How can you set the background color of individual
columns in a datagrid to be different to others? The
table styles only allow you to do this at the grid level
for all columns.

You can use the free open-source grid: ExtendedDataGrid:
http://dotnet.leadit.be/extendeddatagrid/

It has a formatted textbox column which you can use to color individual
cells.

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"PJ" <(E-Mail Removed)> schreef in bericht
news:58c001c40037$59e6dd80$(E-Mail Removed)...
> How can you set the background color of individual
> columns in a datagrid to be different to others? The
> table styles only allow you to do this at the grid level
> for all columns.

http://www.syncfusion.com/FAQ/WinForms/FAQ_c44c.asp
you can find it there + a lot of other nice tips

Pieter

"PJ" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:58c001c40037$59e6dd80$(E-Mail Removed)...
> How can you set the background color of individual
> columns in a datagrid to be different to others? The
> table styles only allow you to do this at the grid level
> for all columns.

This was helpful, thanks. But to add to the question, I
want to be able to set different colors for the column
header cells also and I don't think the tips cover this.
Any ideas?

>-----Original Message-----
>http://www.syncfusion.com/FAQ/WinForms/FAQ_c44c.asp
>you can find it there + a lot of other nice tips
>
>Pieter
>
>"PJ" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:58c001c40037$59e6dd80$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> How can you set the background color of individual
>> columns in a datagrid to be different to others? The
>> table styles only allow you to do this at the grid
level
>> for all columns.
>
>
>.
>

Hm, I didn't find this. Although I guess it must be possible by using the
Paint-event of the DataGrid.
I used this function to write something to some row-headers. I guess the
same must be possible with the column-headers:
Private Sub dbgFolder_Paint(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As
System.Windows.Forms.PaintEventArgs) Handles dbgFolder.Paint

Dim row As Integer

row = TopRow()

Dim yDelta As Integer

If row >= 0 Then

yDelta = (dbgFolder.GetCellBounds(row, 0).Height + 1)

Dim y As Integer

y = (dbgFolder.GetCellBounds(row, 0).Top + 2)

Dim cm As CurrencyManager

cm = CType(Me.BindingContext(dbgFolder.DataSource,
dbgFolder.DataMember), CurrencyManager)

Dim dtvGrid As DataView

dtvGrid = New DataView(dtblGrid)

'5 omdat em anders de onderste telkens ni tekende...

Do While ((y < (dbgFolder.Height - yDelta + 3)) AndAlso (row <
cm.Count))

'get & draw the header text...

If DateDiff(DateInterval.Hour,
dtvGrid.Item(row).Item("DateFile"), Now) <= 12 Then

Dim text1 As String

' text1 = System.String.Format("row{0}", row)

text1 = System.String.Format("N", row)

e.Graphics.DrawString(text1, dbgFolder.Font, New
SolidBrush(Color.Black), 4, y)

End If

y = (y + yDelta)

row = (row + 1)

Loop

End If

End Sub





Or maybe override the Paint-event of the cell (I guess that's better, hehe),
and than use

g.FillRectangle(e.BackBrush, bounds)

But to be hon,nest I'm not really an expert of these things. I did some
stuff in it to extend the datagrid, but that's all :-)



Hope this helps,



Pieter








<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:556301c40049$f2441fe0$(E-Mail Removed)...
> This was helpful, thanks. But to add to the question, I
> want to be able to set different colors for the column
> header cells also and I don't think the tips cover this.
> Any ideas?
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >http://www.syncfusion.com/FAQ/WinForms/FAQ_c44c.asp
> >you can find it there + a lot of other nice tips
> >
> >Pieter
> >
> >"PJ" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> >news:58c001c40037$59e6dd80$(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> How can you set the background color of individual
> >> columns in a datagrid to be different to others? The
> >> table styles only allow you to do this at the grid
> level
> >> for all columns.
> >
> >
> >.
> >

Yes, it helped thanks. I am just a little surprised at
the coding necessary just to alter the background color
of a column header. This really should be a property of
the DataGridColumnStyle class.


