below is the code from my row and layout initialize event handlers.

        #region .     Customer Directions Grid     .
        #region .     Initialize Row    .
        private void mainDisplayGrid_InitializeRow(object sender, Infragistics.Win.UltraWinGrid.InitializeRowEventArgs e)
        {
            UltraGridRow thisrow = e.Row;
            thisrow.FixedHeight = DefaultableBoolean.False;
           
            thisrow.Cells["DirectionsLine1"].CellDisplayStyle = CellDisplayStyle.PlainText;
            if (thisrow.Cells["DirectionsLine1"].Value.ToString() == string.Empty)
            {
                //thisrow.Cells["DirectionsLine1"].Hidden = true;
                thisrow.Cells["DirectionsLine1"].Appearance.FontData.SizeInPoints = 1;
            }
            thisrow.Cells["DirectionsLine2"].CellDisplayStyle = CellDisplayStyle.PlainText;
            if (thisrow.Cells["DirectionsLine2"].Value.ToString() == string.Empty)
            {
                thisrow.Cells["DirectionsLine2"].Appearance.FontData.SizeInPoints = 1;
            }
            thisrow.Cells["DirectionsLine3"].CellDisplayStyle = CellDisplayStyle.PlainText;
            if (thisrow.Cells["DirectionsLine3"].Value.ToString() == string.Empty)
            {
                thisrow.Cells["DirectionsLine3"].Appearance.FontData.SizeInPoints = 1;
            }
            thisrow.Cells["DirectionsLine4"].CellDisplayStyle = CellDisplayStyle.PlainText;
            if (thisrow.Cells["DirectionsLine4"].Value.ToString() == string.Empty)
            {
                thisrow.Cells["DirectionsLine4"].Appearance.FontData.SizeInPoints = 1;
            }
            thisrow.Cells["DirectionsLine5"].CellDisplayStyle = CellDisplayStyle.PlainText;
            if (thisrow.Cells["DirectionsLine5"].Value.ToString() == string.Empty)
            {
                thisrow.Cells["DirectionsLine5"].Appearance.FontData.SizeInPoints = 1;
            }
            thisrow.Cells["DirectionsLine6"].CellDisplayStyle = CellDisplayStyle.PlainText;
            if (thisrow.Cells["DirectionsLine6"].Value.ToString() == string.Empty)
            {
                thisrow.Cells["DirectionsLine6"].Appearance.FontData.SizeInPoints = 1;
            }
            thisrow.Cells["DirectionsLine7"].CellDisplayStyle = CellDisplayStyle.PlainText;
            if (thisrow.Cells["DirectionsLine7"].Value.ToString() == string.Empty)
            {
                thisrow.Cells["DirectionsLine7"].Appearance.FontData.SizeInPoints = 1;
            }
            thisrow.Cells["DirectionsLine8"].CellDisplayStyle = CellDisplayStyle.PlainText;
            if (thisrow.Cells["DirectionsLine8"].Value.ToString() == string.Empty)
            {
                thisrow.Cells["DirectionsLine8"].Appearance.FontData.SizeInPoints = 1;
            }
            thisrow.Cells["DirectionsLine9"].CellDisplayStyle = CellDisplayStyle.PlainText;
            if (thisrow.Cells["DirectionsLine9"].Value.ToString() == string.Empty)
            {
                thisrow.Cells["DirectionsLine9"].Appearance.FontData.SizeInPoints = 1;
            }
            thisrow.Cells["DirectionsLine10"].CellDisplayStyle = CellDisplayStyle.PlainText;
            if (thisrow.Cells["DirectionsLine10"].Value.ToString() == string.Empty)
            {
                thisrow.Cells["DirectionsLine10"].Appearance.FontData.SizeInPoints = 1;
            }
            thisrow.PerformAutoSize();
        }
        #endregion .     Initialize Row    .
        #region .     Initialize Layout     .
        private void mainDisplayGrid_InitializeLayout(object sender, Infragistics.Win.UltraWinGrid.InitializeLayoutEventArgs e)
        {
            mainDisplayGrid.DisplayLayout.Override.AllowUpdate = DefaultableBoolean.False;
            mainDisplayGrid.DisplayLayout.Override.CellClickAction = CellClickAction.RowSelect;
            mainDisplayGrid.DisplayLayout.Bands[0].Override.MinRowHeight = 1;
            mainDisplayGrid.DisplayLayout.Bands[0].Override.RowSizing = RowSizing.AutoFree;
            _defaultLayout = mainDisplayGrid.DisplayLayout.Clone();
        }
        #endregion .     Initialize Layout     .

Boris,

I had already tried the rowsizing and it did not help.  To answer your first question, it varies.  Sometimes only the first (top) directions cell will be filled, the remaining 9 are empty.  Sometimes lines 1, 2, 3, & 5.  It varies.  I am testing for cell empty in the row initialized event of the grid and the test works fine and drops into the code section for the line in question.  It's just getting something to actually reduce the height or whatever it takes to hide the empty cell and consolidate the space.

Bob

Hi again Bob,

It would be better if you could explain which cells are empty in your screenshot.

Meanwhile It occured to me that the following property might help you in this scenario:

        private void ultraGrid1_InitializeLayout(object sender, Infragistics.Win.UltraWinGrid.InitializeLayoutEventArgs e)
        {
            e.Layout.Override.RowSizing = Infragistics.Win.UltraWinGrid.RowSizing.AutoFree;
        }

Please let me know if this helps or if I misunderstood you, I will be very happy to assist you further.

Yes, the "directions" column is the issue, but it is the height of the individual cells.  You see there are ten lines available for customer directions to a business unit in our cell-based app that runs on UNIX.  In our new Windows interface, we need to keep the ten lines as ten cells in a grid.  Stacking them in the manor shown delivers a view the customers are used to.  The issue at hand is this grid is for view only.  If a user want to edit the data we pop-up a model form for editing.  Since this is for view only, we want to try to present only the "directions" cells that have data and make the grid look cleaner and get more data visible for the screen area available.  I tried using hidden, but it just hides the cell in place.  I have worked at setting the empty cells to a height of 0 or 1, but cannot find the correct properties.  I hope this explains the issue better.

Bob