C# grid control - CodeProject

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Introduction

This is a simple C# grid control. The control provides a way to display and edit string’s collection. When your program wants to get input from user, generally, you can put EditBox control on your form. But when you need to get a set of dates, the EditBox control is not the best choice. Do we have another choice? Try this, maybe it is appropriate for you.

The control features

In-place edit
Insert rows and columns
Cell copy and paste
Line copy and paste
Multi-line copy and paste
Mark a line
Display multi-line in a cell
Changing column width with mouse at runtime
VS.NET IDE integration

How to use?

Simply add the control to you VS.NET Toolbox, then you can drop it to your form. That’s all, no other. Once you create an instance of this control in your form, you can add columns in IDE environment or dynamically add columns at run-time.

Properties

Type	Name	Description
`Cell`	`ActivateCell`	Return or specify current active cell
`ColumnCollection`	`Columns`	Columns collection
`Font`	`Font`
`Font`	`HeaderFont`	The header font
`RowCollection`	`Rows`	Rows collection
`Bool`	`HasGridLine`	Whether display table lines
`Bool`	`ReadOnly`

Methods

Return Type	Name	Parameter	Description
`Void`	`AppendRow`		Append a black row
`Void`	`AppendRow`	`String[] val`	Append a row with specified value
`Void`	`InsertRow`	`Int index`	Insert a row at the position that is specified by `index` parameter
`Void`	`InsertRow`	`Int index` `String[] val`	Insert a row at the position that is specified by `index` parameter and fill the cell value with `val` parameter
`Void`	`ClearAll`		Empty all cell content
`Void`	`Refresh`		Force grid control repaint
`Void`	`RemoveRow`	`Int index`	Remove the row that is specified by `index` parameter
`Void`	`SetCell`	`Int row` `Int col` `String val`	Set the value of the cell which is specified by `row` and `col` parameter to `val`
`Void`	`SetCell`	`Int row` `Int col` `String[] val`	Set the value of the cell which is specified by `row` and `col` parameter to `val`
`String`	`GetCell`	`Int row` `Int col`	Get the value of the cell which is specified by `row` and `col` parameters
`Void`	`MarkRow`	`Int index`	Draw an arrow at the left of the row specified by `index`

Events

Name	Description
`RowSelected`	When a row is selected it throws this event
`ActiveCellChanged`	When the `ActiveCell` changes, it throws this event

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