With the DataGridView control, you can display and edit tabular data from many different
kinds of data sources.
The DataGridView
control is highly configurable and extensible, and it provides many properties,
methods, and events to customize its appearance and behavior. When you want
your Windows Forms application to display tabular data, consider using the
DataGridView control before others (for example, DataGrid). If you are
displaying a small grid of read-only values, or if you are enabling a user to
edit a table with millions of records, the DataGridView control will provide
you with a readily programmable, memory-efficient solution.
The DataGridView
control replaces and adds functionality to the DataGrid control; however, the
DataGrid control is retained for both backward compatibility and future use, if
you choose. See below for details on the differences between the DataGrid and
DataGridView controls.
Differences between the DataGridView and
DataGrid controls
The DataGridView control provides numerous basic and advanced features that are missing in the DataGrid control. Additionally, the architecture of the DataGridView control makes it much easier to extend and customize than the DataGrid control.
The following table describes a few of the primary features available in the DataGridView control that are missing from the DataGrid control.
The DataGridView control provides more built-in column types than the DataGrid control. These column types meet the needs of most common scenarios, but are also easier to extend or replace than the column types in the DataGrid control.
The DataGrid control is limited to displaying data from an external data source. The DataGridView control, however, can display unbound data stored in the control, data from a bound data source, or bound and unbound data together. You can also implement virtual mode in the DataGridView control to provide custom data management.
The DataGridView control provides many properties and events that enable you to specify how data is formatted and displayed. For example, you can change the appearance of cells, rows, and columns depending on the data they contain, or you can replace data of one data type with equivalent data of another type.
Multiple options for changing cell, row, column, and header appearance and behaviorThe DataGridView control enables you to work with individual grid components in numerous ways. For example, you can freeze rows and columns to prevent them from scrolling; hide rows, columns, and headers; change the way row, column, and header sizes are adjusted; change the way users make selections; and provide ToolTips and shortcut menus for individual cells, rows, and columns.The only feature that is available in the DataGrid control that is not available in the DataGridView control is the hierarchical display of information from two related tables in a single control. You must use two DataGridView controls to display information from two tables that are in a master/detail relationship
The following table describes a few of the primary features available in the DataGridView control that are missing from the DataGrid control.
The DataGridView control provides more built-in column types than the DataGrid control. These column types meet the needs of most common scenarios, but are also easier to extend or replace than the column types in the DataGrid control.
The DataGrid control is limited to displaying data from an external data source. The DataGridView control, however, can display unbound data stored in the control, data from a bound data source, or bound and unbound data together. You can also implement virtual mode in the DataGridView control to provide custom data management.
The DataGridView control provides many properties and events that enable you to specify how data is formatted and displayed. For example, you can change the appearance of cells, rows, and columns depending on the data they contain, or you can replace data of one data type with equivalent data of another type.
Multiple options for changing cell, row, column, and header appearance and behaviorThe DataGridView control enables you to work with individual grid components in numerous ways. For example, you can freeze rows and columns to prevent them from scrolling; hide rows, columns, and headers; change the way row, column, and header sizes are adjusted; change the way users make selections; and provide ToolTips and shortcut menus for individual cells, rows, and columns.The only feature that is available in the DataGrid control that is not available in the DataGridView control is the hierarchical display of information from two related tables in a single control. You must use two DataGridView controls to display information from two tables that are in a master/detail relationship
Highlight of features
The following table highlights the DataGridView’s major features.
Further details about a feature can be found later in this document
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