How to show only certain columns in a DataGridView with custom objects

Question

I have a DataGridView and I need to add custom objects to it. Consider the following code:

DataGridView grid = new DataGridView();
grid.DataSource = objects         


        

Answer 1

The easiest is that you add the "System.ComponentModel.Browsable" attributes to your DataModel:

public class TheDataModel 
{
       [System.ComponentModel.Browsable(false)]
       public virtual int ID { get; protected set; }
       public virtual string FileName { get; set; }
       [System.ComponentModel.Browsable(false)]
       public virtual string ColumnNotShown1 { get; set; }
       [System.ComponentModel.Browsable(false)]
       public virtual string ColumnNotShown2  { get; set; }
}

Answer 2

This is my code from an old project. It can work for your case.

OleDbDataAdapter da = new OleDbDataAdapter("SELECT * FROM uyeler", baglanti);

da.Fill(dbDataSet1, "uyeler");

//Set AutoGenerateColumns False
dataGridView1.AutoGenerateColumns = false;

//Set Columns Count
dataGridView1.ColumnCount = 5;

//Add Columns
dataGridView1.Columns[0].Name = "İsim"; // name
dataGridView1.Columns[0].HeaderText = "İsim"; // header text
dataGridView1.Columns[0].DataPropertyName = "ad"; // field name

dataGridView1.Columns[1].HeaderText = "Soyisim";
dataGridView1.Columns[1].Name = "Soyisim";
dataGridView1.Columns[1].DataPropertyName = "soyad";

dataGridView1.Columns[2].Name = "Telefon";
dataGridView1.Columns[2].HeaderText = "Telefon";
dataGridView1.Columns[2].DataPropertyName = "telefon";

dataGridView1.Columns[3].Name = "Kayıt Tarihi";
dataGridView1.Columns[3].HeaderText = "Kayıt Tarihi";
dataGridView1.Columns[3].DataPropertyName = "kayit";

dataGridView1.Columns[4].Name = "Bitiş Tarihi";
dataGridView1.Columns[4].HeaderText = "Bitiş Tarihi";
dataGridView1.Columns[4].DataPropertyName = "bitis";

dataGridView1.DataSource = dbDataSet1;
dataGridView1.DataMember = "uyeler";