DataGridViewCellErrorTextNeededEventArgs.ErrorText Property
Definition
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Gets or sets the message that is displayed when the cell is selected.
public:
property System::String ^ ErrorText { System::String ^ get(); void set(System::String ^ value); };
public string ErrorText { get; set; }
public string? ErrorText { get; set; }
member this.ErrorText : string with get, set
Public Property ErrorText As String
Property Value
The error message.
Examples
The following code example demonstrates an event handler that uses the ErrorText property to set the error text of a cell.
ToolStripMenuItem^ wholeTable;
ToolStripMenuItem^ lookUp;
System::Windows::Forms::ContextMenuStrip^ strip;
String^ cellErrorText;
void dataGridView1_CellContextMenuStripNeeded( Object^ /*sender*/,
DataGridViewCellContextMenuStripNeededEventArgs^ e )
{
cellErrorText = String::Empty;
if ( strip == nullptr )
{
strip = gcnew System::Windows::Forms::ContextMenuStrip;
lookUp->Text = L"Look Up";
wholeTable->Text = L"See Whole Table";
strip->Items->Add( lookUp );
strip->Items->Add( wholeTable );
}
e->ContextMenuStrip = strip;
}
void wholeTable_Click( Object^ /*sender*/, EventArgs^ /*e*/ )
{
dataGridView1->DataSource = Populate( L"Select * from employees", true );
}
DataGridViewCellEventArgs^ theCellImHoveringOver;
void dataGridView1_CellMouseEnter( Object^ /*sender*/, DataGridViewCellEventArgs^ e )
{
theCellImHoveringOver = e;
}
DataGridViewCellEventArgs^ cellErrorLocation;
void lookUp_Click( Object^ /*sender*/, EventArgs^ /*e*/ )
{
try
{
dataGridView1->DataSource = Populate( String::Format( L"Select * from employees where {0} = '{1}'", dataGridView1->Columns[ theCellImHoveringOver->ColumnIndex ]->Name, dataGridView1->Rows[ theCellImHoveringOver->RowIndex ]->Cells[ theCellImHoveringOver->ColumnIndex ]->Value ), true );
}
catch ( ... )
{
cellErrorText = L"Can't look this cell up";
cellErrorLocation = theCellImHoveringOver;
}
}
void dataGridView1_CellErrorTextNeeded( Object^ /*sender*/, DataGridViewCellErrorTextNeededEventArgs^ e )
{
if ( cellErrorLocation != nullptr )
{
if ( e->ColumnIndex == cellErrorLocation->ColumnIndex && e->RowIndex == cellErrorLocation->RowIndex )
{
e->ErrorText = cellErrorText;
}
}
}
DataTable^ Populate( String^ query, bool resetUnsharedCounter )
{
if ( resetUnsharedCounter )
{
ResetCounter();
}
// Alter the data source as necessary
SqlDataAdapter^ adapter = gcnew SqlDataAdapter( query,
gcnew SqlConnection( L"Integrated Security=SSPI;Persist Security Info=False;"
L"Initial Catalog=Northwind;Data Source= localhost" ) );
DataTable^ table = gcnew DataTable;
adapter->Fill( table );
return table;
}
Label^ count;
int unsharedRowCounter;
void ResetCounter()
{
unsharedRowCounter = 0;
count->Text = unsharedRowCounter.ToString();
}
private ToolStripMenuItem wholeTable = new ToolStripMenuItem();
private ToolStripMenuItem lookUp = new ToolStripMenuItem();
private ContextMenuStrip strip;
private string cellErrorText;
private void dataGridView1_CellContextMenuStripNeeded(object sender,
DataGridViewCellContextMenuStripNeededEventArgs e)
{
cellErrorText = String.Empty;
if (strip == null)
{
strip = new ContextMenuStrip();
lookUp.Text = "Look Up";
wholeTable.Text = "See Whole Table";
strip.Items.Add(lookUp);
strip.Items.Add(wholeTable);
}
e.ContextMenuStrip = strip;
}
private void wholeTable_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
dataGridView1.DataSource = Populate("Select * from employees", true);
}
private DataGridViewCellEventArgs theCellImHoveringOver;
private void dataGridView1_CellMouseEnter(object sender, DataGridViewCellEventArgs e)
{
theCellImHoveringOver = e;
}
private DataGridViewCellEventArgs cellErrorLocation;
private void lookUp_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
try
{
dataGridView1.DataSource = Populate("Select * from employees where " +
dataGridView1.Columns[theCellImHoveringOver.ColumnIndex].Name + " = '" +
dataGridView1.Rows[theCellImHoveringOver.RowIndex].
