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GroupColumnsCollection Class

A collection of Columns that belong to a specific group.
Syntax
'Declaration
 
Public Class GroupColumnsCollection 
   Inherits Infragistics.Shared.KeyedSubObjectsCollectionBase
public class GroupColumnsCollection : Infragistics.Shared.KeyedSubObjectsCollectionBase 
Example
Following code shows how to create groups in the UltraGrid. It creates two groups in the first band.

Imports Infragistics.Shared
Imports Infragistics.Win
Imports Infragistics.Win.UltraWinGrid

  Private Sub Button28_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles button28.Click

      ' Get the band to have the groups in.
      Dim band As UltraGridBand = Me.ultraGrid1.DisplayLayout.Bands(0)

      Dim group1 As UltraGridGroup = Nothing
      Dim group2 As UltraGridGroup = Nothing

      ' Clear existing groups if any.
      band.Groups.Clear()

      ' Add two groups with two different keys. First arguement to the Add call is
      ' the key and the second arguement is the caption of the group.
      group1 = band.Groups.Add("Group1", "Address Info")
      group2 = band.Groups.Add("Group2", "Contact Info")

      ' If you don't want group headers displayed, set this to false. By default 
      ' it's true.
      band.GroupHeadersVisible = False

      ' Set the LevelCount to desired number of levels. Level 0 is the first row in
      ' the group, while level 1 is the second row in the group and so on. Here we 
      ' are going to have 2 levels.
      band.LevelCount = 2

      ' Add ContactName column to the first level (level 0) of group1 with visible 
      ' position of 0 (meaning it will appear first in that level. There is only 
      ' one header in this particular level level anyways.)
      group1.Columns.Add(band.Columns("ContactName"), 0, 0)

      ' Add City column to second level (level 1) with visible position of 0. And 
      ' also add the Country column to the same level with the visible position of 
      ' 1 so that it appears after City column.
      group1.Columns.Add(band.Columns("City"), 0, 1)
      group1.Columns.Add(band.Columns("Country"), 1, 1)

      ' Add Fax and Phone columns to group2 on different levels.
      group2.Columns.Add(band.Columns("Fax"), 0, 0)
      group2.Columns.Add(band.Columns("Phone"), 0, 1)

      ' Prevet the users from moving groups and columns by setting AllowGroupMoving 
      ' and AllowColMoving to NotAllowed.
      band.Override.AllowGroupMoving = AllowGroupMoving.NotAllowed
      band.Override.AllowColMoving = AllowColMoving.NotAllowed

      ' One could change the various properties like RowSpacingAfter and 
      ' BorderStyleRow on the Override change the appearance.
      band.Override.RowSpacingAfter = 5
      band.Override.BorderStyleRow = Infragistics.Win.UIElementBorderStyle.Raised

  End Sub
using Infragistics.Shared;
using Infragistics.Win;
using Infragistics.Win.UltraWinGrid;
using System.Diagnostics;

private void button28_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{

	// Get the band to have the groups in.
	UltraGridBand band = this.ultraGrid1.DisplayLayout.Bands[0];
	 
	UltraGridGroup group1 = null;
	UltraGridGroup group2 = null;
	 		
	// Clear existing groups if any.
	band.Groups.Clear( );
	 	
	// Add two groups with two different keys. First arguement to the Add call is
	// the key and the second arguement is the caption of the group.
	group1 = band.Groups.Add( "Group1", "Address Info" );
	group2 = band.Groups.Add( "Group2", "Contact Info" );
	 
	// If you don't want group headers displayed, set this to false. By default 
	// it's true.
	band.GroupHeadersVisible = false;
	 
	// Set the LevelCount to desired number of levels. Level 0 is the first row in
	// the group, while level 1 is the second row in the group and so on. Here we 
	// are going to have 2 levels.
	band.LevelCount = 2;
	 
	// Add ContactName column to the first level (level 0) of group1 with visible 
	// position of 0 (meaning it will appear first in that level. There is only 
	// one header in this particular level level anyways.)
	group1.Columns.Add( band.Columns["ContactName"],   0,   0 );
	 
	// Add City column to second level (level 1) with visible position of 0. And 
	// also add the Country column to the same level with the visible position of 
	// 1 so that it appears after City column.
	group1.Columns.Add( band.Columns["City"],          0,   1 );
	group1.Columns.Add( band.Columns["Country"],       1,   1 );
	 
	// Add Fax and Phone columns to group2 on different levels.
	group2.Columns.Add( band.Columns["Fax"],		   0,   0 );
	group2.Columns.Add( band.Columns["Phone"],		   0,   1 );

	// Prevet the users from moving groups and columns by setting AllowGroupMoving 
	// and AllowColMoving to NotAllowed.
	band.Override.AllowGroupMoving = AllowGroupMoving.NotAllowed;
	band.Override.AllowColMoving   = AllowColMoving.NotAllowed;
	 
	// One could change the various properties like RowSpacingAfter and 
	// BorderStyleRow on the Override change the appearance.
	band.Override.RowSpacingAfter = 5;
	band.Override.BorderStyleRow = Infragistics.Win.UIElementBorderStyle.Raised;

}
Requirements

Target Platforms: Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

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