Gridcolumns collection

Hi, How can i get the collection of columns without any formatted entry (no entry for ''X'', ''.''), just the actual columns? when i see in debug i see a property ''GridColumns" (this.griddataboundgrid1.binder.gridcolumns) but it is not available to use. please do reply. thanks

So you are using LayoutColumns then? If so, you can get the a GridBoundColumnCollection using this code. GridHierarchyLevel level0 = this.gridDataBoundGrid1.Binder.RootHierarchyLevel; GridBoundColumnCollection gbcc = level0.GridBoundColumns; BUT, this collection will have empty place holder columns for the ''.'', ''-'', etc. If you only want the columns that are in your datasource, then you should look at the datasource, maybe this.dataTable1.Columns. If you are only putting some of the columns from your datatable into the grid, then when you do this, you could create your own list for use later when you need it.