Xceed Toolkit Plus for WPF v5.0 Documentation
Xceed.Wpf.DataGrid Assembly / Xceed.Wpf.DataGrid Namespace / ColumnBase Class / FieldName Property


    FieldName Property (ColumnBase)
    Gets or sets the case-sensitive field name that uniquely identifies the column in a grid's column collection.
    Syntax
    'Declaration
     
    Public Property FieldName As String
     
    'Usage
     
    Dim instance As ColumnBase
    Dim value As String
     
    instance.FieldName = value
     
    value = instance.FieldName

    Property Value

    A string representing the field name that uniquely identifies the column in a grid's column collection. By default, a null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).
    Exceptions
    ExceptionDescription
    Thrown when a column's FieldName property is set after the column has been added to a grid's column collection.
    Remarks
    When sorting and/or grouping data items, the name of the property in the data item and the value of the FieldName property must be identical otherwise neither sorting nor grouping will work.
    Requirements

    Target Platforms: Windows 11, Windows 10, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

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