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Set the Selected Value of DatagridviewComboboxColumn to another Column


I am beginner In C#. I am working on Datagridview, Data of Gridview is coming from SQL table and i have made a ComboboxColumn and added some values in it. I want if i select any value from Dropdown of ComboboxColumn it should be shown on only one specified column without reflecting other columns... I am trying below code. This code is working but when i change values of other columns the one specified column value is also changing which i want should only be done with ComboboxColumn.

private void ViewDataGrid_CellValueChanged(object sender, DataGridViewCellEventArgs e)
{
   try
   {
     ViewDataGrid.Rows[e.RowIndex].Cells["Arrival_State"].Value = 
         ViewDataGrid.Rows[e.RowIndex].Cells[e.ColumnIndex].Value;
   }
   catch (Exception ex)
   {
       MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
   }
}

Solution

  • Before you change the value of the Arrival_State column, you should check to see if the column that was changed is the ComboBoxColumn. See my code below

    I added two if blocks, use one that you like the look of and not both.

        private void ViewDataGrid_CellValueChanged(object sender, DataGridViewCellEventArgs e)
        {
            try
            {
                // Use this method if you want to find/specify the column by its index number
                // Replace 1 with the index of the ComboBoxColumn
                if (e.ColumnIndex == 1)
                {
                    ViewDataGrid.Rows[e.RowIndex].Cells["Arrival_State"].Value =
                        ViewDataGrid.Rows[e.RowIndex].Cells[e.ColumnIndex].Value;
                }
    
                // Use this method if you want to find/specify the column by its name
                // I prefer this method just in case the order changes
                if (ViewDataGrid.Columns[e.ColumnIndex].Name == "ComboBoxColumnName")
                {
                    ViewDataGrid.Rows[e.RowIndex].Cells["Arrival_State"].Value =
                        ViewDataGrid.Rows[e.RowIndex].Cells[e.ColumnIndex].Value;
                }
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
            }
        }