I would like to auto create all the columns for my DataGridView
based on my custom class. Every thing works like it should, but what I need is to format and align the cell values.
So is there an attribute that I can add to my field (HeightMeter) so that it can align and format as required. To do this in a manual column create code, You will use the following:
DataGridViewColumn.DefaultCellStyle.Alignment = DataGridViewContentAlignment.MiddleRight;
DataGridViewColumn.DefaultCellStyle.Format = "N2";
How to I specify the DefaultCellStyle properties when using the AutoGenerateColumns solution - Note I am limited to using .net 2 :(
Here is a sample of what I need and what I get:
public partial class Form1 : Form
{
private List<Person> people = new List<Person>();
private DataGridView dataGridView1 = new DataGridView();
private DataGridView dataGridView2 = new DataGridView();
public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
dataGridView1.Dock = DockStyle.Top;
dataGridView1.AutoSizeColumnsMode = DataGridViewAutoSizeColumnsMode.AllCells;
dataGridView2.Dock = DockStyle.Top;
dataGridView2.AutoSizeColumnsMode = DataGridViewAutoSizeColumnsMode.AllCells;
Controls.Add(dataGridView2);
Controls.Add(dataGridView1);
Load += new EventHandler(Form1_Load);
Text = "";
}
private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
PopulateLists();
dataGridView1.AutoGenerateColumns = true;
dataGridView1.DataSource = people;
CreateAndPopulateGrid2();
}
public void CreateAndPopulateGrid2()
{
DataGridViewColumn columnName = new DataGridViewTextBoxColumn();
columnName.HeaderText = "Name";
DataGridViewColumn columnHeight = new DataGridViewTextBoxColumn();
columnHeight.HeaderText = "Height [m]";
columnHeight.ValueType = typeof(double);
columnHeight.DefaultCellStyle.Alignment = DataGridViewContentAlignment.MiddleRight;
columnHeight.DefaultCellStyle.Format = "N2";
dataGridView2.Rows.Clear();
dataGridView2.Columns.Clear();
dataGridView2.Columns.Add(columnName);
dataGridView2.Columns.Add(columnHeight);
DataGridViewRow row;
foreach (Person p in people)
{
row = new DataGridViewRow();
row.CreateCells(dataGridView2);
row.Cells[0].Value = p.Name;
row.Cells[1].Value = p.HeightMeter;
dataGridView2.Rows.Add(row);
}
}
private void PopulateLists()
{
people.Clear();
people.Add(new Person("Harry", 1.7523));
people.Add(new Person("Sally", 1.658));
people.Add(new Person("Roy", 2.158));
people.Add(new Person("Pris", 1.2584));
}
}
class Person
{
[System.ComponentModel.DisplayName("Name")]
public string Name { get; set; }
[System.ComponentModel.DisplayName("Height [m]")]
public double HeightMeter { get; set; }
public Person(string name, double heightMeter)
{
Name = name;
HeightMeter = heightMeter;
}
}