obtain cell value when user clicks anywhere on the row

[vbdot]

I am looking at a way to get the value on column 2, when the user selects a row.
For example: the datagrid shows like this:

Row Name Location
1 Picture 1 c:\pic_1.bmp
2 Picture 2 c:\pic_2.bmp
3 Picture 3 c:\pic_3.bmp

I am able to get the value from using datagrid.currentcell.value.tostring, but I have to click exactly at the cell to get the current value.


If the user click on row 2, I want to get the value from LOCATION columns in row 2 (the value is "c:\pic_2.bmp"), usually in VB 6.0 I would write it like:

dim x as string
x = datagrid.columns(2).value

So x = c:\pic_2.bmp

Right now with datagrid.currentcell.value.tostring, the user have to click on "c:\pic_2.bmp" in order to get the correct value. So is there a way to code it so when user click the row, go get the value from LOCATION column?

 

[cjard]

datagrid, or datagridview? If you have .net 2.0 you ought to be using DataGridView..

Regardless of the grid, it should be bound through a BindingSource, which has a CurrentChanged event (occurs every time the current row the bindingsource is pointing to, changes) hence you do:


DirectCast(xxxBindingSource.Current, DataRowView).Item(1) ' column 2
DirectCast(DirectCast(xxxBindingSource.Current, DataRowView), XXXDataRow).Column2Name ' better

Try to avoid making absolute references to columns by number. Using the name is much better