Change row color based in a value in the C# Datagrid

Question

I have a bool field in a cell of a datagrid. What I want to do is to color the row with red for true and green for false.

How can I do this with the C# Datagrid?

Answer 1

Using the cellformat event can help you and this example should get you on the way:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Data.SqlClient;
namespace CSCellFormat
{
    public partial class Form1 : Form
    {
        public Form1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }
        DataTable dt = new DataTable();
        private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            String strConn = "Server = .;Database = AdventureWorks; Integrated Security = SSPI;";
            SqlConnection conn = new SqlConnection(strConn);
            SqlDataAdapter da = new SqlDataAdapter("Select * from HumanResources.Employee", conn);
            da.Fill(dt);
            dataGridView1.DataSource = dt;
        }
        private void dataGridView1_CellFormatting(object sender, DataGridViewCellFormattingEventArgs e)
        {
            DataRowView drv;
            if (e.RowIndex >= 0)
            {
                drv = dt.DefaultView[e.RowIndex];
                Color c;
                if (drv["Gender"].ToString() == "M")
                {
                    c = Color.LightBlue;
                }
                else
                {
                    c = Color.Pink;
                }
                e.CellStyle.BackColor = c;
            }
        }
    }
}