Why DataColumn.Caption doesn't work?

Question

I am trying to create a DataTable and bind it to a DataGridView. It works, but I can\'t set columns headers via the Caption property.

Answer 1

Well, MSDN is right. That is what the Caption property is for. However, that doesn't mean that control makers have to use the caption property. In this case, Microsoft didn't do that (although they really should have). You can modify your code to this though:

///snip

dataGridView1.DataSource = dt;

foreach (DataGridViewColumn col in dataGridView1.Columns) {
  col.HeaderText = dt.Columns[col.HeaderText].Caption;
}