" name="FeedbackLink" format="" --><a target="_blank" href="http://our.componentone.com/groups/">Product Support Forum</a> | <a target="_blank" href="http://feedback.componentone.com/forums/272000-wpf-and-silverlight-documentation">Documentation Feedback</a><!--DXMETADATA end--> </div> </body> </html>