</ 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">Choosing a Column Layout</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> > Choosing a Column Layout</td></tr></table></div> <div id="BodyContent"> <p>In a True DBGrid display, each column represents a single field of data. For each column, the grid needs to know the <i>field name</i> associated with the data, and optionally a heading to be displayed above the data column.</p> <p>True DBGrid gets information about field names and headings in one of three ways:</p> <ol> <li>Automatic layouts, derived at run time from the Data control's <strong>Recordset</strong>.</li> <li>Customized layouts, derived at design time from the Data control's <strong>Recordset</strong> and optionally tailored using the control's property pages.</li> <li>Run-time layouts, created or modified in code by manipulating the <a href="http://helpcentral.componentone.com/nethelp/truedbgrid8/#!columnobjectcolumnscollection.htm" target="_self">Columns</a> collection and its <a href="http://helpcentral.componentone.com/nethelp/truedbgrid8/#!columnobjectcolumnscollection.htm" target="_self">Column</a> object members.</li> </ol> <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="automaticlayouts.html">Automatic layouts</a></div> <div class="SeeAlsoLink"> <a href="customizedlayouts.html">Customized layouts</a></div> <div class="SeeAlsoLink"> <a href="runtimelayouts.html">Run-time layouts</a></div> <div class="SeeAlsoLink"> <a href="switchingbetweenlayouttypes.html">Switching between layout types</a></div> </div> </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>