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Datagridview: How to set a cell in editing mode?

Hey guys (this one is about winforms) I need to programatly set a cell in editing mode. I know that setting that cell as CurrentCell and then call the method BeginEdit(bool), it should happen, but in my case, it doesn't. What i really want to do is, with my DGV with several columns, the user can ONLY select and also edit the first two....

How to empty the cells of a DataGridView in C#?

I've found questions similar on SO already, all over the net actually. Though I haven't found a working answer yet. So I'm working in a windows form application using Visual studio 2008. Language is C# I have a DataGridView that is not bound to a DataSource. so: MyDataGridView.DataSource = null; wont work... I've also tried MyDat...

public datagridview within user control is "locked" during design time when subclassing

I have a user control that has among other things a label AND a textbox control. With this class, I set the textbox to have its modifier as "public", so when I subclass THIS control, I can get directly to the properties and such of the textbox in each instance where needed. No problem. Now, the problem. I do the exact same thing but ...

DataFormat for DataGridView dataSource

I have data from a CD or Record currently setup like this: class Release //class containing all details of release { public string Artist; //Release Artist public string Title; //Release Title public string Released; //Released (Date) public Image Image; //Image private List<Track> tra...

Find DataGridView item (row) by Tag

Hi I have DataGridView control that I manyally fill with items (no DataSource) like that int row = dgvClients.Rows.Add(); dgvClients.Rows[row].Cells["ClientObjectID"].Value = somevalue1; dgvClients.Rows[row].Cells["ClientCode"].Value = somevalue2; dgvClients.Rows[row].Tag = SomeObject1; Pls note that e...

Sorting a DataGridView by DataGridViewComboxBoxColumn

I want to be able to sort a DataGridView by the ComboBoxColumn so I can display groups based on the value in the ComboBoxColumn. When I click the ComboBoxColumn, the DataGridView does not respond unlike the other columns which are TextBoxColumns. Meaning, it does not sort when I click the column header. How can I provide this feature or...

How do I get a DataRow from a row in a DataGridView

I'm using a databound WinForms DataGridView; how do I go from a user selected row in the DGV to the DataRow of the DataTable that is its source? ...

Datagridview, contextmenu of rowtemplate doesn't show submenu's

In a windows form using vb.net 2008 a context menu when mapped to the datagrid shows submenu's properly but when mapped to a row template of the same datagrid view does not submenu or dropdown items in that menu Any help on this please ...

Using an (I)List<string> as the source for a DataColumn

I'm playing around with the DataGridView control offered by .NET. Upon till now I seem to be unable to bind an (I)List to a DataColumn. Is this possible and how should I go around doing this? ...

Copy Datagridview to clipboard in Windows Forms

Hi, I would like to copy Datagridview selected rows to clipboard and paste them in notepad or Microsoft Word. What is the best method to achieve this? Thank you.. ...

Better way of refreshing DataGridView.DataSource

Currently I have a DataGridView in my app which I fill from my Linq-to-SQL classes like so ... /// <summary> /// Delegate to update datagrid, fixes threading issue /// </summary> private void updateInfo() { // Linq to datagridview; display all var query = from n in dbh.Items select n; itemData...

DataGridView CellFormatting event preventing form painting

I am using C#, Winforms, and .Net 3.5 My form has a custom DataGridView (double-buffered to prevent flickering during my cellformatting events, as seen here). When I perform a database search, I bind the resulting dataset to the datagridview. I handle the CellFormatting event to paint rows a certain color, depending on their data. My ...

Get a collection of all the DataRows coresponding to selected DataGridView rows

Is there a direct way to do this, or do I need to iterate over the DataGridView.SelectedRows, and then access DataGridViewRow.DataBoundItem for each row to create one? ...

Full text search on a bound DataGridView control

Hello all, I cannot seem to be able to find a way to do a full text search on a databound DataGridView control across the entire breath of its columns and rows. The DataTable and DataView objects seems to force me into searching for specific columns either through Select(), Find(), or FindRows(). Same with the DataGridView control. I ...

Binding a DataGridView to multiple Tables in DataViewManager or DataSet

I have created three data tables by pulling data from an sql database. DT1, DT2, DT3. I have added these three tables to a data set, myDS. I have added relations between these three tables. I then dragged a DataGridView onto my form and I want to bind the three tables to the DataGridview. So I added my dataset DS to a dataview ma...

how to Binding DataGridView to multiple Tables in DataViewManager

i have two tables 'customer' and 'Location' these tabls have relation i just want to dispaly these tables ina datagrid view like parent and child tables(which is expandable one(+ like) when i click the + button it will display the child one in the same datagrid view pls help me.... thanks... ...

Create Master/Detail with Combobox and DataGridView

I have a ComboBox with its elements loaded from a sqlserver table (groups) I also have a DataGridView, linked to another table (users). When I load the form, the combo is filled with groups, and the datagridview is filled with users (all the users) 1) I want to be able to select a group from the ComboBox (dropDownList), and then to r...

ADO.NET Entity Model + DataGridView: How to write changes to database

I have an ADO.NET Entity Data Model and want to plumb up a DataGridView for CRUD operations. How should I go about this? For a read-only DataGridView I've been doing the following TimeTrackEntities tte = new TimeTrackEntities(); //Entity Data Model ObjectQuery<Days> DayQuery = tte.Days; dgvDays.DataSource = DayQuery; ...

How to target a datagridview row or cell from DragDrop event?

void dataGridView1_DragDrop(object sender, DragEventArgs e) { object data = e.Data.GetData(typeof(string)); MessageBox.Show(e.X + " " + e.Y + " " + dataGridView1.HitTest(e.X, e.Y).RowIndex.ToString()); if (dataGridView1.HitTest(e.X, e.Y).Type == DataGridViewHitTestType.Cell) { MessageBox....

C# ComboBox sizing and placement within DataGridViewComboBoxColumn

Problem: My DataGridView has tall cells because of some images in previous columns. So the ComboBox column shows a ComboBox spread on the whole height (and width) of each cell, which just looks unacceptable. Question: Is there a way to set the size and location of the ComboBox so that it is centered in each cell and maintains its defaul...