How to Set Data Type of Column in WinForms GridGroupingControl?

Data type of a column

By default, the data type for each columns will be assigned directly from the Datasource. For example, if the DataTable is populated with the below data, the corresponding column will be integer column in WinForms GridGroupingControl.

C#

DataColumn datacolumn;
dc.DataType = typeof(int);

VB

Dim dc As DataxColumn 
dc.DataType = GetType(Integer)

But the data type for any column can be changed manually using CellValueType property.

C#

GridColumnDescriptor columndescriptor = new GridColumnDescriptor("Column_Name");            columndescriptor.Appearance.AnyCell.CellValueType = typeof(double); 

VB

Dim desc As New GridColumnDescriptor("Id")
desc.Appearance.AnyCell.CellValueType = GetType(Double) 

The screenshot below illustrates the datatype column in GridGroupingControl.

Samples:

C#: DataType_CS

VB: DataType_VB

Conclusion

I hope you enjoyed learning on how to set data type of a column in GridGroupingControl.

You can refer to the WinForms GridGroupingControl feature tour page to know about its other groundbreaking feature representations and WinForms GridGroupingControl documentation, and how to quickly get started for configuration specifications. You can also explore our WinForms GridGroupingControl example to understand how to create and manipulate data.

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