Programmatically creating DataGridView with customised items in each cell

Setup The DataGridView

	//----- CREATE THE DATAGRID VIEW COLUMNS -----
	dataGridView1->AutoGenerateColumns = false;
	dataGridView1->DataSource = nullptr;			//Clear the grid if necessary
	dataGridView1->Columns->Clear();

	//TEXT BOX COLUMN
	DataGridViewTextBoxColumn ^DataGridColumnString1 = gcnew DataGridViewTextBoxColumn();
	DataGridColumnString1->HeaderText = "My String Column";
	//DataGridColumnString1->ReadOnly = true;
	//DataGridColumnName->SortMode = DataGridViewColumnSortMode::NotSortable;
	dataGridView1->Columns->Add(DataGridColumnString1);

	//BUTTON COLUMN
	DataGridViewButtonColumn ^DataGridColumnButton1 = gcnew DataGridViewButtonColumn();
	DataGridColumnButton1->HeaderText = "My Button Column";
	//DataGridColumnButton1->ReadOnly = true;
	dataGridView1->Columns->Add(DataGridColumnButton1);

	//IMAGE COLUMN
	DataGridViewImageColumn ^DataGridColumnImage1 = gcnew DataGridViewImageColumn();
	DataGridColumnImage1->HeaderText = "My Image Column";
	//DataGridColumnImage1->ReadOnly = true;
	dataGridView1->Columns->Add(DataGridColumnImage1);

	//COMBO BOX COLUMN
	DataGridViewComboBoxColumn ^DataGridColumnComboBox1 = gcnew DataGridViewComboBoxColumn();
	DataGridColumnComboBox1->HeaderText = "My Combo Box Column";
	//DataGridColumnComboBox1->ReadOnly = true;
	//DataGridColumnComboBox1->FlatStyle = FlatStyle::Flat;	//Enable to remove button look of cell
	DataGridColumnComboBox1->Items->Add("A");
	DataGridColumnComboBox1->Items->Add("B");
	DataGridColumnComboBox1->Items->Add("C");
	dataGridView1->Columns->Add(DataGridColumnComboBox1);
	
	dataGridView1->Columns[0]->Width = 120;
	dataGridView1->Columns[1]->Width = 80;
	dataGridView1->Columns[2]->Width = 60;
	dataGridView1->Columns[3]->AutoSizeMode = System::Windows::Forms::DataGridViewAutoSizeColumnMode::Fill;

	//----- ADD THE ROWS -----
	//Row 0
	dataGridView1->Rows->Add();
	dataGridView1->Rows[0]->Cells[0]->Value = "Row 0";
	dataGridView1->Rows[0]->Cells[1]->Value = "Button 0";
	dataGridView1->Rows[0]->Cells[2]->Value = imageList1->Images[0];
	dataGridView1->Rows[0]->Cells[3]->Value = "A";

	//Row 1
	dataGridView1->Rows->Add();
	dataGridView1->Rows[1]->Cells[0]->Value = "Row 1";
	dataGridView1->Rows[1]->Cells[1]->Value = "Button 1";
	dataGridView1->Rows[1]->Cells[2]->Value = imageList1->Images[0];
	dataGridView1->Rows[1]->Cells[3]->Value = "B";

The Cell Clicked Function

	//********************************************************
	//********************************************************
	//********** DATAGRIDVIEW CELL / BUTTON CLICKED **********
	//********************************************************
	//********************************************************
	private: System::Void dataGridView1_CellClick(System::Object^  sender, System::Windows::Forms::DataGridViewCellEventArgs^  e)
	{
			if (e->RowIndex > -1)		//Ignore clicks of the column headers
			{
				if (e->ColumnIndex == 1)
				{
					MessageBox::Show(" Row " + e->RowIndex + ", Column " + e->ColumnIndex + " button clicked");
				}
			}
	}

Simple DataGridView with a column of matching buttons

Setup the DataGridView

	//--------------------------------
	//----- SETUP DATA GRID VIEW -----
	//--------------------------------
	dataGridView1->DataSource = nullptr;			//Clear the grid if necessary
	dataGridView1->Columns->Clear();

	dataGridView1->AutoGenerateColumns = false;
	dataGridView1->ColumnCount = 3;
	dataGridView1->Columns[0]->Name = "Column A";
	dataGridView1->Columns[1]->Name = "Column B";
	dataGridView1->Columns[2]->Name = "Column C";

	array<String^> ^DataGridRow = gcnew array<String^> { "1", "Item 1", "100" };
	dataGridView1->Rows->Add(DataGridRow);

	DataGridRow = gcnew array<String^> { "2", "Item 2", "200" };
	dataGridView1->Rows->Add(DataGridRow);
	
	DataGridRow = gcnew array<String^> { "3", "Item 3", "300" };
	dataGridView1->Rows->Add(DataGridRow);
	
	DataGridRow = gcnew array<String^> { "4", "Item 4", "400" };
	dataGridView1->Rows->Add(DataGridRow);

	DataGridViewButtonColumn ^DataGridButton = gcnew DataGridViewButtonColumn();
	dataGridView1->Columns->Add(DataGridButton);
	DataGridButton->HeaderText = "Button Column";
	DataGridButton->Text = "Click Here";
	DataGridButton->Name = "Abc";
	DataGridButton->UseColumnTextForButtonValue = true;
The Cell Clicked Function

	//********************************************************
	//********************************************************
	//********** DATAGRIDVIEW CELL / BUTTON CLICKED **********
	//********************************************************
	//********************************************************
	private: System::Void dataGridView1_CellClick(System::Object^  sender, System::Windows::Forms::DataGridViewCellEventArgs^  e)
	{
			if (e->RowIndex > -1)		//Ignore clicks of the column headers
			{
				if (e->ColumnIndex == 3)
				{
					MessageBox::Show(" Row " + e->RowIndex + ", Column " + e->ColumnIndex + " button clicked");
				}
			}
	}

 

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Comments

  1. Anonymous

    11 months ago

    Very goood

  2. Tim

    3 years ago

    Great help files!!

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