How to roll back changes in gridview in case of incorrect input...

Question

Hi,

I have a DataGridView that is bound to a list of object. It has some columns that the user can edit. There are certain inputs that are not allowed for a row as a whole. How can I roll back if the user enters invalid inputs in some cell. I tried using the RowValidating event handler but it was not called after cell value has been changed. Even when I implemet CellValueChanged, I still cannot roll back the changes. ... Any idea how to accomplish this

Answer 1

Once editing has been completed and you validate the changes, you can do this:

DataTable dt = this.dataGridView.DataSource as DataTable;
dt.RejectChanges();

From MSDN:

When the DataTable.RejectChanges method is called, any rows still in edit-mode cancel their edits. New rows are removed. Modified and deleted rows return back to their original state (DataRowState.Unchanged).