DataGridViewColumnCollection.Remove Method
Definition
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Removes a column from the collection.
Overloads
| Remove(String) |
Removes the column with the specified name from the collection. |
| Remove(DataGridViewColumn) |
Removes the specified column from the collection. |
Remove(String)
Removes the column with the specified name from the collection.
public:
virtual void Remove(System::String ^ columnName);public virtual void Remove (string columnName);abstract member Remove : string -> unit
override this.Remove : string -> unitPublic Overridable Sub Remove (columnName As String)Parameters
- columnName
- String
The name of the column to delete.
Exceptions
columnName does not match the name of any column in the collection.
columnName is null.
The associated DataGridView control is performing one of the following actions that temporarily prevents new columns from being added:
Selecting all cells in the control.
Clearing the selection.
Updating column DisplayIndex property values.
-or-
This method is being called from a handler for one of the following DataGridView events:
Examples
The following code example illustrates the use of this method. For more information, see How to: Remove Autogenerated Columns from a Windows Forms DataGridView Control.
private void BindDataAndInitializeColumns()
{
dataGridView1.AutoGenerateColumns = true;
dataGridView1.DataSource = customersDataSet;
dataGridView1.Columns.Remove("Fax");
dataGridView1.Columns["CustomerID"].Visible = false;
}
Private Sub BindDataAndInitializeColumns()
With dataGridView1
.AutoGenerateColumns = True
.DataSource = customersDataSet
.Columns.Remove("Fax")
.Columns("CustomerID").Visible = False
End With
End Sub
Remarks
The name of a column is indicated by the DataGridViewColumn.Name property.
To remove a column that is automatically generated when binding to a data source, call this method in a DataGridView.DataBindingComplete event handler.
See also
Applies to
Remove(DataGridViewColumn)
Removes the specified column from the collection.
public:
virtual void Remove(System::Windows::Forms::DataGridViewColumn ^ dataGridViewColumn);public virtual void Remove (System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewColumn dataGridViewColumn);abstract member Remove : System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewColumn -> unit
override this.Remove : System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewColumn -> unitPublic Overridable Sub Remove (dataGridViewColumn As DataGridViewColumn)Parameters
- dataGridViewColumn
- DataGridViewColumn
The column to delete.
Exceptions
dataGridViewColumn is not in the collection.
dataGridViewColumn is null.
The associated DataGridView control is performing one of the following actions that temporarily prevents new columns from being added:
Selecting all cells in the control.
Clearing the selection.
Updating column DisplayIndex property values.
-or-
This method is being called from a handler for one of the following DataGridView events:
Remarks
To remove a column that is automatically generated when binding to a data source, call this method in a DataGridView.DataBindingComplete event handler.
