Add a DataGridViewColumn in OnCreateControl

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I use these codes at OnCreateControl to add DataGridViewLinkColumn.
But I can't set text for column(not headerText, just text).

Note: When I add column by designer there is property named Text but inside below code it is not.

C#

DataGridViewLinkCell cell = new DataGridViewLinkCell();
cell.UseColumnTextForLinkValue = true;

DataGridViewColumn column = new DataGridViewColumn();
column.CellTemplate = cell;
// column.Text dose not exists
this.Columns.Add(column);

Posted 29-Jul-12 8:01am

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Kenneth Haugland 29-Jul-12 14:13pm

column.Text wont exist but Column.Header might... The only field that would have a possible tetblock in it would be the DataGridViewLinkCell, so Ill bet you can find cell.text or?

[no name] 29-Jul-12 14:45pm

I had tried cell.Text too, but I didn't find cell.Text either.

Kenneth Haugland 29-Jul-12 15:08pm

IT this WinForms or WPF?

[no name] 29-Jul-12 16:05pm

It's WinForms.

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freedeveloper · Answer 1 · 2012-08-01T11:54:00

Please revise if you see in designer the columns or rows. Columns haven't text, because they have differents data in each cell (normally). I can not found "text" in the designer, you can also only give the tooltip and header text.

If you want to have a default value in the column, you must create a derivated class from DataGridViewLinkCell and override the DefaultNewRowValue

see the following example (dirty example, you should create a new file for the derived class):

C#

public partial class Form1 : Form
    {
        public Form1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
            DataGridViewLinkCell cell = new NewDataGridViewLinkCell();
            cell.UseColumnTextForLinkValue = true;
            
            DataGridViewColumn column = new DataGridViewColumn();
           column.CellTemplate = cell;

            // column.Text dose not exists
            dataGridView1.Columns.Add(column);
            dataGridView1.Rows.Add(new DataGridViewRow());
            
        }
    }

    public class NewDataGridViewLinkCell : DataGridViewLinkCell
    {
        public override object DefaultNewRowValue
        {
            get
            {
                // Enter here your text.
                return "My Text";
            }
        }

    }

Observe that now, you instance NewDataGridViewLinkCell and you can enter a predefined test each time that a new row is created.