# DataColumnInfo.Caption Property

> Gets a descriptive or friendly column name. Returns the same value as the ColumnName property if not set explicitly.

- **Product:** TX Text Control .NET Server
- **Section:** Reference
- **Kind:** Property
- **Introduced:** 24.0
- **Namespace:** `TXTextControl.DocumentServer.DataSources`
- **Package:** `TXTextControl.TextControl.Core.SDK` (assembly `TXDocumentServer.Core.dll`, from the private NuGet feed or Text Control Offline Packages)
- **Package:** `TXTextControl.TextControl.ASP.SDK` (assembly `TXDocumentServer.dll`, from the private NuGet feed or Text Control Offline Packages)
- **.NET Framework:** reference `TXDocumentServer.dll` from the setup
- **Path:** TX Text Control .NET Server > Reference > TXTextControl.DocumentServer.DataSources > DataColumnInfo.Caption Property
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- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-documentserver-datasources/datacolumninfo/caption-property/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-documentserver-datasources/datacolumninfo/caption-property/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-documentserver-datasources/datacolumninfo/caption-property/llms-full.txt

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### Description

Gets a descriptive or friendly column name. Returns the same value as the [ColumnName](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-documentserver-datasources/datacolumninfo/columnname-property/llms-full.txt) property if not set explicitly.

### Syntax

```csharp
public string Caption { get; }
```

```vbnet
Public ReadOnly Property Caption As String
```

### Examples

The following example includes the caption value in application diagnostics. The created object is then available to the surrounding document workflow.

```csharp
Console.WriteLine($"Caption: {dataColumnInfo.Caption}");
Console.WriteLine("Data Column Info is ready for use.");
```

```vbnet
Console.WriteLine($"Caption: {dataColumnInfo.Caption}")
Console.WriteLine("Data Column Info is ready for use.")
```

### Limitations

Read only.

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## Nearby

- **Previous:** [DataColumnInfo Class](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-documentserver-datasources/datacolumninfo/llms-full.txt)
- **Next:** [DataColumnInfo.ColumnName Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-documentserver-datasources/datacolumninfo/columnname-property/llms-full.txt)