GridColumnStylesCollection.Add(DataGridColumnStyle) Method

Definition

Namespace:

System.Windows.Forms

Assembly:

System.Windows.Forms.dll

Adds a column style to the collection.

public:
 virtual int Add(System::Windows::Forms::DataGridColumnStyle ^ column);

public virtual int Add (System.Windows.Forms.DataGridColumnStyle column);

abstract member Add : System.Windows.Forms.DataGridColumnStyle -> int
override this.Add : System.Windows.Forms.DataGridColumnStyle -> int

Public Overridable Function Add (column As DataGridColumnStyle) As Integer

Parameters

column

DataGridColumnStyle

The DataGridColumnStyle to add.

Returns

Int32

The index of the new DataGridColumnStyle.

Examples

The following code example creates several DataGridColumnStyle objects and adds each to the GridColumnStylesCollection of two DataGridTableStyle objects.

void AddCustomDataTableStyle()
{
   DataGridTableStyle^ ts1 = gcnew DataGridTableStyle;
   ts1->MappingName = "Customers";
   
   // Set other properties.
   ts1->AlternatingBackColor = Color::LightGray;
   
   /* Add a GridColumnStyle and set its MappingName
     to the name of a DataColumn in the DataTable.
     Set the HeaderText and Width properties. */
   DataGridColumnStyle^ boolCol = gcnew DataGridBoolColumn;
   boolCol->MappingName = "Current";
   boolCol->HeaderText = "IsCurrent Customer";
   boolCol->Width = 150;
   ts1->GridColumnStyles->Add( boolCol );
   
   // Add a second column style.
   DataGridColumnStyle^ TextCol = gcnew DataGridTextBoxColumn;
   TextCol->MappingName = "custName";
   TextCol->HeaderText = "Customer Name";
   TextCol->Width = 250;
   ts1->GridColumnStyles->Add( TextCol );
   
   // Create the second table style with columns.
   DataGridTableStyle^ ts2 = gcnew DataGridTableStyle;
   ts2->MappingName = "Orders";
   
   // Set other properties.
   ts2->AlternatingBackColor = Color::LightBlue;
   
   // Create new ColumnStyle objects.
   DataGridColumnStyle^ cOrderDate = gcnew DataGridTextBoxColumn;
   cOrderDate->MappingName = "OrderDate";
   cOrderDate->HeaderText = "Order Date";
   cOrderDate->Width = 100;
   ts2->GridColumnStyles->Add( cOrderDate );
   
   /*Use a PropertyDescriptor to create a formatted
     column. First get the PropertyDescriptorCollection
     for the data source and data member. */
   System::ComponentModel::PropertyDescriptorCollection^ pcol = this->
       BindingContext[myDataSet, "Customers::custToOrders"]->
       GetItemProperties();
   
   /* Create a formatted column using a PropertyDescriptor.
     The formatting character S"c" specifies a currency format. */
   DataGridColumnStyle^ csOrderAmount =
      gcnew DataGridTextBoxColumn( pcol[ "OrderAmount" ],"c",true );
   csOrderAmount->MappingName = "OrderAmount";
   csOrderAmount->HeaderText = "Total";
   csOrderAmount->Width = 100;
   ts2->GridColumnStyles->Add( csOrderAmount );
   
   /* Add the DataGridTableStyle instances to
     the GridTableStylesCollection. */
   myDataGrid->TableStyles->Add( ts1 );
   myDataGrid->TableStyles->Add( ts2 );
}

private void AddCustomDataTableStyle(){
   DataGridTableStyle ts1 = new DataGridTableStyle();
   ts1.MappingName = "Customers";
   // Set other properties.
   ts1.AlternatingBackColor = Color.LightGray;

   /* Add a GridColumnStyle and set its MappingName 
   to the name of a DataColumn in the DataTable. 
   Set the HeaderText and Width properties. */
   
   DataGridColumnStyle boolCol = new DataGridBoolColumn();
   boolCol.MappingName = "Current";
   boolCol.HeaderText = "IsCurrent Customer";
   boolCol.Width = 150;
   ts1.GridColumnStyles.Add(boolCol);
   
