In this post, we will show you how to hide a column from the DataGridView when the user groups the data by the column. When the user ungroups by the column, we will show the column again.

 The first step is to subscribe to the CollectionChanged event of the vDataGridView's GroupingColumns collection.

We are happy to announce the availability of VIBlend Controls for Silverlight ver. 6.5. The new version includes multiple bug fixes and small improvements to the existing features and themes of the package. 

In the latest version of VIBlend Controls for WinForms, we added a new utility control called vDataGridViewSeachHeader.
This small control adds a Search Functionality to the DataGridView and allows the users to easily find a record in a large data set. The post will show you how to associate this control to an instance of the vDataGridView control.

- Drag and drop a new instance of the vDataGridViewSearchHeader.
- Drag and drop a new instance of the vDataGridView.
- Set the DataGridView property of the vDataGridViewSearchHeader to point to your vDataGridView instance.

Here are the DataGridView and its Search Header at design-time.

In the code behind, bind the Grid to a DataTable. In the post, we will use a sample data.

C#

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using VIBlend.WinForms.DataGridView;

namespace WindowsFormsApplication6
{
    public partial class Form1 : Form
    {
        public Form1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();

            DataTable table = new DataTable();
            for (int i = 0; i < 100; i++)
            {
                table.Columns.Add("Column " + i);
            }

            for (int i = 0; i < 100; i++)
            {
                string[] values = new string[100];
                for (int j = 0; j < 100; j++)
                {
                    values[j] = "Cell " + i + "." + j;
                }
                table.Rows.Add(values);
            }
            this.vDataGridView1.DataSource = table;
            this.vDataGridView1.ColumnsHierarchy.AutoResize();

        }
    }
}

 
VB .NET

Imports System
Imports System.Collections.Generic
Imports System.ComponentModel
Imports System.Data
Imports System.Drawing
Imports System.Linq
Imports System.Text
Imports System.Windows.Forms
Imports VIBlend.WinForms.DataGridView

Namespace WindowsFormsApplication6
    Partial Public Class Form1
        Inherits Form
        Public Sub New()
            InitializeComponent()

            Dim table As New DataTable()
            For i As Integer = 0 To 99
                table.Columns.Add("Column " & i)
            Next i

            For i As Integer = 0 To 99
                Dim values(99) As String
                For j As Integer = 0 To 99
                    values(j) = "Cell " & i + AscW("." )+ j
                Next j
                table.Rows.Add(values)
            Next i
            Me.vDataGridView1.DataSource = table
            Me.vDataGridView1.ColumnsHierarchy.AutoResize()

        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace

Here's the result:

In this post, we will show you how to create rows and column hierarchies in unbound mode and fill the DataGrid cells with data. In order the add Columns in unbound mode, you should use the DataGrid.ColumnsHierarchy.Items.Add method. To add rows in unbound mode, use the DataGrid.RowsHierarchy.Items.Add method. The 'Add' method returns a HierarchyItem object. This allows you to add sub-items to the HierarchyItem because it has Items.Add method, too.

The code below creates a 2-level Rows Hierarchy and can be used with the VIBlend DataGrid control for Silverlight, WPF and Windows Forms. 

C#

this.DataGrid.RowsHierarchy.CompactStyleRenderingEnabled = false;
for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
{
    HierarchyItem row = this.DataGrid.RowsHierarchy.Items.Add("Row" + i);
    HierarchyItem column = this.DataGrid.ColumnsHierarchy.Items.Add("Column" + i);

    for (int j = 0; j < 3; j++)
    {
        HierarchyItem subRow = row.Items.Add("Row" + i + "." + j);
    }
}
  
VB .NET

Me.DataGrid.RowsHierarchy.CompactStyleRenderingEnabled = False
For i As Integer = 0 To 9
    Dim row As HierarchyItem = Me.DataGrid.RowsHierarchy.Items.Add("Row" & i)
    Dim column As HierarchyItem = Me.DataGrid.ColumnsHierarchy.Items.Add("Column" & i)

    For j As Integer = 0 To 2
        Dim subRow As HierarchyItem = row.Items.Add("Row" & i + AscW("." )+ j)
    Next j
Next i

To Fill the DataGrid with data in unbound mode, you should use the DataGrid.CellsArea.SetCellValue method. The method accepts three parameteres - row, column and the cell value.

