how to restrict the user from editing the data in a datagridview cell

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<pre lang="text"></pre>hello I m working on one C#.net window based application form in which, I had put one datagridview control which is unbounded. On run time it will fill the datagridview but the problem is that when the user used to edit the data, it is edited. And I need to restrict that edition/or type the data in datagridview by the user at runtime.

Posted 30-Aug-11 2:25am

Priya Sarin

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Abhinav S · Answer 1 · 2011-08-30T02:27:00

Solution 1

You can set the readonly flag to true at the column or row level.

dataGridView1.Rows[0].ReadOnly = true;<br />
dataGridView1.Rows[0].Cells[1].ReadOnly = true;

Posted 30-Aug-11 2:27am

Abhinav S

Priya Sarin · Answer 2 · 2011-08-30T02:37:00

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hello abhinav,

I had almost try these in my code, but it doesnt work. Still it allow me to type in the cell of datagridview.. Please help me.

Thanks in advance

Posted 30-Aug-11 2:37am

Priya Sarin