>-----Original Message-----
>Hm, I didn't find this. Although I guess it must be
possible by using the
>Paint-event of the DataGrid.
>I used this function to write something to some row-
headers. I guess the
>same must be possible with the column-headers:
>Private Sub dbgFolder_Paint(ByVal sender As Object,
ByVal e As
>System.Windows.Forms.PaintEventArgs) Handles
dbgFolder.Paint
>
> Dim row As Integer
>
> row = TopRow()
>
> Dim yDelta As Integer
>
> If row >= 0 Then
>
> yDelta = (dbgFolder.GetCellBounds(row, 0).Height
+ 1)
>
> Dim y As Integer
>
> y = (dbgFolder.GetCellBounds(row, 0).Top + 2)
>
> Dim cm As CurrencyManager
>
> cm = CType(Me.BindingContext
(dbgFolder.DataSource,
>dbgFolder.DataMember), CurrencyManager)
>
> Dim dtvGrid As DataView
>
> dtvGrid = New DataView(dtblGrid)
>
> '5 omdat em anders de onderste telkens ni
tekende...
>
> Do While ((y < (dbgFolder.Height - yDelta + 3))
AndAlso (row <
>cm.Count))
>
> 'get & draw the header text...
>
> If DateDiff(DateInterval.Hour,
>dtvGrid.Item(row).Item("DateFile"), Now) <= 12 Then
>
> Dim text1 As String
>
> ' text1 = System.String.Format("row{0}",
row)
>
> text1 = System.String.Format("N", row)
>
> e.Graphics.DrawString(text1,
dbgFolder.Font, New
>SolidBrush(Color.Black), 4, y)
>
> End If
>
> y = (y + yDelta)
>
> row = (row + 1)
>
> Loop
>
> End If
>
>End Sub
>
>
>
>
>
>Or maybe override the Paint-event of the cell (I guess
that's better, hehe),
>and than use
>
>g.FillRectangle(e.BackBrush, bounds)
>
>But to be hon,nest I'm not really an expert of these
things. I did some
>stuff in it to extend the datagrid, but that's all :-)
>
>
>
>Hope this helps,
>
>
>
>Pieter
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
><(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:556301c40049$f2441fe0$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> This was helpful, thanks. But to add to the question, I
>> want to be able to set different colors for the column
>> header cells also and I don't think the tips cover
this.
>> Any ideas?
>>
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >http://www.syncfusion.com/FAQ/WinForms/FAQ_c44c.asp
>> >you can find it there + a lot of other nice tips
>> >
>> >Pieter
>> >
>> >"PJ" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> >news:58c001c40037$59e6dd80$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> >> How can you set the background color of individual
>> >> columns in a datagrid to be different to others? The
>> >> table styles only allow you to do this at the grid
>> level
>> >> for all columns.
>> >
>> >
>> >.
>> >
>
>
>.
>

It is very good but how can I autosize the rowheights in my datagrid by
VB.NET (not C# , I can't convert C# to VB.NET on this page)?

"DraguVaso" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> http://www.syncfusion.com/FAQ/WinForms/FAQ_c44c.asp
> you can find it there + a lot of other nice tips
>
> Pieter
>
> "PJ" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:58c001c40037$59e6dd80$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > How can you set the background color of individual
> > columns in a datagrid to be different to others? The
> > table styles only allow you to do this at the grid level
> > for all columns.
>
>

try this one:
http://www.syncfusion.com/FAQ/WinFor...44c.asp#q1075q

"BraveHeart" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> It is very good but how can I autosize the rowheights in my datagrid by
> VB.NET (not C# , I can't convert C# to VB.NET on this page)?
>
> "DraguVaso" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > http://www.syncfusion.com/FAQ/WinForms/FAQ_c44c.asp
> > you can find it there + a lot of other nice tips
> >
> > Pieter
> >
> > "PJ" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:58c001c40037$59e6dd80$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > How can you set the background color of individual
> > > columns in a datagrid to be different to others? The
> > > table styles only allow you to do this at the grid level
> > > for all columns.
> >
> >
>
>