DATAGRID STYLES DATA GRID

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DATAGRID STYLES DATA GRID

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Datagrid styles - setting styles for a data grid in c#.NET or any .NET language. Changing Look and feel of datagrid - seting DatagridTable styles using datagridtablestyle.

Example code for Datagrid Styles data grid:
DataGrid Styles

This is the DataGrid Hierarchy:

DataGrid

   has DataSet

      with several DataTables

         each has own DataGridTableStyle

            of which each can have several DataGridColumnStyles
            
accessed with
//can modify later with dg.TableStyles[0].GridColumnStyles[2].Width=100;

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private void configureStyles(DataGrid dg)
{
   DataGridTableStyle tableStyle = new DataGridTableStyle();
   
   //specify which table in the dataset for the grid we want to create style for
   tableStyle.MappingName="DetailReport";
   
   tableStyle.AlternatingBackColor = Color.Bisque;

   //col names: TransactionDate|Description|Amount|ExpensedTo
   //for each column, set properties
   DataGridTextBoxColumn col1= new DataGridTextBoxColumn();
   col1.HeaderText = "Trans. Date";
   col1.MappingName="TransactionDate";
   col1.Width=100;

   DataGridTextBoxColumn col2= new DataGridTextBoxColumn();
   col2.HeaderText = "Description";
   col2.MappingName="Description";
   col2.Width=200;

   DataGridTextBoxColumn col3= new DataGridTextBoxColumn();
   col3.HeaderText = "Amount";
   col3.MappingName="Amount";
   col3.Width=100;

   DataGridTextBoxColumn col4= new DataGridTextBoxColumn();
   col4.HeaderText = "Expensed To Itemization";
   col4.MappingName="ExpensedTo";
   col4.Width=400;

   //add the DataGridColumnStyles to the DataGridTableStyle
   tableStyle.GridColumnStyles.AddRange(new DataGridColumnStyle[]{col1,col2,col3,col4});

   //add the style to the DataGrid
   dg.TableStyles.Add(tableStyle);

   //can modify later with dg.TableStyles[0].GridColumnStyles[2].Width=100;

}

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