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DataGridView Class
DataGridView Events
 CellValueNeeded Event
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DataGridView..::.CellValueNeeded Event

Occurs when the VirtualMode property of the DataGridView control is true and the DataGridView requires a value for a cell in order to format and display the cell.

Namespace:  System.Windows.Forms
Assembly:  System.Windows.Forms (in System.Windows.Forms.dll)
Visual Basic (Declaration)
Public Event CellValueNeeded As DataGridViewCellValueEventHandler
Visual Basic (Usage)
Dim instance As DataGridView
Dim handler As DataGridViewCellValueEventHandler

AddHandler instance.CellValueNeeded, handler
C#
public event DataGridViewCellValueEventHandler CellValueNeeded
Visual C++
public:
 event DataGridViewCellValueEventHandler^ CellValueNeeded {
    void add (DataGridViewCellValueEventHandler^ value);
    void remove (DataGridViewCellValueEventHandler^ value);
}
JScript
JScript does not support events.

Use this event in virtual mode to populate cells with data from a custom data store without causing rows to become unshared. For more information about row sharing, see Best Practices for Scaling the Windows Forms DataGridView Control. For more information about virtual mode, see Virtual Mode in the Windows Forms DataGridView Control.

To add user-specified values to your custom data store, handle the CellValuePushed event.

For more information about handling events, see Consuming Events.

The following code example handles the CellValueNeeded event to populate cells with positive integers. This example is part of a larger example available in the VirtualMode reference topic.

Visual Basic
#Region "data store maintance"
    Const initialValue As Integer = -1

    Private Sub dataGridView1_CellValueNeeded(ByVal sender As Object, _
        ByVal e As DataGridViewCellValueEventArgs) _
        Handles dataGridView1.CellValueNeeded

        If store.ContainsKey(e.RowIndex) Then
            ' Use the store if the e value has been modified 
            ' and stored.
            e.Value = store(e.RowIndex)
        ElseIf newRowNeeded AndAlso e.RowIndex = numberOfRows Then
            If dataGridView1.IsCurrentCellInEditMode Then
                e.Value = initialValue
            Else
                ' Show a blank value if the cursor is just resting
                ' on the last row.
                e.Value = String.Empty
            End If
        Else
            e.Value = e.RowIndex
        End If
    End Sub

    Private Sub dataGridView1_CellValuePushed(ByVal sender As Object, _
        ByVal e As DataGridViewCellValueEventArgs) _
        Handles dataGridView1.CellValuePushed

        store.Add(e.RowIndex, CInt(e.Value))

    End Sub
#End Region

    Dim store As System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary(Of Integer, Integer) = _
        New Dictionary(Of Integer, Integer)
C#
#region "data store maintance"
const int initialValue = -1;

private void dataGridView1_CellValueNeeded(object sender,
    DataGridViewCellValueEventArgs e)
{
    if (store.ContainsKey(e.RowIndex))
    {
        // Use the store if the e value has been modified 
        // and stored.            
        e.Value = store[e.RowIndex];
    }
    else if (newRowNeeded && e.RowIndex == numberOfRows)
    {
        if (dataGridView1.IsCurrentCellInEditMode)
        {
            e.Value = initialValue;
        }
        else
        {
            // Show a blank value if the cursor is just resting
            // on the last row.
            e.Value = String.Empty;
        }
    }
    else
    {
        e.Value = e.RowIndex;
    }
}

private void dataGridView1_CellValuePushed(object sender,
    DataGridViewCellValueEventArgs e)
{
    store.Add(e.RowIndex, int.Parse(e.Value.ToString()));
}
#endregion

private Dictionary<int, int> store = new Dictionary<int, int>();
Visual C++
#pragma region Data store maintance

    void VirtualConnector::dataGridView1_CellValueNeeded
        (Object^ sender, DataGridViewCellValueEventArgs^ e)
    {
        if (store->ContainsKey(e->RowIndex))
        {
            // Use the store if the e value has been modified 
            // and stored.            
            e->Value = gcnew Int32(store->default[e->RowIndex]); 
        }
        else if (newRowNeeded && e->RowIndex == numberOfRows)
        {
            if (dataGridView1->IsCurrentCellInEditMode)
            {
                e->Value = initialValue;
            }
            else
            {
                // Show a blank e if the cursor is just loitering
                // over(the) last row.
                e->Value = String::Empty;
            }
        }
        else
        {
            e->Value = e->RowIndex;
        }
    }

    void VirtualConnector::dataGridView1_CellValuePushed
        (Object^ sender, DataGridViewCellValueEventArgs^ e)
    {
        String^ value = e->Value->ToString();
        store[e->RowIndex] = Int32::Parse(value, 
            CultureInfo::CurrentCulture);
    }
#pragma endregion

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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
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