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WinForm - DataGridView when row change event

I currently have an event set for RowHeaderMouseClick when I click on the header, my textbox is populated with data from the DataGrid. I want to make my textbox populate when I select the row instead of the header. Ideally, I want to hide the header. What is the correct event/property that I need to set to achieve this?
Edit:
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You can make like this for any event
//Handle RowChanged.
table.RowChanged += table_RowChanged;
//RowChanged Event.
static void table_RowChanged(object sender, DataRowChangeEventArgs e)
{
Console.WriteLine("... Changed: " + (int)e.Row["Dosage"]);
}

You don't need to do it with events, as you seem to be saying that the textbox gets populated with an item from the row. In such a case you would have:
your datagridview bound to a bindingsource
your bindingsource bound to a datatable or other list that supports binding
your textbox's text property bound to the same bindingsource
Every time the user clicks a row in the grid (or uses the keyboard to move to another row) they are causing the Current property of the bindingsource to update. This in turn changes any of the textboxes that are bound to true same binding source (a textbox only shows the current row item to which it is bound)
For a quick demo of how this works, do these steps (apologies I can't make any screenshots - I'm on a cellphone) - skip any steps you've already done
add a DataSet type file to your project
open it and right click the surface, add a datatable and name it eg Person
right click it and add a couple of columns eg FirstName and LastName
save
switch to the form
open the Dat Sources window (view menu, other windows)
drag the Person node to the form, a datagridview appears as well as some other stuff (bindingsource) - look at the DataSource property of the grid
in the Data sources window again click the drop down button next to Person, change it to details
drag the person node to the form again, this time textboxes appear; take a look at their Text bindings in the (data bindings) section of their properties - they're bound to the same bindingsource as the grid is
run the project, type 4 names into the grid and then select different rows at random using the mouse; the textboxes update to stay current with the grid selection
If this isn't the way you've done things up to now you should consider making it the way; using the DataSet designer to create strongly typed datatables is an easy way to model the data aspects of your program and there is a lot of tooling set up to make life easier when you use them to make a data driven app. If you've been putting data directly into a datagridview it's something you should avoid going forward, and instead separate your concerns in a more mvc style pattern

If you want to remove or make the rowHeader invisible
You can SET an Event DataGridView CellClick and below is the CODE
//Im Assuming that we are getting the row VALUES
try{
int rowIndex = e.RowIndex; //getting the position of ROW in DGV when CLick
int columns = Columns.Count//numebr of Columns
for(int i=0; i< columns;i++)
{
//Here we can populate textBoxes and using FlowLayoutPanel
string values = dataGridView1.Rows[rowIndex].Columns[i].Value.toString();
//Creating new TextBox
TextBox txtBox = new TextBox();
txtBox.Text = values;
txtBox.Size = new Size(100,200);
flowLayoutPanel1.Controls.Add(txtBox);
}
}catch(Exception ee){}
OR If you want to pass the VALUES of the selected ROW you can do like this
textBox.Text = dataGridView1.Rows[rowIndex].Columns[0].Value.toString();//1st col
textBox1.Text = dataGridView1.Rows[rowIndex].Columns[1].Value.toString();//2nd col

First, right-click your dataGrid and select properties
Then change the SelectionMode to FullRowSelect if you like as shown below:
Next, In the datagrid event section double-click on SelectionChanged
and write code like this, you can use other events, although
// Just for example
private void dataGridView1_SelectionChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
try
{
if (dataGridView1.CurrentRow != null && dataGridView1.CurrentRow.Index >= 0)
{
var row = dataGridView1.CurrentRow;
txtCode.Text = (row.Cells["code"].Value != null) ? row.Cells["code"].Value.ToString() : string.Empty;
txtFirstName.Text = (row.Cells["firstName"].Value != null) ? row.Cells["firstName"].Value.ToString() : string.Empty;
txtLastName.Text = (row.Cells["lastName"].Value != null) ? row.Cells["lastName"].Value.ToString() : string.Empty;
}
}
catch { }
}

