Hi Mike!.

Thank you for reply.

I checked: the columns in Band 1 are the same of my DataSource.

I also tried to change the key of Band 1 with the name of the data relation, but nothing change.

Why still not match?

Instead about columns width i solved the issue thanks your advise: i forgot to change the property "AllowColSizing" in "AllowColSizing.Free".

Are you sure the Key of Band 1 you are using at design-time is correct? Remember that the name of the child band is not the same as the name of the child table - it's the name of the Relationship. 

I recommend checking the actual Key of Band 1 at run-time so you can be sure you are getting it right. The band and column names have to match exactly or the grid will not know that the grid band at run-time should keep the design-time settings.  

Debug.Writeline(this.ultraGrid1.DisplayLayout.Bands[1].Key);

Hi Mike.

Thank you for reply too.

Unfortunately i confirm you that Key of Band 1 i changed at design-time is equal to run-time, and it is the name of the Relationship ("dr1",  in my case).

But, as i told, there is no effects if i change property in design-time, but if i try to do at run-time, it works!!

Example:

If i want to change Header's Caption of a column it works only if i write this in InitializeLayout event:

e.Layout.Bands("dr1").Columns("ID_CARTELLA").Header.Caption = "TEST"

P.S.  I pass my DataSet to the grid at run-time:   Grd3.DataSource = DataSet

Hello Luciano,

Thank you for the update. Could you please provide a small isolated sample that reproduces the behavior you see so we can run and debug it locally?

Hi Luciano,

I spent my morning looking at your sample and I'm pretty sure I see the problem. 

The schema of your grid at design-time is missing something. When you create a child band, what happens behind the scenes is that the child band is represented in the grid by a special kind of column in the parent band called a chaptered column. In your sample, there is no chaptered column in the parent band and so when the grid tries to match up the schema you set up at design-time (which does not have the chaptered column) and the schema from the data source at run-time (which DOES have the chaptered column), it doesn't match up and so the child band schema gets lost. 

I can't be sure, but I suspect that the chaptered column may have gotten removed because you added a column to the root band that had the same key as the child band. When I open up your sample, there's a column in the root band called "Band 1." Of course... that is not the actual name of your child band, but I'm guessing that maybe while you were playing around with this and trying to get it to work, you might have named it "Table2" or "dr1" at some point. That's just a wild guess. 

Anyway... however it happened, the design-time schema is now invalid. To fix it, I think you will need to recreate the child band schema at design-time. 

1) Open up the form designer and click the Start button on the grid. 

2) Select "Data Schema" under "Basic Settings" in the tree on the left.

3) Click "Manually Define a Schema"

4) Select the "dr1" band and click the X to delete it. 

4a) Now... right here I ran into a problem because if I try to add a child band, the designer locks up. This is because it tries to create a child band whose key is "Band 1" and there's already a column by that name. So you need to either remove or rename that column from the root band. I suggest removing it completely, since it does not exist in the data source and it's causing problems. If you need unbound columns, you can add them in afterward. This appears to be a bug and I will follow up on this and make sure it gets fixed.

5) Add the dr1 band back in and add in the two columns with the appropriate names "ID" and "NAME_SON"

By re-creating the child band in the schema, it should correctly re-create the chaptered column in the root band and that should fix the problem. 

The grid defaults to ExpansionIndicator.CheckOnExpand for performance reasons. Depending on your data source, retrieving the child rows for a parent row can be an expensive operation, so the grid doesn't check until you click on the expansion indicator by default.

Setting it to ExpansionIndicator.CheckOnDisplay will make the grid check for child rows immediately when the row is displayed. This is usually okay on modern, fast machines as long as your data source is efficient in retrieving the child rows.

Thank You Mike, now it works!!

I really have no idea why there was that "Band 1" Column in Band 0.

I did not create it voluntarily, and  it was enough to remove that column.

I take advantage of your kindness to ask you last question:

My Grid show the "cross" on all rows,  including that have no match. Is possible hide cross in this case?