Set Image as Background for DataGridView

Introduction

I needed to set an image as the background of DataGridView. I searched the Internet but could not find anything useful, so I did it myself. It is easy and small; I have tested it and it is working ok. Before you use it, please test it.

How To Do It

Just create a new class and inherit it from DataGridView as follows:

Imports system.ComponentModel

Public Class usrDataGridView
    Inherits Windows.Forms.DataGridView

    Private m_Image As Drawing.Image

    Public Sub New()
        Me.m_Image = Drawing.Image.FromFile("c:\sisnetBG.jpg")
    End Sub

    Protected Overrides Sub PaintBackground(_
        ByVal graphics As System.Drawing.Graphics, _
        ByVal clipBounds As System.Drawing.Rectangle, _
        ByVal gridBounds As System.Drawing.Rectangle)
        MyBase.PaintBackground(graphics, clipBounds, gridBounds)

        graphics.DrawImage(Me.m_Image, gridBounds)

    End Sub

    <description("set /> _
    Public Property BackImage() As Drawing.Image
        Get
            Return Me.m_Image
        End Get
        Set(ByVal value As Drawing.Image)
            Me.m_Image = value
        End Set
    End Property

End Class

History

• 14^th February, 2007 -- Original version posted