How to hide the Headertext column dynamically

Hello Rick,

In order to customize the look of the cells depending on some conditions, it is suitable to use formatting events. The CellFormatting event is used to access and change the styles of the data cells while the ViewCellFormatting event is fired for all cells. More information you can find here: https://docs.telerik.com/devtools/winforms/controls/gridview/cells/formatting-cells

Below is a sample example that demonstrates how you can achieve the desired behavior:

Private Sub RadGridView1_ViewCellFormatting(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As CellFormattingEventArgs)
    If CDbl(radGridView1.Rows(0).Cells("Price").Value) = 0 Then
        radGridView1.Columns("Price").HeaderText = String.Empty
    Else
        radGridView1.Columns("Price").HeaderText = "Price"
    End If
End Sub

I hope this helps. Let me know if you have other questions.

Regards,
Nadya
Progress Telerik

Hi Nadya,

Thanks for the reply. On the dropdown, if the selected index is 0, the 3rd column should be visible "True" & 5th column should be visible "False" on the Radgrid

On the dropdown, if the selected index is 1, the 3rd column should be visible "False" & 5th column should be visible "True" on the Radgrid

To perform the above process we have written a function & not has an event (ViewCellFormatting). 

While writing the below code for the function, we get an error as "Object Reference not set to an instance of an object". How can we handle this?
Code Snippet :

 Function PopulateHistory(SelectedIndex As Integer) 
            If SelectedIndex = 0 Then
                    rdgrdDetails.Columns(3).IsVisible = True              
                    rdgrdDetails.Columns(5).IsVisible = False
           Else               
                    rdgrdDetails.Columns(3).IsVisible = False
                    rdgrdDetails.Columns(5).IsVisible = True 
            End If      
    End Function

 
If CDbl(radGridView1.Rows(0).Cells("Price").Value) = 0 Then
radGridView1.Columns("Price").HeaderText = String.Empty
Else
radGridView1.Columns("Price").HeaderText = "Price"
End If

We have the page as

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But we need the page to be like the below screenshot

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Hello, Rick,

According to the provided information so far, it seems that you have RadDropDownList, and based on the selected index you would like to hide columns, not just the header text. In order to achieve the described scenario, I can suggest you subscribe to the SelectedIndexChanged event of RadDropDownList that fires when the selected index has successfully changed. Thus, you can change the visibility of the columns as per your requirement. Please refer to the following code snippet:

Private Sub RadDropDownList1_SelectedIndexChanged(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As Telerik.WinControls.UI.Data.PositionChangedEventArgs)
    If Me.radDropDownList1.SelectedIndex = 0 Then
        Me.radGridView1.Columns(2).IsVisible = True
        Me.radGridView1.Columns(4).IsVisible = False
    ElseIf Me.radDropDownList1.SelectedIndex = 1 Then
        Me.radGridView1.Columns(2).IsVisible = False
        Me.radGridView1.Columns(4).IsVisible = True
    End If
End Sub

I hope this helps. If you need further assistance please let me know.

Regards,
Nadya
Progress Telerik

Hi Nadya,

       Thanks for your reply. We tried writing with the SelectedPageChanged event. If the data-table(data-source) count is more than "0" this code is working good. When the data-table count is "0", it throws an exception. Screenshot mentioned below for your reference. But we need the same condition to be working when the records count is "0".

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Hi, Rick,

You can add an additional if-clause in order to check whether there are records in the data table or not. If you do not have records in the data source you should ensure that you have columns created although they might be empty (with no records). The error occurs if there are no columns created in the grid but you try to access them. Could you please make sure that you have columns in grid before trying to hide some of them.

Let me know if you need further assistance.

Regards,
Nadya
Progress Telerik