REAL basic questions about grids

[Michael Hesse]

I am trying my first .NET project. I want to use a grid to display some
data. It is not bound to a data source.

I am having trouble with very simple actions.

1) Do I use a data grid, a list box, or what?
2) If I use a data grid, how do I set the numer of rows and columns and put
text into a cell?

Thanks,

Michael

[Armin Zingler]

"Michael Hesse" <mh****@sbcglobal.net> schrieb

I am trying my first .NET project. I want to use a grid to display
some data. It is not bound to a data source.

I am having trouble with very simple actions.

1) Do I use a data grid, a list box, or what?
Depends on what you want to display and how it is to be displayed, whether
the user needs to change the data and so on. A listbox has no columns. A
listview can have columns and one column in a row can be edited. A Datagrid
is editable.
2) If I use a data grid, how do I set the numer of rows and columns
and put text into a cell?

You have to bind it to a data source.
--
Armin

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[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

* "Michael Hesse" <mh****@sbcglobal.net> scripsit:

I am trying my first .NET project. I want to use a grid to display some
data. It is not bound to a data source.

I am having trouble with very simple actions.

1) Do I use a data grid, a list box, or what?
2) If I use a data grid, how do I set the numer of rows and columns and put
text into a cell?

I would use a listview control with its 'View' property set to
'Details'.

--
Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]
<http://www.mvps.org/dotnet>

[Michael Hesse]

"Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" <hi***************@gmx.at> wrote in message
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* "Michael Hesse" <mh****@sbcglobal.net> scripsit:

I am trying my first .NET project. I want to use a grid to display some
data. It is not bound to a data source.

I am having trouble with very simple actions.

1) Do I use a data grid, a list box, or what?
2) If I use a data grid, how do I set the numer of rows and columns and put text into a cell?

I would use a listview control with its 'View' property set to
'Details'.

--
Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]
<http://www.mvps.org/dotnet>

[Michael Hesse]

Thanks for the reply. I'll try the listView for now and play around with
creating a data set and binding it later.

"Armin Zingler" <az*******@freenet.de> wrote in message
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"Michael Hesse" <mh****@sbcglobal.net> schrieb

I am trying my first .NET project. I want to use a grid to display
some data. It is not bound to a data source.

I am having trouble with very simple actions.

1) Do I use a data grid, a list box, or what?
Depends on what you want to display and how it is to be displayed, whether
the user needs to change the data and so on. A listbox has no columns. A
listview can have columns and one column in a row can be edited. A

Datagrid is editable.

2) If I use a data grid, how do I set the numer of rows and columns
and put text into a cell?

You have to bind it to a data source.
--
Armin

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