DataGridViewImageCell Class
Updated: September 2008
Displays a graphic in a DataGridView control.
Assembly: System.Windows.Forms (in System.Windows.Forms.dll)
The DataGridViewImageCell class is a specialized type of DataGridViewCell used to display an Image or an Icon, depending on the value of the ValueIsIcon property. Typically, the ReadOnly property of a DataGridViewImageCell is set to true to indicate that the user cannot edit the cell contents.
The DataGridViewImageColumn is the column type specialized to hold cells of this type. To model the cells within a column after an existing DataGridViewImageCell, set the column's CellTemplate property to that cell. By default, the CellTemplate is initialized to a new DataGridViewImageCell.
The cell-related properties of the column are wrappers for the similarly-named properties of the template cell. Changing the property values of the template cell will affect only cells based on the template that are added after the change. Changing the cell-related property values of the column, however, will update the template cell and all other cells in the column, and refresh the column display if necessary.
Notes to Inheritors:When you derive from DataGridViewImageCell and add new properties to the derived class, be sure to override the Clone method to copy the new properties during cloning operations. You should also call the base class's Clone method so that the properties of the base class are copied to the new cell.
The following code example demonstrates how to change the image in an image cell using DataGridViewCell. This code example is part of a larger example provided for the topic How to: Work with Image Columns in the Windows Forms DataGridView Control.
Private Sub dataGridView1_CellClick(ByVal sender As Object, _ ByVal e As DataGridViewCellEventArgs) _ Handles dataGridView1.CellClick If turn.Text.Equals(gameOverString) Then Return Dim cell As DataGridViewImageCell = _ CType(dataGridView1.Rows(e.RowIndex). _ Cells(e.ColumnIndex), DataGridViewImageCell) If (cell.Value Is blank) Then If IsOsTurn() Then cell.Value = o Else cell.Value = x End If ToggleTurn() ToolTip(e) End If If IsAWin() Then turn.Text = gameOverString End If End Sub
System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewElement
System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewCell
System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewImageCell
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