C#

for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
{
    HierarchyItem row = this.DataGrid.RowsHierarchy.Items[i];
    for (int j = 0; j < 10; j++)
    {
        HierarchyItem column = this.DataGrid.ColumnsHierarchy.Items[j];
        this.DataGrid.CellsArea.SetCellValue(row, column, "Cell" + i + "." + j);
        for (int p = 0; p < 3; p++)
        {
            this.DataGrid.CellsArea.SetCellValue(row.Items[p], column, "Cell" + p + "." + j);             
        }
    }
}
       
this.DataGrid.RowsHierarchy.ExpandAllItems();
this.DataGrid.ColumnsHierarchy.ExpandAllItems();
this.DataGrid.RowsHierarchy.AutoResize(AutoResizeMode.FIT_ALL);
this.DataGrid.ColumnsHierarchy.AutoResize(AutoResizeMode.FIT_ALL);
  
VB .NET

For i As Integer = 0 To 9
    Dim row As HierarchyItem = Me.DataGrid.RowsHierarchy.Items(i)
    For j As Integer = 0 To 9
        Dim column As HierarchyItem = Me.DataGrid.ColumnsHierarchy.Items(j)
        Me.DataGrid.CellsArea.SetCellValue(row, column, "Cell" & i + AscW("." )+ j)
        For p As Integer = 0 To 2
            Me.DataGrid.CellsArea.SetCellValue(row.Items(p), column, "Cell" & p + AscW("." )+ j)
        Next p
    Next j
Next i

Me.DataGrid.RowsHierarchy.ExpandAllItems()
Me.DataGrid.ColumnsHierarchy.ExpandAllItems()
Me.DataGrid.RowsHierarchy.AutoResize(AutoResizeMode.FIT_ALL)
Me.DataGrid.ColumnsHierarchy.AutoResize(AutoResizeMode.FIT_ALL)

This blog post will show you how to bind the WinForms DataGridView to the Customer table of the AdventureWorksLT Database.

To achieve this, follow these steps:  

1. Create a new instance of the vDataGridView via drag and drop from the toolbox or create it programmatically.  

2. Create a new AdventureWorksLTDataSet. In order to create it, do the following: Select Data->Add New DataSource->DataBase->DataSet. Add a connection to the AdventureWorksLT Database and Click the 'Next' button. Then expand the 'Tables' tree node, select Customer and click the 'Finish' button.

Note: The AdventureWorksLT Database is installed with the installation of the SQL Server. However, you can also download and install it from http://sqlserversamples.codeplex.com  

 

3. Create a new instance of the AdventureWorksLTDataSet data set. Then create a new CustomerTableAdapter and fill the Customer table with data. Finally, bind the VIBlend DataGrid for WinForms to the Customer table. 

C#

AdventureWorksLTDataSet dataSet = new AdventureWorksLTDataSet();
AdventureWorksLTDataSetTableAdapters.CustomerTableAdapter adapter = new AdventureWorksLTDataSetTableAdapters.CustomerTableAdapter();
adapter.Fill(dataSet.Customer);
this.vDataGridView1.VIBlendTheme = VIBlend.Utilities.VIBLEND_THEME.OFFICE2010BLUE;
this.vDataGridView1.DataSource = dataSet.Customer;
this.vDataGridView1.ColumnsHierarchy.AutoResize();

VB .NET

Dim dataSet As New AdventureWorksLTDataSet()
Dim adapter As New AdventureWorksLTDataSetTableAdapters.CustomerTableAdapter()
adapter.Fill(dataSet.Customer)
Me.vDataGridView1.VIBlendTheme = VIBlend.Utilities.VIBLEND_THEME.OFFICE2010BLUE
Me.vDataGridView1.DataSource = dataSet.Customer
Me.vDataGridView1.ColumnsHierarchy.AutoResize()