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ISupportInitialize.BeginInit Method
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OnAlternatingRowsDefaultCellStyleChanged Method
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OnAutoSizeColumnModeChanged Method
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OnBackgroundColorChanged Method
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OnCancelRowEdit Method
OnCellBeginEdit Method
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OnCellContextMenuStripChanged Method
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OnUserDeletingRow Method
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DataGridView.CancelEdit Method

.NET Framework 4

Cancels edit mode for the currently selected cell and discards any changes.

Namespace:  System.Windows.Forms
Assembly:  System.Windows.Forms (in System.Windows.Forms.dll)
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public bool CancelEdit()

Return Value

Type: System.Boolean
true if the cancel was successful; otherwise, false.

The following code example illustrates the use of this method. This example is part of a larger example available in Column Fill Mode in the Windows Forms DataGridView Control.

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private void ResetDataGridView()
{
    dataGridView1.CancelEdit();
    dataGridView1.Columns.Clear();
    dataGridView1.DataSource = null;
    InitializeDataGridView();
}

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

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