</ iframe > </noscript> <!-- End Google Tag Manager (noscript) --> <div id="BeforeHeaderContent"> </div> <div id="HeaderContent"> <div id="ProjectTitle">ComponentOne True DBGrid Pro 8</div> <div id="PageTitle"><div id="PageTitleText">Automatic layouts</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="thebasics.html">The Basics</a> > <a href="choosingacolumnlayout.html">Choosing a Column Layout</a> > Automatic layouts</td></tr></table></div> <div id="BodyContent"> <p>If you do not define a column layout at design time, True DBGrid will automatically create one based upon the database used when you run your program. All fields from the Data control's <strong>Recordset</strong> will be displayed, using the field names for column captions. At run time, you can perform database actions that may alter the layout needed to display the data. For example, you may change the <strong>DatabaseName</strong>, <strong>RecordSource</strong>, or <strong>Recordset</strong> properties of the Data control, resulting in a different <strong>Recordset</strong>. When the new <strong>Recordset</strong> is created the grid will automatically sense the new column layout and reconfigure. This mode is the most automatic and is quite useful for most applications. You can cancel the grid's automatic layout behavior by invoking the grid's <a href="http://helpcentral.componentone.com/nethelp/truedbgrid8/#!holdfieldsmethod.htm" target="_self">HoldFields</a> method in code.</p> <a name="seealsobookmark"></a> </div> <div id="FooterContent"> <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. 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> <a target="_blank" href="http://our.componentone.com/groups/">Product Support Forum</a> | <a target="_blank" href="http://feedback.componentone.com/forums/255792-activex-documentation">Documentation Feedback</a> </div> </body> </html>