Windows Form DataGrid

[devvvy]

Hi, working with DataGrid on a Windows Form right now. Three questions: Q1: It seems that Windows Forms DataGrid doesn't support paging as they do on WebForms. Q2: How can I disable editing on cell(s)/rows belonging to a particular column? Q3: Any good tutorial on how to embed controls in Windows Form DataGrid? Controls like buttons and other stuff...etc. With WebForms' DataGrid, it's done by . How can we do the same here on Windows Form? With "Checkbox", just feed in a column of type "bool", simple. But with other types? Buttons, links... Thanks a bunch. norm

[ankita patel 0]

Q2: How can I disable editing on cell(s)/rows belonging to a particular column? http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpref/html/frlrfsystemwindowsformsdatagridcolumnstyleclassreadonlytopic.asp Q3: Any good tutorial on how to embed controls in Windows Form DataGrid? Controls like buttons and other stuff...etc. With WebForms' DataGrid, it's done by . How can we do the same here on Windows Form? With "Checkbox", just feed in a column of type "bool", simple. But with other types? Buttons, links... http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpref/html/frlrfsystemwindowsformsdatagridclasstopic.asp

[devvvy]

Thanks for the tip. I got it working now (enabling/disabling in-place editing). It's very convenient - I still remember way back when I was working with MFC. I need to actually draw an editbox and override a whole bunch of events to get this simple functionality. Glad .NET finally arrives. But I don't think the second reference on DataGrid provides much information on embedding controls within DataGrid. norm

[ankita patel 0]

great, as you could fine answer to one of your questions. :) i am not a c# expert, actually have just started reading c#, but just trying to find answer of the queries asked here, helps me also in improving my knowledge of c#. as far as embedding controls within DataGrid, i couldn't find anyway to do it. if you find the answer, please post it here, i would love to know.

[sumeat]

You can show controls in DataGrid, for e.g. showing a button control in a column by adding those controls to the grid. // Create a control Button myButton = new Button(); myButton.Visible = false; // Add the button to the data grid myDataGrid.Controls.Add(myButton); // Now handle the Paint event of the grid OnDataGridPaint(..) { if (myDataGrid.CurrentCell.ColumnNumber = ) { myButton.width = myDataGrid.GetCurrentCellBounds().Width; } } // CurrentCellChange event OnDataGridCurrentCellChangeEvent(..) { if (myDataGrid.CurrentCell.ColumnNumber = ) { myButton.Location = myDataGrid.GetCurrentCellBounds().Location; myButton.Visible = true; } else { myButton.Visible = false; } } // Handle Layout and Scroll events of DataGrids OnDataGridLayout(..) { OnDataGridCurrentCellChangeEvent(); } OnDataGridScrolled(..) { OnDataGridCurrentCellChangeEvent(); } This is just psuedo code. You may have to do some more tweaking for this to work. But this is generally how it is done (or how I have done it!) Hope this helps. Suhas

[devvvy]

Thanks Suhas, I think I understand what you're getting at. norm