I have just submitted the request.

Thank you

Gianni

Ciao Mike,

to add unbounded column will allow to manage the layout, but with lot of code, because it has to replicate the appearance of the empty rows and because the columns added has to react on  changed  size; if you shrink down the grid added column will become too narrow (with autofit style on) at if you considerably reduce the size they has to disappear otherwise the horizontal scroll bar become visible, etc...

Do you think could be reasonable to submit a request for a "EmptyColumnSetting" specular to the EmptyRowSettings?

Thanks again for you fast reply.
Gianni

Hi Gianni,

To add an unbound column, you call the Add method on the Columns collection of the band. And of course you can apply an appearance to the unbound column, just like you would for any other column.

        private void ultraGrid1_InitializeLayout(object sender, Infragistics.Win.UltraWinGrid.InitializeLayoutEventArgs e)
        {
            UltraGridLayout layout = e.Layout;
            UltraGridBand band = layout.Bands[0];

            UltraGridColumn column = band.Columns.Add("My Column");
            column.CellAppearance.BackColor = Color.Yellow;
            column.Header.Appearance.BackColor = Color.Gold;
        }

Hi Mike,

I already use the autofit, when possible, but if you have just 2 or 3 columns, to enlarge them is worst than have the empty space.

What do you mean when you say unbound columns? How can I do that? can that columns be shown with different appearance respect other columns with data?

Thanks

Gianni