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A Simple Way for Paging in DataGridView in WinForm Applications

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An easy way for paging DataGridView

Introduction

I have recently worked on paging in DataGridView for a WinForm application. I Googled it, but generally found very complicated codes. So I wanted to write my code to be easily understood by everyone. After some modifications, I tried to make my code really simple and want to share it with others.

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I have used button controls for the purpose of navigating switches.

I added required variables such as PgSize for number of rows per page, CurrentPageIndex for current page index and Totalpage for calculating maximum number of pages DataGridView is able to display.

C#
private int PgSize = 20; 
private int CurrentPageIndex = 1;
private int TotalPage=0; 

As the name suggests, the following method is used to calculate the total number of pages for gridview:

C#
private void CalculateTotalPages()
{
    int rowCount = ds.Tables["Customers"].Rows.Count;
    TotalPage = rowCount / PgSize;
    // if any row left after calculated pages, add one more page 
    if (rowCount % PgSize > 0)
        TotalPage += 1;
}

In order to retrieve records to display for the navigated page, I used a DataTable returned from GetCurrentRecord() method as datasource for gridview. This method returns the top 20 rows, (Size of PgSize variable) if navigated page is one. If navigated page is greater than one, then it calculates the previous pageOffset through the following line of code:

C#
int PreviousPageOffSet= (page - 1) * PgSize; 

Now the query work starts, to select only pages from the current page and leaving earlier records apply query available in the following code:

C#
private DataTable GetCurrentRecords(int page, SqlConnection con)
{
    DataTable dt = new DataTable();

    if (page == 1)
    {
        cmd2 = new SqlCommand("Select TOP " + PgSize + 
		" * from Customers ORDER BY CustomerID", con);
    }
    else
    {
        int PreviousPageOffSet= (page - 1) * PgSize;

        cmd2 = new SqlCommand("Select TOP " + PgSize +
        	" * from Customers WHERE CustomerID NOT IN " +
        	"(Select TOP " + PreviousPageOffSet+ 
	" CustomerID from customers ORDER BY CustomerID) ", con);
    }
    try
    {
        // con.Open();
        this.adp1.SelectCommand = cmd2;
        this.adp1.Fill(dt);
    }
    finally
    {
        con.Close();
    }
    return dt;
}

Navigating buttons are as usual. Here we only calculate the navigating pageIndex and pass it to GetCurrentRecords() method as argument to retrieve dataSource for our datagridview.

C#
    private void btnFirstPage_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        this.CurrentPageIndex = 1;
        this.dataGridView1.DataSource = GetCurrentRecords(this.CurrentPageIndex, con);
    }

    private void btnNxtPage_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        if (this.CurrentPageIndex < this.TotalPage)
        {
            this.CurrentPageIndex++;
            this.dataGridView1.DataSource = 
		GetCurrentRecords(this.CurrentPageIndex, con);
        }
    }

    private void btnPrevPage_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        if (this.CurrentPageIndex > 1)
        {
            this.CurrentPageIndex--;
            this.dataGridView1.DataSource = 
		GetCurrentRecords(this.CurrentPageIndex, con);
        } 
    }

    private void btnLastPage_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        this.CurrentPageIndex = TotalPage;
        this.dataGridView1.DataSource = GetCurrentRecords(this.CurrentPageIndex, con); 
    }

    private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        this.Close(); 
    }
  }
}

I hope this is the easiest way for paging a DataGridView.

This is my first article I have ever posted and I have tried my best to explain my code. So I welcome any type of suggestions.

History

  • 15th June, 2011: Initial version

License

This article, along with any associated source code and files, is licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)


Written By
Software Developer (Senior) Embossoft Solutions
India India
Software developer with 3+ years of experience in c# Winform applications development on ASP.NET platform.

Comments and Discussions

 
SuggestionThank you Pin
An@nd Rajan1019-Jan-14 21:54
professionalAn@nd Rajan1019-Jan-14 21:54 
Questionsearch datagridview with paging c# Pin
Member 104267332-Dec-13 20:41
Member 104267332-Dec-13 20:41 
Hie

I have Implemented the above code for paging and it is running successfully.However when i try to search it gives me results on the current page only.Say i have 5 pages and i search for names on page 1. Results which come are from page 1 only. I would like to see results from the whole DataGridView. My search code is below stated

DataView DV = new DataView(dataTable);
DV.RowFilter = string.Format("empSurname LIKE '%{0}%'", textBox1.Text);
dataGridView1.DataSource = DV;

I would like to also add a combobox with values instead of putting a static valuee "empSurname" i will search using the value set on the combobox.
QuestionPaging bottom Pin
Member 1041171221-Nov-13 3:14
Member 1041171221-Nov-13 3:14 
SuggestionPaging code on DatagridView Pin
Member 1028363216-Oct-13 20:51
Member 1028363216-Oct-13 20:51 
QuestionGetting Exception Pin
monikaBhati5-Aug-13 19:54
monikaBhati5-Aug-13 19:54 
Questionhi everybody if any of you are still interested in datagridview paging, would you please try this one? thanks! Pin
Alejandro Miralles28-Dec-12 8:35
Alejandro Miralles28-Dec-12 8:35 
QuestionThank's Buddy Pin
deid4r419-Dec-12 16:16
deid4r419-Dec-12 16:16 
GeneralVirtual Mode is better Pin
namdia16-Jun-11 8:32
namdia16-Jun-11 8:32 
GeneralMy vote of 2 Pin
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GeneralMy vote of 5 Pin
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professionalMonjurul Habib15-Jun-11 8:21 
GeneralMy vote of 4 Pin
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GeneralRe: My vote of 4 Pin
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GeneralRe: My vote of 4 Pin
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