DataGridViewButtonColumn::FlatStyle Property
Gets or sets the flat-style appearance of the button cells in the column.
Assembly: System.Windows.Forms (in System.Windows.Forms.dll)
| Exception | Condition |
|---|---|
| InvalidOperationException | The value of the CellTemplate property is null. |
The FlatStyle property specifies the appearance of the cells in the column. For more information, see the FlatStyle enumeration.
Getting or setting this property gets or sets the FlatStyle property of the object returned by the CellTemplate property. Setting this property also sets the FlatStyle property of every cell in the column and refreshes the column display. To override the specified value for individual cells, set the cell values after you set the column value.
The following code example demonstrates how to use a DataGridViewButtonColumn to view the sales an employee has made. This example is part of a larger example available in the DataGridViewComboBoxColumn class overview topic.
private: void AddButtonColumn() { DataGridViewButtonColumn^ buttons = gcnew DataGridViewButtonColumn(); { buttons->HeaderText = "Sales"; buttons->Text = "Sales"; buttons->UseColumnTextForButtonValue = true; buttons->AutoSizeMode = DataGridViewAutoSizeColumnMode::AllCells; buttons->FlatStyle = FlatStyle::Standard; buttons->CellTemplate->Style->BackColor = Color::Honeydew; buttons->DisplayIndex = 0; } DataGridView1->Columns->Add(buttons); }
Available since 2.0