How to programatically sort the columns in GridGroupingControl?

To sort the columns programatically in GridGroupingControl the particular column should be added into the collection of SortedColumns. Please refer the below code snippet which illustrates this:

C#

//Including the direction of sorting

this.GridGroupingControl1.TableDescriptor.SortedColumns.Add("CategoryID", System.ComponentModel.ListSortDirection.Descending);

//this.GridGroupingControl1.TableDescriptor.SortedColumns.Add("CategoryID");

VB

'Including the direction of sorting

Me.GridGroupingControl1.TableDescriptor.SortedColumns.Add("CategoryID",System.ComponentModel.ListSortDirection.Descending)

'Me.GridGroupingControl1.TableDescriptor.SortedColumns.Add("CategoryID")

Sample:

http://help.syncfusion.com/support/samples/kb/Grid.Web/6.1.0.34/GGCCodeSort/CodeSort.zip