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 NullText Property
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Microsoft Visual Studio 2008/.NET Framework 3.5

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.NET Framework Class Library
DataGridColumnStyle..::.NullText Property

Gets or sets the text that is displayed when the column contains nullNothingnullptra null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).

Namespace:  System.Windows.Forms
Assembly:  System.Windows.Forms (in System.Windows.Forms.dll)
Visual Basic (Declaration)
Public Overridable Property NullText As String
Visual Basic (Usage)
Dim instance As DataGridColumnStyle
Dim value As String

value = instance.NullText

instance.NullText = value
C#
public virtual string NullText { get; set; }
Visual C++
public:
virtual property String^ NullText {
    String^ get ();
    void set (String^ value);
}
JScript
public function get NullText () : String
public function set NullText (value : String)

Property Value

Type: System..::.String
A string displayed in a column containing a DBNull..::.Value.

The DataColumn class's AllowDBNull property determines if a column can contain null values.

The following code example sets the NullText property to a new string.

Visual Basic
Private Sub SetNullText()
    Dim myGridColumn As DataGridColumnStyle
    myGridColumn = dataGrid1.TableStyles(0).GridColumnStyles(0)
    myGridColumn.NullText = "Null Text"
End Sub 'SetNullText
C#
private void SetNullText()
{
    DataGridColumnStyle myGridColumn;
    myGridColumn = dataGrid1.TableStyles[0].GridColumnStyles[0];
    myGridColumn.NullText = "Null Text";
}

Visual C++
private:
   void SetNullText()
   {
      DataGridColumnStyle^ myGridColumn;
      myGridColumn = dataGrid1->TableStyles[ 0 ]->GridColumnStyles[ 0 ];
      myGridColumn->NullText = "Null Text";
   }

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The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Compact Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 2.0, 1.0
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