DataGridView - color causes error

Here is the code I was using.

To bind the list(of…) to the datagrid was:

Me.dgvQueueHistory.DataSource = utl.QueueHistory

And to do the color

Private Sub dgvQueueHistory_Paint(sender As Object, e As Wisej.Web.PaintEventArgs) Handles dgvQueueHistory.Paint
For Each row In dgvQueueHistory.Rows
Dim tag As hdBO.HW.Monitor.QueueHistory = TryCast(row.DataBoundItem, hdBO.HW.Monitor.QueueHistory)
If IsNothing(tag) = False Then
Select Case tag.RowDisplayColor
Case “Red”
row.DefaultCellStyle.BackColor = Drawing.Color.Red
Case “Yellow”
row.DefaultCellStyle.BackColor = Drawing.Color.Yellow
Case “Green”
row.DefaultCellStyle.BackColor = Drawing.Color.Green
End Select
End If
Next
End Sub

I am now using the the DataBindingComplete event and it appears to work better.

I am still getting an error after a time, the “Invalid Session” error that I reported in another post.

Thanks for the help.

Shawn

I just tried to update the row colors and it’s working well. See below. The correct event to detect when the rows are created in a data-bound grid is DataBindingComplete. There are other events for rows added programmatically. The Paint event is an image callback and changing the style causes the grid to “push” updates to the client up to a threshold after which it simply issues a new data reload from the client.

private void dataGridView1_DataBindingComplete(object sender, DataGridViewBindingCompleteEventArgs e)
{
foreach (var row in this.dataGridView1.Rows)
{
row.DefaultCellStyle.BackColor = Color.Red;
}
}

The Paint event is not related to the rendering of the rows. It’s to paint into the graphics object that represents the background image of the control. For a DGV it doesn’t make much sense to paint the whole grid. I don’t know what happens if the code manipulates the row in a Paint callback – which is just an image request.

You should manage the rows outside of the Paint event.

Can you send a code snippet that shows how you bound the color to the data source?