This code will not solve your problem entirely, but may put you on the right
track. In my case I had a dozen different data grids and didn't want to
specify the names and widths of every collumn in every one of them so I just
created a function to set all of the collumns to a longer width. It is much
simpler to maintain but doesnt give you as much flexibility.
Public Shared Sub SetTableStyle(ByRef MyDataGrid As DataGrid)
'***********************************************************************
' Public method
' called by all forms using datagrids
' defines consistent table styles in one place
'***********************************************************************
Dim objTableStyle As New DataGridTableStyle
objTableStyle.AlternatingBackColor = System.Drawing.Color.OldLace
'set every other datagrid line to a seperate color to make it easier to read
objTableStyle.PreferredColumnWidth = 150
MyDataGrid.TableStyles.Add(objTableStyle)
End Sub
You can also specify individual collumns, identified by the collumn name in
your dataset. This can be done programatically, or through the TableStyles
Collectin in the designer.
