Using the DefaultView and the event I suggested, you can try something like this:

void xamDataGrid1_FieldLayoutInitialized(object sender, Infragistics.Windows.DataPresenter.Events.FieldLayoutInitializedEventArgs e)

        {

            FieldLayout f = (e.FieldLayout);

            for (int i = 0; i<dt.Columns.Count;i++)

            {

                f.Fields[i].Label = dt.Columns[i].Caption;

            }

        }

Let me know if you have questions on this.

Alex.

Please attach a sample project with your application or the code you are using.

I have created a simple application myself with the following code and it works as expected. The caption is picked up as the display text (label) of the field.

DataTable dt = new DataTable();

            dt.Columns.Add(new DataColumn() { ColumnName = "Column1", Caption = "Caption Col1" });

            dt.Columns.Add(new DataColumn() { ColumnName = "Column2", Caption = "Caption Col2" });

            dt.Columns.Add(new DataColumn() { ColumnName = "Column3", Caption = "Caption Col3" });

            dt.Columns.Add(new DataColumn() { ColumnName = "Column4", Caption = "Caption Col4" });

            dt.Rows.Add(1, 2, 3, 4); 

            xamDataGrid1.DataSource = dt.AsEnumerable();

I notice that if you set it as DefaultView (not as enumerable) the Caption property is not respected.

Alex.

I'll have to take a look into that option, thank you for the suggestion.

Or maybe have a look at the source code of the grid if I'm feeling brave :)

In this case, I suppose it is best to use the FieldLayoutInitialized event of the XamDataGrid and set the corresponding caption < - > label.

Does this work in your scenario?

Alex.

Thanks for your quick reply.

Ok, I understand that the name of the column in the grid has to be the same as the name of the column in the datatable and thats fine. I assumed that by setting the column caption in the datatable that this would automatically set the label property of the field to the same value in the grid?

Unfortunately I can't turn the Autogenerate columns off as I'm using databinding and the number of columns will be dynamic, so I can't harcode the values.