[RESOLVED] DataGridViewComboBox problem!

[brjames32]

Hi

I have a DataGridView and am adding columns at runtime. One particular column is a ComboBox column. I have populated it but when I come to run the program, the ComboBoxes are in the relevant cells but don't drop down when you click on them! My code is below:

  With DataGridView1
            Dim Penalty As New DataGridViewComboBoxColumn

            With Penalty
                .Name = "Penalty"
                .HeaderText = "Penalty"
                .Width = 40
                .Visible = True
                .ReadOnly = False
                .Items.Add("1")
                .Items.Add("3")
                .Items.Add("4")
                .Items.Add("5")
                .Items.Add("6")
                .Items.Add("7")
                .Items.Add("8")
                .Items.Add("11")
            End With

            DataGridView1.Columns.Insert(6, Penalty)

        End With

Any help would be great! Thanks

[javajawa]

Me again!
Ok, firstly, don't nest With statements. I'm surprised that compiled, as .Name could a property of either. The following code (which is essentially the same) works on my computer:

                Dim Penalty As New DataGridViewComboBoxColumn With {.Name = "Penalty", .ReadOnly = False, .HeaderText = "Penalty", .Width = 40, .Visible = True}

                With Penalty.Items
                        .Add("1")
                        .Add("3")
                        .Add("4")
                        .Add("5")
                        .Add("6")
                        .Add("7")
                        .Add("8")
                        .Add("11")
                End With

                DataGridView1.Columns.Insert(6, Penalty)

[brjames32]

Why hello again - thanks for the help!

        Dim Penalty As New DataGridViewComboBoxColumn with{.Name = "Penalty", .ReadOnly = False, .HeaderText = "Penalty", .Width = 40, .Visible = True}

didn't work - it had blue curly lines from the 'with' part onwards and the error said that End of statement was expected.

[HanneSThEGreaT]

You could try :

Dim Penalty As New DataGridViewComboBoxColumn 
        With Penalty : .Name = "Penalty" : .ReadOnly = False : .HeaderText = "Penalty" : .Width = 40 : .Visible = True : End With

You use the colon ( : ) to chain multiple statements onto one line.
Very Bad practice IMHO, though - and, doesn't address your actual problem

[brjames32]

HanneSThEGreaT

Have you any idea why the values are not showing up in my ComboBoxes?

I have been looking over it for about 45mins now with no joy!

[HanneSThEGreaT]

I was curious...

Hi brjames32!

Well, I took your code exactly as it is on post#1, and it worked - just changed the column index. OK, my DataGridView was not bound to any datasource, but it works, as in the pic.

So, perhaps your problem is elsewhere ¿