DisplayAttribute.AutoGenerateFilter Property
Definition
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Gets or sets a value that indicates whether filtering UI is automatically displayed for this field.
public:
property bool AutoGenerateFilter { bool get(); void set(bool value); };public bool AutoGenerateFilter { get; set; }member this.AutoGenerateFilter : bool with get, setPublic Property AutoGenerateFilter As BooleanProperty Value
true if UI should be generated automatically to display filtering for this field; otherwise, false.
Exceptions
An attempt was made to get the property value before it was set.
Examples
The following example shows how to disable the filter for the Employee1 field.
[MetadataType(typeof(EmployeeMD))]
public partial class Employee {
public class EmployeeMD {
[Display(Name = "Last Name", Order = -9,
Prompt = "Enter Last Name", Description="Emp Last Name")]
public object LastName { get; set; }
[Display(Name = "Manager", AutoGenerateFilter=false)]
public object Employee1 { get; set; }
}
}
<MetadataType(GetType(EmployeeMD))> _
Public Class Employee
Public Class EmployeeMD
<Display(Name:="Last Name", Order:=-9, _
Prompt:="Enter Last Name", Description:="Emp Last Name")> _
Public Property LastName As Object
End Property
<Display(Name:="Manager", AutoGenerateFilter:=false)> _
Public Property Employee1 As Object
End Property
End Class
End Class
Remarks
Do not use this property to get the value of the AutoGenerateFilter property. Use the GetAutoGenerateFilter method instead.
Setting this property overrides the default behavior for specifying which columns are included as filters.
