Question

I have an application with several DataGridView controls. I would like to create a master control or component (I’m not sure which one to use) where I can define basic coloring and behavior. However, since all DataGridView controls have different columns in the application I want to define columns after placing a new instance on the form and not in the master form.

Can you suggest a way to do this? Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Have something like your own MasterGridView where you define all common behavior, colour, etc.. & then inherit all respective datagridviews from this one.

public class MasterDataGridView: System.Windows.Forms.DataGridView
{
    public MasterDataGridView()
    {
        BackColor = Color.Yellow;
        // define other behaviours
    }
}

public class OrdersDataGridView : MasterDataGridView
{
   // data binding, column addition etc can be handle in respective grid views
}


public class ReportsDataGridView : MasterDataGridView
{
}

…
etc.