DataGridView Custom Column Sample

This sample demonstrates how to create a custom DataGridViewColumn type with cells that host a MaskedTextBox control.

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To build and run the sample using the command prompt

1. At the command prompt, navigate to the location where you saved the uncompressed sample files.

2. Navigate to the CS subdirectory under the DataGridViewCustomColumn directory.

3. Type msbuild to build the sample using the solution (.sln) file provided.

4. Type cd DataGridViewCustomColumnTest\bin\Debug to navigate to the location of the executable file.

5. Type DataGridViewCustomColumnTest.exe to run the sample.

To build and run the sample using Visual Studio

1. In Windows Explorer, navigate to the location where you saved the uncompressed sample files.

2. Navigate to one of the language-specific subdirectories under the DataGridViewCustomColumn directory.

3. Double-click the solution (.sln) file to open it in Visual Studio.

4. In Visual Studio, press F5 to build and run the sample.

To use the DataGridViewCustomColumn Sample

1. Run the provided test application, which displays a DataGridView control containing several MaskedTextBox columns with different masks.

2. Try entering different values into the different columns.

Demonstrates

• DataGridViewColumn

• DataGridViewCell

• IDataGridViewEditingControl

See Also

Reference

DataGridView
MaskedTextBox

Other Resources

Windows Forms Controls Samples
DataGridView Control (Windows Forms)