How do I have a WINFORMS datagridview column that has a button for some rows and is empty for others

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How do I have a WINFORMS datagridview column that has a button for some rows and is empty for others

Asked by gbzhhu in Microsoft Visual C#.Net, Microsoft Visual Basic.Net, .NET Framework 2.x

Hi,

I have windows forms datagridview (VS 2008 c#). I am displaying data (not bound) for each row I would like to have either Edit button only or Send and Delete buttons. So some rows can be edited while others can be sent or deleted. How would you go about doing that?

I currently setup grid as shown in the code below

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             //Setup grid
        private void SetupSavedOrderGrid()
        {
            this.dgvOrders.DefaultCellStyle = this.dgvOrders.AlternatingRowsDefaultCellStyle;
 
            DataGridViewTextBoxColumn account = new DataGridViewTextBoxColumn();
            account.Width = 220;
            account.Name = "Account";
            account.HeaderText = "Account";
            account.ValueType = typeof(String);
            account.ReadOnly = true;
            account.CellTemplate = new DataGridViewTextBoxCell();
            this.dgvOrders.Columns.Add(account);
 
            DataGridViewTextBoxColumn status = new DataGridViewTextBoxColumn();
            status.Width = 60;
            status.Name = "Status";
            status.HeaderText = "Status";
            status.ValueType = typeof(String);
            status.ReadOnly = true;
            status.CellTemplate = new DataGridViewTextBoxCell();
            this.dgvOrders.Columns.Add(status);
 
            DataGridViewTextBoxColumn date = new DataGridViewTextBoxColumn();
            date.Width = 120;
            date.Name = "Date";
            date.HeaderText = "Date";
            date.ValueType = typeof(DateTime);
            date.ReadOnly = true;
            date.CellTemplate = new DataGridViewTextBoxCell();
            this.dgvOrders.Columns.Add(date);
 
            DataGridViewTextBoxColumn offer = new DataGridViewTextBoxColumn();
            offer.Width = 180;
            offer.Name = "Offer";
            offer.HeaderText = "Offer";
            offer.ValueType = typeof(String);
            offer.ReadOnly = true;
            offer.CellTemplate = new DataGridViewTextBoxCell();
            this.dgvOrders.Columns.Add(offer);
 
            DataGridViewTextBoxColumn value = new DataGridViewTextBoxColumn();
            value.Width = 100;
            value.Name = "Value";
            value.HeaderText = "Order Value";
            value.ValueType = typeof(decimal);
            value.SortMode = DataGridViewColumnSortMode.NotSortable;
            value.ReadOnly = true;
            //value.DefaultCellStyle.Alignment = DataGridViewContentAlignment.MiddleRight;
            value.CellTemplate = new DataGridViewTextBoxCell();
            this.dgvOrders.Columns.Add(value);
 
            DataGridViewButtonColumn actions = new DataGridViewButtonColumn();
            actions.Width = 60;
            actions.FlatStyle = FlatStyle.Standard;
            actions.SortMode = DataGridViewColumnSortMode.NotSortable;
            actions.Name = "Actions";
            actions.HeaderText = "Actions";
            actions.CellTemplate = new DataGridViewButtonCell();
            this.dgvOrders.Columns.Add(actions);
 
            DataGridViewButtonColumn actions2 = new DataGridViewButtonColumn();
            actions2.Width = 60;
            actions2.FlatStyle = FlatStyle.Standard;
            actions2.SortMode = DataGridViewColumnSortMode.NotSortable;
            actions2.Name = "Actions2";
            actions2.HeaderText = string.Empty;
            actions2.CellTemplate = new DataGridViewButtonCell();
            this.dgvOrders.Columns.Add(actions2);
        }
 
//Populate grid
        private void PopulateSavedOrderGrid()
        {
            try
            {
                if (WeHaveSavedOrders())
                {
                    // Load saved orders into the grid
                    XmlDocument xdoc = new XmlDocument();
 
                    string accountName = string.Empty;
                    string status = string.Empty;
                    string date = string.Empty;
                    string offerName = string.Empty;
                    string orderValue = string.Empty;
                    
 
                    foreach (string filePath in Directory.GetFiles(SalesOrderingObjects.Common.SavedOrdersFolder, "*.xml"))
                    {                        
                        xdoc.Load(filePath);
                        XmlNode node = null;
 
                        //Account
                        node = xdoc.SelectSingleNode("Order/Account");
                        accountName = node == null ? string.Empty : node.Attributes.GetNamedItem("CompanyName").Value;
                        //Order status, date and value 
                        node = xdoc.SelectSingleNode("Order");
                        status = node == null ? string.Empty : node.Attributes.GetNamedItem("status").Value;
                        date = node == null ? string.Empty : node.Attributes.GetNamedItem("date").Value;
                        orderValue = node == null ? string.Empty : node.Attributes.GetNamedItem("totalValue").Value;
                        //Offer
                        node = xdoc.SelectSingleNode("Order/Promotion");
                        offerName = node == null ? string.Empty : node.Attributes.GetNamedItem("Name").Value;
 
//DEPENDING ON THIS CONDITION i WOULD LIKE ONLT EDIT FOR SAVED BUTTONS BUT SEND AND DELETE FOR OTHERS!!! 
                        if (status == Common.OrderStatus.Saved.ToString())
                            this.dgvOrders.Rows.Add(new object[] { accountName, status, date, offerName, decimal.Parse(orderValue).ToString("C"), "Edit", null });
                        else
                            this.dgvOrders.Rows.Add(new object[] { accountName, status, date, offerName, decimal.Parse(orderValue).ToString("C"), "Send", "Delete" });
                    }
                }
                else
                {
                    this.lblHeader.ForeColor = Color.Firebrick;
                    this.lblHeader.Text = "There are no saved or pending orders.  To start a new order, click on New Order button.";
                }
            }
            catch (Exception)
            {                
                throw;
            }
 
        }

           
         

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How do I have a WINFORMS datagridview column that has a button for some rows and is empty for others

Asked by gbzhhu in Microsoft Visual C#.Net, Microsoft Visual Basic.Net, .NET Framework 2.x

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