Adding all the columns of the entity

An entity (table) is actually a collection of columns - so by using a foreach loop, we can add all the columns to the grid.

partial class ShowView : Shared.Theme.Controls.Form
{
    ShowCustomers _controller;
    public ShowView(ShowCustomers controller)
    {
        _controller = controller;
        InitializeComponent();
-       AddColumn(_controller.Customers.City);
        foreach (var col in _controller.Customers.Columns)
        {
            AddColumn(col);
        }

    }

    void AddColumn(ColumnBase colToAdd)
    {
        var gcCity = new Shared.Theme.Controls.GridColumn() { Text = colToAdd.Caption };
        var tbCity = new Shared.Theme.Controls.TextBox() { Style = Firefly.Box.UI.ControlStyle.Flat };
        tbCity.Data = colToAdd;
        gcCity.Controls.Add(tbCity);
        grid1.Controls.Add(gcCity);
    }
} 

So even if my view looks like this:

The result will look like this:

As you can see, each column has the same width.
The next article will use the AddColumn method to control the width of each column.

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