DataGridView.VirtualMode Property

Definition

Gets or sets a value indicating whether you have provided your own data-management operations for the DataGridView control.

public bool VirtualMode { get; set; }

Property Value

true if the DataGridView uses data-management operations that you provide; otherwise, false. The default is false.

Examples

The following code example code uses virtual mode to create a table of positive integers.

using System.IO;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Drawing;
using System;

public class VirtualModeDemo : Form
{
    DataGridView dataGridView1 = new DataGridView();

    public VirtualModeDemo()
        : base()
    {
        Text = "DataGridView virtual-mode demo (cell-level commit scope)";
        dataGridView1.NewRowNeeded +=
            new DataGridViewRowEventHandler(dataGridView1_NewRowNeeded);
        dataGridView1.RowsAdded +=
            new DataGridViewRowsAddedEventHandler(dataGridView1_RowsAdded);
        dataGridView1.CellValidating +=
            new DataGridViewCellValidatingEventHandler(dataGridView1_CellValidating);
        dataGridView1.CellValueNeeded +=
            new DataGridViewCellValueEventHandler(dataGridView1_CellValueNeeded);
        dataGridView1.CellValuePushed +=
            new DataGridViewCellValueEventHandler(dataGridView1_CellValuePushed);

        Controls.Add(dataGridView1);
        dataGridView1.VirtualMode = true;
        dataGridView1.AllowUserToDeleteRows = false;
        dataGridView1.Columns.Add("Numbers", "Positive Numbers");
        dataGridView1.Rows.AddCopies(0, initialSize);
    }

    bool newRowNeeded;
    private void dataGridView1_NewRowNeeded(object sender,
        DataGridViewRowEventArgs e)
    {
        newRowNeeded = true;
    }

    const int initialSize = 5000000;
    int numberOfRows = initialSize;

    private void dataGridView1_RowsAdded(object sender,
         DataGridViewRowsAddedEventArgs e)
    {
        if (newRowNeeded)
        {
            newRowNeeded = false;
            numberOfRows = numberOfRows + 1;
        }
    }

    #region "data store maintance"
    const int initialValue = -1;

    private void dataGridView1_CellValueNeeded(object sender,
        DataGridViewCellValueEventArgs e)
    {
        if (store.ContainsKey(e.RowIndex))
        {
            // Use the store if the e value has been modified 
            // and stored.            
            e.Value = store[e.RowIndex];
        }
        else if (newRowNeeded && e.RowIndex == numberOfRows)
        {
            if (dataGridView1.IsCurrentCellInEditMode)
            {
                e.Value = initialValue;
            }
            else
            {
                // Show a blank value if the cursor is just resting
                // on the last row.
                e.Value = String.Empty;
            }
        }
        else
        {
            e.Value = e.RowIndex;
        }
    }

    private void dataGridView1_CellValuePushed(object sender,
        DataGridViewCellValueEventArgs e)
    {
        store.Add(e.RowIndex, int.Parse(e.Value.ToString()));
    }
    #endregion

    private Dictionary<int, int> store = new Dictionary<int, int>();

    private void dataGridView1_CellValidating(object sender,
        DataGridViewCellValidatingEventArgs e)
    {
        dataGridView1.Rows[e.RowIndex].ErrorText = "";
        int newInteger;

        // Don't try to validate the 'new row' until finished 
        // editing since there
        // is not any point in validating its initial value.
        if (dataGridView1.Rows[e.RowIndex].IsNewRow) { return; }
        if (!int.TryParse(e.FormattedValue.ToString(),
            out newInteger) || newInteger < 0)
        {
            e.Cancel = true;
            dataGridView1.Rows[e.RowIndex].ErrorText = "the value must be a non-negative integer";
        }
    }

    [STAThreadAttribute()]
    public static void Main()
    {
        Application.Run(new VirtualModeDemo());
    }
}

Remarks

Virtual mode is designed for use with very large stores of data. When the VirtualMode property is true, you create a DataGridView with a set number of rows and columns and then handle the CellValueNeeded event to populate the cells. Virtual mode requires implementation of an underlying data cache to handle the population, editing, and deletion of DataGridView cells based on actions of the user. For more information about implementing virtual mode, see How to: Implement Virtual Mode in the Windows Forms DataGridView Control.

You must use virtual mode to maintain the values of unbound columns when the DataGridView control is in bound mode. Sorting by unbound columns in bound mode is not supported.

Applies to

Produs Versiuni
.NET Framework 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8, 4.8.1
Windows Desktop 3.0, 3.1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

See also