Config the style for DataGridView
Imports System.Windows.Forms
Imports System.Data
Imports System.Drawing
Imports System.Data.SqlClient
Public Class Form1
Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form
Dim objConnection As New SqlConnection("server=localhost\yourDatabase;database=pubs;user id=sa;password=wrox")
Dim objDataAdapter As New SqlDataAdapter()
Dim objDataSet As New DataSet()
Public Shared Sub Main()
Application.Run(New Form1())
End Sub
Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Load
objDataAdapter.SelectCommand = New SqlCommand()
objDataAdapter.SelectCommand.Connection = objConnection
objDataAdapter.SelectCommand.CommandText = _
"SELECT au_lname, au_fname, title, price " & _
"FROM authors " & _
"JOIN titleauthor ON authors.au_id = titleauthor.au_id " & _
"JOIN titles ON titleauthor.title_id = titles.title_id " & _
"ORDER BY au_lname, au_fname"
objDataAdapter.SelectCommand.CommandType = CommandType.Text
objConnection.Open()
objDataAdapter.Fill(objDataSet, "authors")
objConnection.Close()
grdAuthorTitles.AutoGenerateColumns = True
grdAuthorTitles.DataSource = objDataSet
grdAuthorTitles.DataMember = "authors"
Dim objAlignRightCellStyle As New DataGridViewCellStyle
objAlignRightCellStyle.Alignment = DataGridViewContentAlignment.MiddleRight
' Declare and set the alternating rows style...
Dim objAlternatingCellStyle As New DataGridViewCellStyle()
objAlternatingCellStyle.BackColor = Color.WhiteSmoke
grdAuthorTitles.AlternatingRowsDefaultCellStyle = objAlternatingCellStyle
' Declare and set the style for currency cells ...
Dim objCurrencyCellStyle As New DataGridViewCellStyle()
objCurrencyCellStyle.Format = "c"
objCurrencyCellStyle.Alignment = DataGridViewContentAlignment.MiddleRight
' Change column names and styles using the column index
grdAuthorTitles.Columns(0).HeaderText = "Last Name"
grdAuthorTitles.Columns(1).HeaderText = "First Name"
grdAuthorTitles.Columns(2).HeaderText = "Book Title"
grdAuthorTitles.Columns(2).Width = 225
' Change column names and styles using the column name
grdAuthorTitles.Columns("price").HeaderCell.Value = "Retail Price"
grdAuthorTitles.Columns("price").HeaderCell.Style = objAlignRightCellStyle
grdAuthorTitles.Columns("price").DefaultCellStyle = objCurrencyCellStyle
' Clean up
objDataAdapter = Nothing
objConnection = Nothing
objCurrencyCellStyle = Nothing
objAlternatingCellStyle = Nothing
objAlignRightCellStyle = Nothing
End Sub
<System.Diagnostics.DebuggerStepThrough()> _
Private Sub InitializeComponent()
Me.grdAuthorTitles = New System.Windows.Forms.DataGridView
CType(Me.grdAuthorTitles, System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize).BeginInit()
Me.SuspendLayout()
'
'grdAuthorTitles
'
Me.grdAuthorTitles.Anchor = CType((((System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Top Or System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Bottom) _
Or System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Left) _
Or System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Right), System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles)
Me.grdAuthorTitles.ColumnHeadersHeightSizeMode = System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewColumnHeadersHeightSizeMode.AutoSize
Me.grdAuthorTitles.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(0, 0)
Me.grdAuthorTitles.Name = "grdAuthorTitles"
Me.grdAuthorTitles.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(592, 203)
Me.grdAuthorTitles.TabIndex = 0
'
'Form1
'
Me.AutoScaleDimensions = New System.Drawing.SizeF(6.0!, 13.0!)
Me.AutoScaleMode = System.Windows.Forms.AutoScaleMode.Font
Me.ClientSize = New System.Drawing.Size(576, 187)
Me.Controls.Add(Me.grdAuthorTitles)
Me.Name = "Form1"
Me.StartPosition = System.Windows.Forms.FormStartPosition.CenterScreen
Me.Text = "Bound DataSet"
CType(Me.grdAuthorTitles, System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize).EndInit()
Me.ResumeLayout(False)
End Sub
Friend WithEvents grdAuthorTitles As System.Windows.Forms.DataGridView
End Class
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