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I need to preset width for columns of CExtGridWnd grid. The only working piece of code I found is:

CExtGridCellHeader * pCellHeader =
    STATIC_DOWNCAST(CExtGridCellHeader, mGrid->GridCellGetOuterAtTop(0L, 0L,
    RUNTIME_CLASS(CExtGridCellHeader)));
ASSERT_VALID(pCellHeader);
pCellHeader->ExtentSet(inWidth, 0);

It requires me to have a top outer row of cells in the grid. FAQ says this top row is needed to store the columns width. I don’t need the top row, I just need a plain grid - no fixed title rows. Is there a way to setup columns width and not to have a top row?

I found it strange that I can create a grid and start inserting columns, but I can’t specify the width of the columns directly, because columns width is not a grid property but rather belongs to some of the grid cells.

You can hide the row by setting its height to zero with the CExtGridBaseWnd::OuterRowHeightSet() method.

I can, but I need then to remember that anytime I add/delete rows I don’t mess with row 0. Is there any other way to setup the column width without using top outer row.

The number of inner rows and the number of outer rows do not depend on each other, so the first inner row number always starts from zero.