DataGridView Combobox Control

[Darraca]

Hi guys,

Just wondering if there was a way of populating a DataGridView control during runtime so that in one column there could be a few rows set to type string followed by a combobox control cell all in the same column?

Thanks

[dunfiddlin]

No! Nor indeed at any time.

[jmcilhinney]

Yes that is completely possible and, in fact, at run time is the only time you can do it. When you add columns to a DataGridView you are specifying the template cell type for that column but, in fact, any cell in any column can be any type you want. You simply create a cell of the type you want and assign it to the grid's Item property, which gets or sets the cell at particular column and cell coordinates, e.g.

DataGridView1(1, 5) = New DataGridViewComboBoxCell()

That will put a combo box cell in the second column of the sixth row regardless of the type of that column. The cell that was at that location will be discarded.

[Darraca]

Brilliant, works a charm thanks.

[dunfiddlin]

You can? Darn it! Just when you think that darned DGV straight in your head ....