Alternative to DataGridView DataBindingComplete Event

As stated here the DataBindingComplete event for a DataGridView is fired whenever the contents of the data source change, or a property such as DataSource changes. This results in the method being called multiple times.
I am currently using the DataBindingComplete event to do some visual formatting to my form. For example, I make the text in the first column (column 0) appear as Row Headers and then hide that column (see code below).
private void grdComponents_DataBindingComplete(object sender, DataGridViewBindingCompleteEventArgs e)
{
foreach (DataGridViewRow row in grdComponents.Rows)
{
row.HeaderCell.Value = row.Cells[0].Value.ToString();
}
grdComponents.Columns[0].Visible = false;
// do more stuff...
}
It is unnecessary to execute this code more than once, and I am looking to put it into a place where that can happen. Unfortunately it didn't work when I added the snippet to the end of my form's Load method (after I set the DataSource of my DataGridView), nor did it work in the DataSourceChanged event.

Yes, you can use DataSourceChanged event, but be aware, that it occurs only when data source is changed. Additionally, DataBindingComplete offers you information why it has happend - through e.ListChangedType:
Reset = 0,// Much of the list has changed. Any listening controls should refresh all their data from the list.
ItemAdded = 1,// An item added to the list
ItemDeleted = 2,// An item deleted from the list.
ItemMoved = 3,// An item moved within the list.
ItemChanged = 4,// An item changed in the list.
PropertyDescriptorAdded = 5,// A System.ComponentModel.PropertyDescriptor was added, which changed the schema.
PropertyDescriptorDeleted = 6,// A System.ComponentModel.PropertyDescriptor was deleted, which changed the schema.
PropertyDescriptorChanged = 7// A System.ComponentModel.PropertyDescriptor was changed, which changed the schema.
According to this answer:
https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums/windows/en-us/50c4f46d-c3b8-4da7-b08f-a751dca12afd/databindingcomplete-event-is-been-called-twice
the whole thing happens because you don't have DataMember property set in your dataGridView. And you can set it only if you want to set particular table from database which is set as your DataSource of dataGridView. Other way - throws an exception.

The simplest way will be just to execute this code once:
Add a flag like Boolean isDataGridFormatted in your form.
And check it like
private void grdComponents_DataBindingComplete(object sender, DataGridViewBindingCompleteEventArgs e)
{
if (this.isDataGridFormatted )
return;
foreach (DataGridViewRow row in grdComponents.Rows)
{
row.HeaderCell.Value = row.Cells[0].Value.ToString();
}
grdComponents.Columns[0].Visible = false;
// do more stuff...
this.isDataGridFormatted = false;
}
A bit better will be to prepare your DataGridView during the form construction. As I understand your columns won't change during the course of your program but you don't want to initialize everything manually. You could load some dummy one-item(one-row) data during the initialization:
private void Initialize_DataGridView()
{
// Add dummy data to generate the columns
this.dataGridView_Items.DataContext = new Item[]{ new Item {Id = 5, Value = 6}};
// Make your formatting
foreach (DataGridViewRow row in grdComponents.Rows)
{
row.HeaderCell.Value = row.Cells[0].Value.ToString();
}
grdComponents.Columns[0].Visible = false;
// Reset the dummy data
this.dataGridView_Items.DataContext = null; // Or new Item[]{};
}
...
public MyForm()
{
Initialize();
this.Initialize_DataGridView();
}
I am not sure that exactly such code will work with dataGridView but it is close enough.
Of course an event would have been a nearly ideal solution but there's hardly any that deals with successful autogeneration of columns http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.forms.datagridview_events(v=vs.110).aspx except the AutoGenerateColumnChanged but that is not what we need.
While it is possible to use the ColumnAdded - it will probably execute only once foreach of the autogenerated column, the actual implementation could become an overkill and will be even less direct than already mentioned approaches.
If you will have some time and desire you could create your own DataGridView derived class, take Boolean isDataGridFormatted from your form and implement all the initialization(or event hooking) inside the custom DataGridView.