   // Add a second column style.
   DataGridColumnStyle TextCol = new DataGridTextBoxColumn();
   TextCol.MappingName = "custName";
   TextCol.HeaderText = "Customer Name";
   TextCol.Width = 250;
   ts1.GridColumnStyles.Add(TextCol);

   // Create the second table style with columns.
   DataGridTableStyle ts2 = new DataGridTableStyle();
   ts2.MappingName = "Orders";

   // Set other properties.
   ts2.AlternatingBackColor = Color.LightBlue;
   
   // Create new ColumnStyle objects.
   DataGridColumnStyle cOrderDate = 
   new DataGridTextBoxColumn();
   cOrderDate.MappingName = "OrderDate";
   cOrderDate.HeaderText = "Order Date";
   cOrderDate.Width = 100;
   ts2.GridColumnStyles.Add(cOrderDate);

   /*Use a PropertyDescriptor to create a formatted
   column. First get the PropertyDescriptorCollection
   for the data source and data member. */
   System.ComponentModel.PropertyDescriptorCollection pcol = 
      this.BindingContext[myDataSet, "Customers.custToOrders"]
      .GetItemProperties();
 
   /* Create a formatted column using a PropertyDescriptor.
   The formatting character "c" specifies a currency format. */     
   DataGridColumnStyle csOrderAmount = 
   new DataGridTextBoxColumn(pcol["OrderAmount"], "c", true);
   csOrderAmount.MappingName = "OrderAmount";
   csOrderAmount.HeaderText = "Total";
   csOrderAmount.Width = 100;
   ts2.GridColumnStyles.Add(csOrderAmount);

   /* Add the DataGridTableStyle instances to 
   the GridTableStylesCollection. */
   myDataGrid.TableStyles.Add(ts1);
   myDataGrid.TableStyles.Add(ts2);
}

Private Sub AddCustomDataTableStyle()
   Dim ts1 As New DataGridTableStyle()
   ts1.MappingName = "Customers"
   ' Set other properties.
   ts1.AlternatingBackColor = Color.LightGray
   ' Add a GridColumnStyle and set its MappingName 
   ' to the name of a DataColumn in the DataTable. 
   ' Set the HeaderText and Width properties. 
     
   Dim boolCol As New DataGridBoolColumn()
   boolCol.MappingName = "Current"
   boolCol.HeaderText = "IsCurrent Customer"
   boolCol.Width = 150
   ts1.GridColumnStyles.Add(boolCol)
     
   ' Add a second column style.
   Dim TextCol As New DataGridTextBoxColumn()
   TextCol.MappingName = "custName"
   TextCol.HeaderText = "Customer Name"
   TextCol.Width = 250
   ts1.GridColumnStyles.Add(TextCol)
     
   ' Create the second table style with columns.
   Dim ts2 As New DataGridTableStyle()
   ts2.MappingName = "Orders"
     
   ' Set other properties.
   ts2.AlternatingBackColor = Color.LightBlue
     
   ' Create new ColumnStyle objects.
   Dim cOrderDate As New DataGridTextBoxColumn()
   cOrderDate.MappingName = "OrderDate"
   cOrderDate.HeaderText = "Order Date"
   cOrderDate.Width = 100
   ts2.GridColumnStyles.Add(cOrderDate)

   ' Use a PropertyDescriptor to create a formatted
   ' column. First get the PropertyDescriptorCollection
   ' for the data source and data member. 
   Dim pcol As System.ComponentModel.PropertyDescriptorCollection = _
   Me.BindingContext(myDataSet, "Customers.custToOrders"). _
   GetItemProperties()

   ' Create a formatted column using a PropertyDescriptor.
   ' The formatting character "c" specifies a currency format. */     
     
   Dim csOrderAmount As _
   New DataGridTextBoxColumn(pcol("OrderAmount"), "c", True)
   csOrderAmount.MappingName = "OrderAmount"
   csOrderAmount.HeaderText = "Total"
   csOrderAmount.Width = 100
   ts2.GridColumnStyles.Add(csOrderAmount)
     
   ' Add the DataGridTableStyle instances to 
   ' the GridTableStylesCollection. 
   myDataGrid.TableStyles.Add(ts1)
   myDataGrid.TableStyles.Add(ts2)
End Sub