WinForms DataGrid

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Hello,

why is the System.Windows.Forms.DataGrid so un-customizable? I am
trying to build a DataGrid that will resize it's last column when
there is room left over (make it fill the total clientwidth). I am
almost capable of doing so by the following actions:
- Create a custom DataGridTableStyle called AutoResizeDataGridTableStyle
- Hook up the OnResize and OnDataSourceChanged from the
AutoResizeDataGridTableStyle to their respected events
of the DataGrid it's meant for.
- When the datasource changes in the DataGrid(OnDataSourceChanged)
- Rebuild DataGridColumnStyle's for each column in the new
DataSource and set its MappingName
- Call OnResize()
- When the DataGrid changes size (OnResize)
- Calculate total column width !!!!!!!!
- if smaller then clientSize of DataGrid -> resize last column

A pretty neat job, works like a charm. Lot of things I am still not
happy with ofcourse, but hey, the problem is solved.

The problem is the calculation of the total column width, a DataGrid
has a column in front of the first data column which you cannot access.
Ofcourse this thing has width, so I am unable to calculate the total
gridSize correctly. THIS SUCKS, unless I am completely blind to the
solution(I have looked and searched a long time).

Is there anybody that knows how to
- autoresize last column
- calculate the size of the first index-column
- has a totally new implementation of DataGrid, this sucks

Pls let me know,

Wouter van Vugt