Datagridview column header formatting

[Steve]

Hi All

I am using VB.net 2005 windows forms

I use the Datagridview.cellformatting event to change the colours of
individual cells as required and all works fine

How can I do the same for the datagridview column headers?
I would like to change the forecolor value for individual column headers as
required, so the Headertext displays in the required colour

There is no columnheader cellformatting event that I can find

Regards
Steve

[Jeffrey Tan[MSFT]]

Hi Steve ,

I think you can change individual header cell text color by using the code
snippet below:

Private Sub Form1_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs)
Me.dataGridView1.EnableHeadersVisualStyles = False
Me.dataGridView1.Columns(0).HeaderCell.Style.ForeC olor = Color.Blue
End Sub 'Form1_Load

We should set DataGridView.EnableHeadersVisualStyles to false so that
XP/Vista theme will not be used to paint the header cell style.

If you want to perform advanced customization to header cells in the
DataGridView, you should handle DataGridView.CellPainting event and provide
customized painting code when DataGridViewCellPaintingEventArgs.RowIndex
equals -1(which means the header row). The link below contains sample code:
"How to: Customize the Appearance of Cells in the Windows Forms
DataGridView Control"
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hta8z9sz.aspx

Hope this helps.

Best regards,
Jeffrey Tan
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[Steve]

Jeffrey

Thanks for the help

Solved the problem

Regards
Steve
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Hi Steve ,

I think you can change individual header cell text color by using the code
snippet below:

Private Sub Form1_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs)
Me.dataGridView1.EnableHeadersVisualStyles = False
Me.dataGridView1.Columns(0).HeaderCell.Style.ForeC olor = Color.Blue
End Sub 'Form1_Load

We should set DataGridView.EnableHeadersVisualStyles to false so that
XP/Vista theme will not be used to paint the header cell style.

If you want to perform advanced customization to header cells in the
DataGridView, you should handle DataGridView.CellPainting event and
provide
customized painting code when DataGridViewCellPaintingEventArgs.RowIndex
equals -1(which means the header row). The link below contains sample
code:
"How to: Customize the Appearance of Cells in the Windows Forms
DataGridView Control"
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hta8z9sz.aspx

Hope this helps.

Best regards,
Jeffrey Tan
Microsoft Online Community Support

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suggestions about how we can improve the support we provide to you. Please
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