Update Devexpress ComboBoxItemCollection items in the gridview mouse down event

I am using Devexpress Xtragrid Gridcontrol to show stuff in the grid. Each row shows the values of one object, which is represented as text cell besides two comboboxes. To represent the comboboxes I am using repositoryItemComboBox and ComboBoxItemCollection. I have also defined this event for the gridview
prjGridView_MouseDown(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
{
var hitInfo = prjGridView.CalcHitInfo(e.Location);
if (hitInfo.InRowCell)
{
int rowHandle = hitInfo.RowHandle;
GridColumn column = hitInfo.Column;
if (hitInfo.Column.Name.Equals("UsersItems"))
{
//Update the cell combobox data
}
How can I get the control in the cell shown in the hitInfo. I need this to update the values of the combobox in that cell, each "UserItems" combobox can have different items.
thanks,
ES

You can use ActiveEditor property of gridview.
var activeEditor = prjGridView.ActiveEditor;

Found a very simple method.
I defined this in the class
private ComboBoxItemCollection phaseColl
within the molusedown event I simply use the RowHandle to extract the correct object that is being represented in the row and update the combobox. I think this is a very simple implementation since one cannot look at multiply controls at the same time this will work.
-es

Restore oryginal value after validation fails - infragistics UltraWinGrid

I've set RegexpPattern property in Infragistics UltraWinGrid column and it works - when user edit cell and given input doesn't match regexp cell is cleared. I would like to restore previous ( before edit started) value of cell instead of make it blank. How can I do it?
thanks in advance!

I found solution:
Create event handler for grid's event: CellDataError - set event argument properties as in following sample:
private void _ultraGrid_ConfigList_CellDataError(object sender, Infragistics.Win.UltraWinGrid.CellDataErrorEventArgs e)
{
e.StayInEditMode = false;
e.RaiseErrorEvent = false;
e.RestoreOriginalValue = true;
}

DataGridView throwing "InvalidOperationException: Operation is not valid..." when adding a row

I want an OpenFileDialog to come up when a user clicks on a cell, then display the result in the cell.
It all works, except that the DataGridView displays an extra row, for adding values to the list it's bound to. The row shows up if dataGridView.AllowUserToAddNewRows == true, which is what I want. What I don't want is for the application to crash when that row is edited programatically; instead, it should do exactly what it would do if the user had edited that row manually (add the new row to the underlying list, push another empty row onto the grid for adding values).
I read about SendKeys.Send(), which should make the DataGridView behave exactly as though the user had typed the value in; however, it does not work either. Here is what I am trying:
if (openFileDialog1.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)
{
dataGridView1.CurrentCell = cell;
//simply doing a cell.Value = etc. will cause the program to crash
cell.ReadOnly = false;
dataGridView1.Columns[cell.ColumnIndex].ReadOnly = false;
dataGridView1.EditMode = DataGridViewEditMode.EditOnEnter;
dataGridView1.BeginEdit(true);
SendKeys.Send(openFileDialog1.FileName + "{Enter}");
dataGridView1.EndEdit();
cell.ReadOnly = true;
dataGridView1.Columns[cell.ColumnIndex].ReadOnly = true;
}
//I would expect the FileName would be in the cell now, and a new empty
//row tacked onto the end of the DataGridView, but it's not; the DataGridView
//is not changed at all.

I found a workaround on this page, though I don't know why it works
public MyForm()
{
InitializeComponent();
//Create a BindingSource, set its DataSource to my list,
//set the DataGrid's DataSource to the BindindingSource...
_bindingSource.AddingNew += OnAddingNewToBindingSource;
}
private void OnAddingNewToBindingSource(object sender, AddingNewEventArgs e)
{
if(dataGridView1.Rows.Count == _bindingSource.Count)
{
_bindingSource.RemoveAt(_bindingSource.Count - 1);
}
}
I'm getting very sick of spending so much time dealing with Visual Studio bugs...

