Custom control datagridview

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Hi All,

I've searched links that have some instructions to create a custom checked combobox. Then, I host it into a DataGridViewComboBoxColumn.

I created the custom checked combobox in design time. Added it to the datagridview on form load. Upon clicking the cell, I use CellBeginEdit() to set the custom control into the cell. Then, populate data from database.

VB

Private Sub dataGridView1_CellBeginEdit(sender As Object, e As DataGridViewCellCancelEventArgs)
  If e.ColumnIndex = 1 Then
    'set location and size of checkedlistbox1.  
    Dim rec As Rectangle = dataGridView1.GetCellDisplayRectangle(e.ColumnIndex, e.RowIndex, True)

    customCheckedCombo1.Location = rec.Location
    customCheckedCombo1.Visible = True
         
    Call FillColorList()

  End If
End Sub

Everything works fine on first row. But, when I click the custom checked combobox on the second row, the checked values from first row jumps to 2nd row, and vice-versa if I click the first row again. Adding more rows, I see I can only have 1 check value jumping according which row is clicked.

I cannot figure out why. Appreciate if someone can help. Thanks in advance.

What I have tried:

DataGridViewComboBoxColumn, DataGridViewComboBoxCell

Posted 10-Mar-16 18:01pm

Member 8599340

Updated 11-Mar-16 9:54am

dan!sh

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Hiske Bekkering · Accepted Answer · 2016-03-11T09:31:00

Hi there member 8599340,

To fix this, you need to create two classes which together will make it possible to use your custom Combobox in a DataGridView. The first class should derive the DataGridViewComboBoxCell class, and the other should derive the DataGridViewComboBoxColumn class.

Suppose your custom ComboBox is implemented in a class named MyCBO, these two classes might look like this:

VB

' This is the class that represents your cell which can use your ComboBox class
Public Class MyDataGridViewComboBoxCell
    Inherits DataGridViewComboBoxCell

    Public Sub New()
        MyBase.New()
    End Sub

    ' You must override the EditType property to return the cell's 
    ' editing control type, which is your custom ComboBox class...
    Public Overrides ReadOnly Property EditType() As Type
        Get
            Return GetType(MyCBO)
        End Get
    End Property

    ' You must also override this method to initialize the ComboBox instance...
    ' This method will be called each time a cell in the column enters edit-mode, 
    ' so you can fill the ComboBox instance based on the value of the edited cell
    Public Overrides Sub InitializeEditingControl(_
        ByVal rowIndex As Integer, _
        ByVal formattedValue As Object, _
        ByVal cellStyle As DataGridViewCellStyle)

        ' Call base...
        MyBase.InitializeEditingControl(rowIndex, formattedValue, cellStyle)

        ' Convert the cell's EditingControl to your custom ComboBox type...
        Dim ctl As MyCBO = CType(DataGridView.EditingControl, MyCBO)

        ' Make sure you have an instance...
        If ctl IsNot Nothing Then
            ' Populate the ComboBox, passing the instance as a parameter
            FillColorList(ctl)

            ' Set the value of the editing control instance to the current cell value.
            ctl.SelectedValue = formattedValue
        End If
    End Sub
End Class

' This is the class that represents your column which can use your cell class
Public Class MyDataGridViewComboBoxColumn
    Inherits DataGridViewComboBoxColumn

    Public Sub New()
        MyBase.New()

        ' Specify the column to use your custom cell class...
        MyBase.CellTemplate = New MyDataGridViewComboBoxCell()
    End Sub

End Class

And that's really all there is to it!