I would like to add the ability to add a comment dialog (yellow sticker)to a datagridview cell selected by the user,

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I would also like the user to select to from a list from within a cell and load directly into that cell.
I'm looking for relevant acticles but cannot find any at the moment.

Posted 13-Feb-15 21:16pm

Ayo Soul

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ChrisCreateBoss 14-Feb-15 13:53pm

OK, so you want to prompt a comment dialog, and the text entered in it will display in the selected cell of the dataGridView, did I understand?

Ayo Soul 15-Feb-15 6:31am

Not quite but close, I want to save the entered note to a database via a Queue. So once the user enters he's/her's notes I send it to the Queue for later processing.
The second part of the question involves another cell in the datagridview, where i want the user to be able to select from a database the appropriate entry, it would be great if the user can start typing and the selection narrows down to the correct entry. Thanks in advance

ChrisCreateBoss 15-Feb-15 14:19pm

Ok, I did understand the first part, but the second, I did not get it well, can you provide us a sample of what have you tried? That would help me a lot to understand your request.

Ayo Soul 15-Feb-15 14:24pm

I haven't tried any code yet. I have a working DataGridView and a Queue. I want to start the next bit but decided to research it first as I am new to C#, and I'm not aware of its potential yet.

ChrisCreateBoss 15-Feb-15 16:01pm

Oh ok, when you said "i want the user to be able to select from a database the appropiate entry", the user will select something via a ListBox, TextBox or a dataGridView??

Ayo Soul 15-Feb-15 17:26pm

How can I send you a picture? In the DataGridView there are rows and columns. If the heading on one column is Day of week. this means valid entries in that column are the days of week, Monday, Tuesday... My request is if the user starts to type a day in the cell in the column he will be presented with the possible valued entries which are stored in a database. My application will not have 7 days but more like 50 entries. I don't want the user to have to scroll through all 50 entries. Also the user is free to add addition ad hoc entries.
So if the grid has 10 rows, this means in the column the user needs to enter 10 entries each time looking for the available entries or creating a new one.

ChrisCreateBoss 15-Feb-15 18:18pm

What kind of database do you use? That entries can be stored in a simple text file, you don't need a complex datasource to accomplish that. You can send me the picture via e-mail(send it to renuevoshn@gmail.com).

Ayo Soul 16-Feb-15 2:05am

I'm going to use MySQL or SQLite and Entity Framework. I've not used either before. just started reading up on EF yesterday. My reason for a DB rather than a Txt file is that its going to be shared data via the cloud when I finish developing the app. But I might consider doing it with a txt file also.

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Richard MacCutchan · Answer 1 · 2015-02-13T21:59:00

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A DataGridView cell may contain just about anything you want. Take a look at the documentation[^] and try a few samples. There are lots of articles around with sample code.

Posted 13-Feb-15 21:59pm

Richard MacCutchan