I was having the same problem when trying to programattically edit cells with a binding source.
""Operation is not valid due to the current state of the object"
Which operation? What State? So helpful.
My code seem to work fine except when editing the last row in the grid.
Turns out the key is DataGridView.NotifiyCurrentCelldirty(true)
The correct sequence for programatically editing a cell, so it works the same as if the user did it.
(A new empty row appears when changing a cell in the last row) is something like this:
1) Make the cell to edit the current cell (do what ever you need to the current currentcell, first
like calling endEdit if it is in edit mode.)
2) Call DataGridview.BeginEdit(false)
3) Call DataGridView.NotifyCurrentCellDirty(true)
4) Modify the value.
5) Call DataGridView.EndEdit()
And you'll want to do something for the RowValidating and RowValidated events.
One of my routines for updating a cell value looks like this:
This is from a method in my class derived from DataGridView.
You could do the same thing from the containing form, calling
through a DataGridView instance, because the methods are public.
Here the calls are using an impliciit 'this.'
private void EnterTime()
{
if (CurrentRow == null) return;
SaveCurrentCell(); // Calls EndEdit() if CurrentCell.IsInEditMode
DataGridViewCell previous = CurrentCell;
CurrentCell = CurrentRow.Cells[CatchForm.TimeColumn];
BeginEdit(false);
NotifyCurrentCellDirty(true);
CurrentCell.Value = DateTime.Now;
EndEdit();
CurrentCell = previous;
}
I’m not sure why a separate call is needed.
Why doesn’t BeginEdit, or actually modifying the cell value, cause the right
things to happen?
And if you move the NotifyCurrentCellDirty call to after you actually modify the cell,
it doesn’t behave correctly either. All very annoying.

This is old, but I am running VS2010 and just come across this issue. I have a DataGridView bound to a List<T> using a BindingList<T>. I have a drag n' drop event on my DataGridView and it would throw this exception after deleting all rows from the DGV (except for the last blank one which one cannot delete) and then adding new rows to the DGV in the DragDrop handler via the BindingList<T>. This exception was not thrown if I simply added rows manually editing individual cells.
One solution I read said to handle the BindingList<T>.AddNew event, but I found that this event did not fire when calling BindingList<T>.Add() within the DragDrop event handler (I'm not sure why). I solved the issue by adding
if(bindingList.Count == 0)
bindingList.RemoveAt(0)
inside of the DragDrop event handler before adding new objects to bindingList. It seemed that adding an object to the bindingList failed when the only "object" in the bindingList was the one associated to the final blank row. The point of a BindingList<T> is to allow the developer to work with it instead of the DGV directly, but it seems doing so can cause problems in border cases.
The relationship between DGV rows and BindingList<T> rows seems to be a bit of a gray area. I have not spent much time investigating this, but it is not clear to me what is the state of the "object" in the BindingList<T> associated to the final (empty) row of the DGV. However, it does seem like the "object" at the end is only instantiated "correctly" when you interact with the final row directly (not via a DataSource).

Try this:
if (openFileDialog1.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)
{
int row = e.RowIndex;
int clmn = e.ColumnIndex;
if(e.RowIndex == dataGridView1.Rows.Count- 1)
dataGridView1.Rows.Add();
dataGridView1.Rows[row].Cells[clmn].Value = openFileDialog1.FileName;
}
EDIT
I didn't notice that you are binding your datagridview :(
Ok, to solve it: use binding source, set its DataSource property to your list, then set the data source of the data grid view to this binding source. Now, the code should look like so:
public partial class frmTestDataGridView : Form
{
BindingSource bindingSource1 = new BindingSource();
List<string> datasource = new List<string>();
public frmTestDataGridView()
{
InitializeComponent();
datasource.Add("item1");
datasource.Add("item2");
datasource.Add("item3");
bindingSource1.DataSource = datasource;
dataGridView1.DataSource = bindingSource1;
}
private void dataGridView1_CellClick(object sender, DataGridViewCellEventArgs e)
{
if (openFileDialog1.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)
{
int row = e.RowIndex;
int clmn = e.ColumnIndex;
if (e.RowIndex == dataGridView1.Rows.Count - 1)
{
bindingSource1.Add("");
}
dataGridView1.Rows[row].Cells[clmn].Value = openFileDialog1.FileName;
}
}
}

Remember to use Row.BeginEdit() and Row.EndEdit() if you get this error while editing a value in a row, using DataGrid or GridEX from Janus (in my case). The sample code that Darrel Lee posted here (https://stackoverflow.com/a/9143590/1278771) remind me to use these instructions that I forgot to use and this solved the problem for me.