DataGridViewCell::FormattedValue Property
Gets the value of the cell as formatted for display.
Assembly: System.Windows.Forms (in System.Windows.Forms.dll)
Property Value
Type: System::Object^The formatted value of the cell or null if the cell does not belong to a DataGridView control.
| Exception | Condition |
|---|---|
| InvalidOperationException | ColumnIndex is less than 0, indicating that the cell is a row header cell. |
| ArgumentOutOfRangeException | The row containing the cell is a shared row. -or- The cell is a column header cell. |
| Exception | Formatting failed and either there is no handler for the DataError event of the DataGridView control or the handler set the ThrowException property to true. The exception object can typically be cast to type FormatException. |
The Value property is the actual data object contained by the cell, whereas the FormattedValue is the formatted representation of this object. The ValueType and FormattedValueType properties correspond to the data types of these values, respectively.
Getting the value of this property calls the GetFormattedValue method to convert the cell value into an equivalent display value of the type indicated by the FormattedValueType property. This raises the DataGridView::CellFormatting event, which you can handle to customize the value conversion.
If formatting is unsuccessful, the DataGridView::DataError event occurs. If there is no handler for this event or the handler sets the DataGridViewDataErrorEventArgs::ThrowException property to true, an exception is thrown.
The following code example demonstrates how to use the FormattedValue property. In this example, the IsCurrentCellDirty property is used to determine if the current cell's contents have been edited and not committed and, if the cell has been modified, the FormattedValue is used. This example is part of a larger example available in the DataGridView::SelectionChanged event.
Available since 2.0