</ iframe > </noscript> <!-- End Google Tag Manager (noscript) --> <div id="BeforeHeaderContent"> </div> <div id="HeaderContent"> <div id="ProjectTitle">True DBGrid for WinForms</div> <div id="PageTitle"><div id="PageTitleText">Creating an Unbound Grid</div></div> </div> <div id="AfterHeaderContent"> <!-- Spacing --> <span id="ToggleAllSectionsLink" class="FunctionLink"> <label id="CollapseAllLabel">Collapse All</label> <label id="ExpandAllLabel" style="display: none;">Expand All</label> </span> </div> <div class="BreadcrumbsContainer"><table><tr><td> <a href="databinding.html">Data Binding</a> > Creating an Unbound Grid</td></tr></table></div> <div id="BodyContent"> <p><b>True DBGrid for WinForms</b> can display data without being bound to a DataSource. Creating an unbound grid can be done in a few steps.</p> <p>To create an unbound grid, complete the following:</p> <ol> <li>Begin by creating your columns. This can be done either in the designer or in code. For more information on creating columns, see <a href="creatingunboundcolum.html">Creating Unbound Columns</a>. <p class="hs-toggler">To write code in Visual Basic</p> <div class="hs-toggler-container" style="DISPLAY: none"> <div class="FilteredContentVB" data-title="VB" data-itemid="VB"> <table class="SyntaxTable"> <tbody> <tr> <th>Visual Basic</th> <th> <div class="CopyCodeWrapper"> <span class="CopyCode">Copy Code</span> </div> </th> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"> <pre> Me.C1TrueDBGrid1.Columns.Add(New C1.Win.C1TrueDBGrid.C1DataColumn("FirstName", GetType(String))) Me.C1TrueDBGrid1.Columns.Add(New C1.Win.C1TrueDBGrid.C1DataColumn("LastName", GetType(String))) Me.C1TrueDBGrid1.Columns.Add(New C1.Win.C1TrueDbGrid.C1DataColumn("DateOfBirth", GetType(DateTime))) </pre> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> </div> <p class="hs-toggler">To write code in C#</p> <div class="hs-toggler-container" style="DISPLAY: none"> <div class="FilteredContentCS" data-title="CS" data-itemid="CS"> <table class="SyntaxTable"> <tbody> <tr> <th>C#</th> <th> <div class="CopyCodeWrapper"> <span class="CopyCode">Copy Code</span> </div> </th> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"> <pre> this.c1TrueDBGrid1.Columns.Add(new C1.Win.C1TrueDBGrid.C1DataColumn("FirstName",typeof(string))); this.c1TrueDBGrid1.Columns.Add(new C1.Win.C1TrueDBGrid.C1DataColumn("LateName",typeof(string))); this.c1TrueDBGrid1.Columns.Add(new C1.Win.C1TrueDBGrid.C1DataColumn("DateOfBirth",typeof(DateTime))); </pre> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> </div> </li> <li>Call the <a href="C1.Win.C1TrueDBGrid.4~C1.Win.C1TrueDBGrid.BaseGrid.Frame~SetDataBinding.html">SetDataBinding</a> method with no arguments. <p class="hs-toggler">To write code in Visual Basic</p> <div class="hs-toggler-container" style="DISPLAY: none"> <div class="FilteredContentVB" data-title="VB" data-itemid="VB"> <table class="SyntaxTable"> <tbody> <tr> <th>Visual Basic</th> <th> <div class="CopyCodeWrapper"> <span class="CopyCode">Copy Code</span> </div> </th> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"> <pre> Me.C1TrueDBGrid1.SetDataBinding() </pre> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> </div> <p class="hs-toggler">To write code in C#</p> <div class="hs-toggler-container" style="DISPLAY: none"> <div class="FilteredContentCS" data-title="CS" data-itemid="CS"> <table class="SyntaxTable"> <tbody> <tr> <th>C#</th> <th> <div class="CopyCodeWrapper"> <span class="CopyCode">Copy Code</span> </div> </th> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"> <pre> this.c1TrueDBGrid1.SetDataBinding(); </pre> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> </div> </li> <li>Use the <a href="C1.Win.C1TrueDBGrid.4~C1.Win.C1TrueDBGrid.C1TrueDBGrid~AddRow.html">AddRow</a> or <a href="C1.Win.C1TrueDBGrid.4~C1.Win.C1TrueDBGrid.C1TrueDBGrid~AddRows.html">AddRows</a> method to populate the grid. <p class="hs-toggler">To write code in Visual Basic</p> <div class="hs-toggler-container" style="DISPLAY: none"> <div class="FilteredContentVB" data-title="VB" data-itemid="VB"> <table class="SyntaxTable"> <tbody> <tr> <th>Visual Basic</th> <th> <div class="CopyCodeWrapper"> <span class="CopyCode">Copy Code</span> </div> </th> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"> <pre> Me.C1TrueDBGrid1.AddRow("John;Doe;11/29/1985") Me.C1TrueDBGrid1.AddRow("Jane;Doe;7/12/1980") Dim index As Integer = Me.C1TrueDBGrid1.AddRows(2) Dim i As Integer For i = index To 1 Me.C1TrueDBGrid1(i, "FirstName") = "Joe" Me.C1TrueDBGrid1(i, "LastName") = "Doe" Me.C1TrueDBGrid1(i, "DateOfBirth") = New DateTime(2000, 1, 15) Next i </pre> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> </div> <p class="hs-toggler">To write code in C#</p> <div class="hs-toggler-container" style="DISPLAY: none"> <div class="FilteredContentCS" data-title="CS" data-itemid="CS"> <table class="SyntaxTable"> <tbody> <tr> <th>C#</th> <th> <div class="CopyCodeWrapper"> <span class="CopyCode">Copy Code</span> </div> </th> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"> <pre> this.c1TrueDBGrid1.AddRow("John;Doe;11/29/1985"); this.c1TrueDBGrid1.AddRow("Jane;Doe;7/12/1980"); int index = this.c1TrueDBGrid1.AddRows(2); for(int i=index; i < 2; i++) { this.c1TrueDBGrid1[i,"FirstName"] = "Joe"; this.c1TrueDBGrid1[i, "LastName"] = "Doe"; this.c1TrueDBGrid1[i, "DateOfBirth"] = new DateTime(2000,1, 15); } </pre> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> </div> </li> </ol> <p>You have successfully created an unbound grid.</p> <a name="seealsobookmark"></a> <div class="SectionHeading" id="seealsoSectionHeading"><span class="SectionHeadingIcon"><!-- --></span><span class="SectionHeadingText">See Also</span></div><div id="seealsoSectionContent" class="SectionContent"><div class="SeeAlsoLink"> <a href="addingnewrowstoanunb.html">Adding New Rows to an Unbound Grid</a></div> </div> </div> <div id="FooterContent"> <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. 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