How to select a row in data grid

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Hi everyone

I am facing problem in selecting a row in data grid . i am using current row index in following code. but it is not working.

VB

Private Sub dgvEmployeedetails_CellContentClick(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewCellEventArgs) Handles dgvEmployeedetails.CellContentClick
    

Public Event RowCommand As GridViewCommandEventHandler
        Dim i As Integer
        i = dgvEmployeedetails.CurrentRowIndex()
   
        dgvEmployeedetails.Item(.CurrentRowIndex, 0)
       dgvEmployeedetails.Item(.CurrentRowIndex, 1)
End Sub


where dgvEmployeedetails is data grid name. in which i have 2 colums which is number and name. my requirement is i should be able to select  both columns  when i click with mouse pointer in data grid and all data related to it must be retrived  from database in appropiate fields.     kindly help me how to code. to fulfil my above requirement

Posted 3-Aug-10 4:04am

parchuri08

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Simon_Whale · Answer 1 · 2010-08-03T04:27:00

Solution 1

VB

Dim ContactName As String
ContactName = dgContactList.CurrentRow.Cells(0).Value

where cells(0) is the column number that you want, remembering that 0 is the first column

Posted 3-Aug-10 4:27am

Simon_Whale

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Dalek Dave 3-Aug-10 10:32am

Couldn't put it better myself!

parchuri08 4-Aug-10 1:01am

Hi Simon
Firstly i thanks alot for advice.But it is giving me error as expression missing at ContactName i didnt understand what is meant my dgContactList.

Simon_Whale 4-Aug-10 5:16am

sorry that code is from one of my projects, you need to replace dgContactList with dgvEmployeedetails

parchuri08 6-Aug-10 5:27am

yes simon i did that . now there is no error only exception is coming indicating as string cannot be taken. anyway i will look in to that.Nice to have response from you.