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DataGridView.CellStateChanged Event

Occurs when a cell state changes, such as when the cell loses or gains focus.

Namespace:  System.Windows.Forms
Assembly:  System.Windows.Forms (in System.Windows.Forms.dll)

'Declaration
Public Event CellStateChanged As DataGridViewCellStateChangedEventHandler
'Usage
Dim instance As DataGridView 
Dim handler As DataGridViewCellStateChangedEventHandler 

AddHandler instance.CellStateChanged, handler

For more information about handling events, see Consuming Events.

The following code example illustrates the use of this event.

Private Sub dataGridView1_CellStateChanged(ByVal sender As Object, _
    ByVal e As DataGridViewCellStateChangedEventArgs) _
    Handles dataGridView1.CellStateChanged

    Dim state As DataGridViewElementStates = e.StateChanged
    Dim msg As String = String.Format( _
        "Row {0}, Column {1}, {2}", _
        e.Cell.RowIndex, e.Cell.ColumnIndex, e.StateChanged)
    MessageBox.Show(msg, "Cell State Changed")

End Sub

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98

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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