change color in datagrid cell in VS.net 2003

You need to override the paint method of datagrid text box column. Here is the sample paint method for your understanding... Hope this code helps you. Protected Overloads Overrides Sub Paint(ByVal graph As Graphics, ByVal rectbounds As Rectangle, ByVal curmngrSrc As CurrencyManager, ByVal RowNumber As Integer, ByVal ForeColorBrush As Brush, ByVal BackColorBrush As Brush, ByVal AlignmentRight As Boolean) Dim ObjVal As Object ObjVal = Me.GetColumnValueAtRow(curmngrSrc, RowNumber) BackColorBrush = Brushes.White ForeColorBrush = Brushes.Red '' You can put your own logic for the current cell... ' Call Paint from the base class to accomplish the actual drawing. MyBase.Paint(graph, rectbounds, curmngrSrc, RowNumber, BackColorBrush, ForeColorBrush, AlignmentRight) End Sub

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You need to override the paint method of datagrid text box column. Here is the sample paint method for your understanding... Hope this code helps you. Protected Overloads Overrides Sub Paint(ByVal graph As Graphics, ByVal rectbounds As Rectangle, ByVal curmngrSrc As CurrencyManager, ByVal RowNumber As Integer, ByVal ForeColorBrush As Brush, ByVal BackColorBrush As Brush, ByVal AlignmentRight As Boolean) Dim ObjVal As Object ObjVal = Me.GetColumnValueAtRow(curmngrSrc, RowNumber) BackColorBrush = Brushes.White ForeColorBrush = Brushes.Red '' You can put your own logic for the current cell... ' Call Paint from the base class to accomplish the actual drawing. MyBase.Paint(graph, rectbounds, curmngrSrc, RowNumber, BackColorBrush, ForeColorBrush, AlignmentRight) End Sub
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