to start off i have everything working the way i want it. the question i have is is there any way that i can set the HeaderText property of the column through the datatable that would be bound to either a DataGridView (window app) or a GridView (web app). I get everything else to work the way i want and i though by setting the data column's caption value it would in turn be used for the header text. however, this is not the case, unless i'm missing something. so in short is there anyway to set the header text within the code so that when i bind a column to either type of View it will set the header text automatically so i don't have to manually change it? thanx in advance.