DataGridViewSortCompareEventArgs::SortResult Property
.NET Framework (current version)
Gets or sets a value indicating the order in which the compared cells will be sorted.
Assembly: System.Windows.Forms (in System.Windows.Forms.dll)
Property Value
Type: System::Int32Less than zero if the first cell will be sorted before the second cell; zero if the first cell and second cell have equivalent values; greater than zero if the second cell will be sorted before the first cell.
Setting this value is typically the last operation you will perform in a handler for the DataGridView::SortCompare event. You will typically set this value to the return value of a comparison method such as String::Compare.
The following code example demonstrates the use of SortResult in a multiple column sort. This example is part of a larger example provided in How to: Customize Sorting in the Windows Forms DataGridView Control.
.NET Framework
Available since 2.0
Available since 2.0
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