DisplayName Property

Overview

Gets or sets an optional caption used for UI labels. When present, it can be displayed instead of ColumnName.

Namespace and Assembly

Namespace: PocoDataSet.Data
Assembly: PocoDataSet.Data.dll

Declaration

/// <summary>
/// Gets or sets display name
/// IColumnMetadata interface implementation
/// </summary>
public string? DisplayName
{
    get; set;
}

Usage Example

// 1. Create firstName column metadata
IColumnMetadata firstNameColumnMetadata = new ColumnMetadata();

// 2. Set column name to "First Name" for friendly label on forms and grids
firstNameColumnMetadata.DisplayName = "First Name";

 

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