How to show the summary value of a summary row in caption row in WinForms GridGroupingControl?
Summaries
In order to show the summary value in group caption in WinForms GridGroupingControl, customize the caption text format with name of GridSummaryRowDescriptor and name of GridSummaryColumnDescriptor.
C#
//To add summary. GridSummaryColumnDescriptor summaryColumnDescriptor = new GridSummaryColumnDescriptor(); summaryColumnDescriptor.Name = "Category"; summaryColumnDescriptor.DataMember = "CategoryID"; summaryColumnDescriptor.Format = "{Average:#.00}"; summaryColumnDescriptor.SummaryType = SummaryType.DoubleAggregate; GridSummaryRowDescriptor summaryRowDescriptor = new GridSummaryRowDescriptor(); summaryRowDescriptor.Name = "Average of CategoryID column"; summaryRowDescriptor.SummaryColumns.Add(summaryColumnDescriptor); gridGroupingControl1.TableDescriptor.SummaryRows.Add(summaryRowDescriptor); this.gridGroupingControl1.TopLevelGroupOptions.ShowSummaries = false; //To retrieve summaryrow name. string summaryRowName = summaryRowDescriptor.Name; //To retrieve summarycolumn name. string summaryColumnName = summaryColumnDescriptor.Name; //Setting caption text. this.gridGroupingControl1.ChildGroupOptions.CaptionText = "{Category} {RecordCount} Items at Average {" + summaryRowName + "." + summaryColumnName + "}" ;
VB
'To add summary. Dim summaryColumnDesecriptor As New GridSummaryColumnDescriptor() summaryColumnDesecriptor.Name = "Category" summaryColumnDesecriptor.DataMember = "CategoryID" summaryColumnDesecriptor.Format = "{Average:#.00}" summaryColumnDesecriptor.SummaryType = SummaryType.DoubleAggregate Dim summaryRowDescriptor As New GridSummaryRowDescriptor() summaryRowDescriptor .Name = "Summary Row" summaryRowDescriptor .SummaryColumns.Add(summaryColumnDescriptor) gridGroupingControl1.TableDescriptor.SummaryRows.Add(summaryRowDescriptor) Me.gridGroupingControl1.TopLevelGroupOptions.ShowSummaries = False 'To retrieve summaryrow name. Dim summaryRowName As String = summaryRowDescriptor.Name 'To retrieve summarycolumn name. Dim summaryColumnName As String = summaryColumnDescriptor.Name 'Setting caption text. Me.gridGroupingControl1.ChildGroupOptions.CaptionText = "{Category} {RecordCount} Items at Average {" & summaryRowName & "." & summaryColumnName & "}"
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C#: Retrieving SummaryValue_CS
VB: Retrieving SummaryValue_VB
Reference link: https://help.syncfusion.com/windowsforms/gridgrouping/summaries
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