Hi Francois,

    Two ways come to mind. First, you could modify your Customer object's ToString() method to return Customer.Name. This would have the effect of showing the Customer's Name in place of the Customer object.

If you would rather not modify your Customer.ToString() method, the next method would be to add an unbound column in the InitializeLayout method, and set the value in the InitializeRow method, below is a quick snippet.

        private void UltraGrid1_InitializeLayout(object sender, InitializeLayoutEventArgs e)
        {
            // Adding unbound column, the if check is incase of rebinding, you do not add it twice
            if (!e.Layout.Bands["Quote"].Columns.Exists("custName"))
            {
                var colCustName = e.Layout.Bands["Quote"].Columns.Add("custName");
                colCustName.Header.Caption = "Customer";
            }

            //Hide the base customer column
            e.Layout.Bands[0].Columns["Customer"].Hidden = true;
        }

        private void UltraGrid1_InitializeRow(object sender, InitializeRowEventArgs e)
        {
            var customer = e.Row.Cells["Customer"].Value as Customer;
            e.Row.Cells["custName"].Value = customer.Name;
        }

Let me know if that helps with what you are looking for,