#Visual basic data grid control windows

The DataGridViewRow object can access the cell template to create clones of the correct cell type.įigure 7-1: The basic structure of the DataGridView object Although the DataGridViewRow object holds the collection of cells, each DataGridViewColumn provides an instance of a specific cell that is used as a template. The Columns property provides a collection of objects that derive from the DataGridViewColumn class. Each DataGridViewRow object contains a Cells collection, which is a collection of objects that derive from the DataGridViewCell class. The Rows property provides a collection of DataGridViewRow objects. The DataGridView object consists of collections of rows and columns. The basic structure of the DataGridView object is shown in Figure 7-1.

#Visual basic data grid control windows

Earlier grid controls were difficult to customize without diving deep into Windows handles and messages, but the DataGridView object exposes more than 160 events to make it much simpler to access the key area of the grid. The DataGridView control is used on Windows Forms applications to display data in a tabular, rows-and-columns format. This chapter will examine the Windows data grid control, called the DataGridView, which is available in Visual Studio 2005 the next chapter will examine the Web data grid control, called the GridView. Every version of Microsoft Visual Studio has had a data grid control that is meant to provide easy browse and change capability with minimal effort by the developer. We're always looking for a way to display data in a manner that will allow the user to quickly browse and change data.