C# Referencing Cell on DataGrid

[Wheels012]

Good afternoon. I am trying to reference the cell on a datagrid. The Description column is hidden, but I want the description to populate a text box when the user clicks on a specific row. I have the following so far: rtxtDescription.Text = DataGridView1.Rows[index].Cells[2].Value.ToString(); The column is 2 and the row would depended on which row is selected. I am using Visual Studio 2008. Any suggestions? WHEELS

[dan sh]

CellClick event?

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[Wheels012]

It is actually in a method: public void PopulateDataGrid() { ds = new DataSet(); ds = d.FillDataGrid(this.cboDepartment.SelectedValue.ToString(), this.txtAcronym.Text); DataGridView1.Columns.Clear(); if (ds != null && ds.Tables.Count != 0) { BindingSource bs = new BindingSource(); bs.DataSource = ds; bs.DataMember = ds.Tables[0].TableName; DataGridView1.DataSource = bs; //return; } foreach (DataGridViewColumn col in DataGridView1.Columns) { if (col.HeaderText == constrDescrColumn) { col.Visible = false; } } //MessageBox.Show(DataGridView1.CurrentRow.Cells.IndexOf(.ToString()); int index = 0; rtxtDescription.Text = DataGridView1.Rows[index].Cells[2].Value.ToString(); }

[led mike]

Wheels012 wrote:

It is actually in a method:

In your first post you asked for suggestions and the reply was "CellClick event" Now I could be wrong, but if I am correct it appears you have completely missed the point.

[Wheels012]

Good afernoon led mike. I am very new to C# (huge VBA background). My first hurdle is to populate the text box with the discription from the first cell from the description column. Secondly I need to add this to the click event once a user changes from record to record. WHEELS

[Samuel Cherinet]

you can use the indexer of the datagridveiw to directly find the cell you are looking for and also use the property "FormattedValue" to get the displayed text of the cell

str=dgrid[colIndex,rowIndex].FormattedValue.ToString();

I have to remind you,If you already don't know, that an empty cell means most of the time null, that is like a fuel to run time error, so be aware of that. - try using the "RowEnter" event and access the selected row by the "DataGridViewCellEventArgs" in the event handler. best of luck

[Wheels012]

Thank you everyone. This is a great forum. WHEELS