"Linda Liu [MSFT]" <v-lliu@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> You can use the Cells property of the DataGridViewRow class to get the
> value of a specified column within a DataGridViewRow.
>
> For example, the following line of code gets the value of the first column
> of the current row in a DataGridView:
>
> object cellvalue = this.dataGridView1.CurrentRow.Cells[0].Value;
>
> -or-
> // if the column name is "ID"
> object cellvalue = this.dataGridView1.CurrentRow.Cells["ID"].Value;
>
> Hope this helps.
> If you have anything unclear, please feel free to let me know.
>
>
> Sincerely,
> Linda Liu
> Microsoft Online Community Support
>
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> The second way gives an error that "Column named myColumn cannot be

"Linda Liu [MSFT]" <v-lliu@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> Thank you for your reply!
>
>> The second way gives an error that "Column named myColumn cannot be
> found."
>
> It seems that the column named myColumn doesn't exist in your
> DataGridView.
>
> You have two options to check the name of a DataGridViewColumn.
>
> Option 1:
>
> 1. Switch to the form designer and select the DataGridView on the form.
>
> 2. Click the smart tag glyph on the top-right corner of the DataGridView
> and the smart tag panel appears. Click the 'Edit Columns' command in the
> smart tag panel and the 'Edit Columns' dialog pops up.
>
> 3. In the 'Edit Columns' dialog, select a column in the list on the left
> hand and the name of this column is displayed in the Name entry within the
> properties window on the right hand.
>
> Option 2:
>
> Use the following line of code to get the name of a specified column:
>
> // get the name of the first column
> string coulmnName = this.dataGridView1.Columns[0].Name;
>
> Hope this helps.
> If you have any question, please feel free to let me know.
>
> Sincerely,
> Linda Liu
> Microsoft Online Community Support
>