Cells[theCellImHoveringOver.ColumnIndex].Value + "'",
true);
}
catch (SqlException)
{
cellErrorText = "Can't look this cell up";
cellErrorLocation = theCellImHoveringOver;
}
}
private void dataGridView1_CellErrorTextNeeded(object sender,
DataGridViewCellErrorTextNeededEventArgs e)
{
if (cellErrorLocation != null)
{
if (e.ColumnIndex == cellErrorLocation.ColumnIndex &&
e.RowIndex == cellErrorLocation.RowIndex)
{
e.ErrorText = cellErrorText;
}
}
}
private DataTable Populate(string query, bool resetUnsharedCounter)
{
if (resetUnsharedCounter)
{
ResetCounter();
}
// Alter the data source as necessary
SqlDataAdapter adapter = new SqlDataAdapter(query,
new SqlConnection("Integrated Security=SSPI;Persist Security Info=False;" +
"Initial Catalog=Northwind;Data Source=localhost"));
DataTable table = new DataTable();
table.Locale = System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture;
adapter.Fill(table);
return table;
}
private Label count = new Label();
private int unsharedRowCounter;
private void ResetCounter()
{
unsharedRowCounter = 0;
count.Text = unsharedRowCounter.ToString();
}
Private WithEvents wholeTable As New ToolStripMenuItem()
Private WithEvents lookUp As New ToolStripMenuItem()
Private strip As ContextMenuStrip
Private cellErrorText As String
Private Sub dataGridView1_CellContextMenuStripNeeded(ByVal sender As Object, _
ByVal e As DataGridViewCellContextMenuStripNeededEventArgs) _
Handles dataGridView1.CellContextMenuStripNeeded
cellErrorText = String.Empty
If strip Is Nothing Then
strip = New ContextMenuStrip()
lookUp.Text = "Look Up"
wholeTable.Text = "See Whole Table"
strip.Items.Add(lookUp)
strip.Items.Add(wholeTable)
End If
e.ContextMenuStrip = strip
End Sub
Private Sub wholeTable_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) Handles wholeTable.Click
dataGridView1.DataSource = Populate("Select * from employees", True)
End Sub
Private theCellImHoveringOver As DataGridViewCellEventArgs
Private Sub dataGridView1_CellMouseEnter(ByVal sender As Object, _
ByVal e As DataGridViewCellEventArgs) _
Handles dataGridView1.CellMouseEnter
theCellImHoveringOver = e
End Sub
Private cellErrorLocation As DataGridViewCellEventArgs
Private Sub lookUp_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) Handles lookUp.Click
Try
dataGridView1.DataSource = Populate("Select * from employees where " & _
dataGridView1.Columns(theCellImHoveringOver.ColumnIndex).Name & " = '" & _
dataGridView1.Rows(theCellImHoveringOver.RowIndex).Cells(theCellImHoveringOver.ColumnIndex).Value.ToString() & _
"'", True)
Catch ex As SqlException
cellErrorText = "Can't look this cell up"
cellErrorLocation = theCellImHoveringOver
End Try
End Sub
Private Sub dataGridView1_CellErrorTextNeeded(ByVal sender As Object, _
ByVal e As DataGridViewCellErrorTextNeededEventArgs) _
Handles dataGridView1.CellErrorTextNeeded
If (Not cellErrorLocation Is Nothing) Then
If e.ColumnIndex = cellErrorLocation.ColumnIndex AndAlso _
e.RowIndex = cellErrorLocation.RowIndex Then
e.ErrorText = cellErrorText
End If
End If
End Sub
Private Function Populate(ByVal query As String, ByVal resetUnsharedCounter As Boolean) As DataTable
If resetUnsharedCounter Then
ResetCounter()
End If
' Alter the data source as necessary
Dim adapter As New SqlDataAdapter(query, _
New SqlConnection("Integrated Security=SSPI;Persist Security Info=False;" & _
"Initial Catalog=Northwind;Data Source=localhost"))
Dim table As New DataTable()
table.Locale = System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture
adapter.Fill(table)
Return table
End Function
Private count As New Label()
Private unsharedRowCounter As Integer
Private Sub ResetCounter()
unsharedRowCounter = 0
count.Text = unsharedRowCounter.ToString()
End Sub
Remarks
This property initially contains the value of the DataGridViewCell.ErrorText property if it has been set for a row.
The ErrorText property value displays as a ToolTip for the error glyph in the cell.