Data binding to custom object in datagridview - column header text

Question

I have a list of objects (PrintJob) that I bind to a DataGridView. Here's a cut out version of the PrintJob object (don't want to annoy you completely !!):

public class PrintJob { private long pagesToPrint; public long PagesToPrint { get { return pagesToPrint; } } private long recipientRef; public long RecipientRef { get { return recipientRef; } set { recipientRef = value; } } } 

and I make a list of these objects and bind to the dataGridView as follows:

 dataGridView1.DataSource = uiModel.GetPrintJobs(); 

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is everything okay so far?

Everything displays the fine title of the column headings, which show the same thing as the property name in my object, that is, "PagesToPrint" appears in the column heading, where ideally I would like it to display "Pages for printing" in the heading text.

How do I get the text of the column heading to show something more readable - I think based on the name of the property.

Greetings.

Answer 1

  [DisplayName("Pages to print")] public long PagesToPrint {...} 

etc. (with using System.ComponentModel; at the top of the code file)

Answer 2

Yes, you can use a constructor with an associated data source. Just set the value of the DataPropertyName property for each column in the constructor.

For example, for column 1, the value of the "DataPropertyName" property will be "PagesToPrint", while the "HeaderText" property will be the actual text ("Pages to print"?) That you want to display as the column heading.