Datagridviewcombobox returns string instead of decimal causing a datagriderror event

Question

I have a datagridview with a combobox column where I set the values of the combobox.items to decimal values. When I select a value I get the dateerror event, and when I look at the value for the combobox column, it is a string, not a decimal, which I guess is what's causing the problem. If I add the values as type string it works. Can I not use a combobox if the values aren't strings? I tried adding the combobox items as decimals, but that causes the datagridview dataerror.

Answer 1

Hi @Dan Hinsley ,

You can set the combobox column's ValueTypr to Decimal to avoid this error.

        DataGridView1.Columns(0).ValueType = GetType(Decimal)

Best Regards.

Jiachen Li

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