How to add buttons in a DataGridView from a List<> C#? -

like title says, able add buttons in datagridview list.

what have far:

public class users {     public int64 userid { get; set; }     public datagridviewbuttoncolumn emailaddress { get; set; }     public datagridviewbuttoncolumn gamertag { get; set; }     public datagridviewbuttoncolumn xuid { get; set; }     public string signedin { get; set; }     public string autosignin { get; set; }     public image gamerpic { get; set; } }  private list<users> getuserslist() {     try     {         list<users> list = new list<users>();         ienumerable<xboxuser> users = _xbc.users;         foreach (xboxuser user in users)         {             datagridviewbuttoncolumn emailaddress = new datagridviewbuttoncolumn()             {                 text = user.emailaddress             };             datagridviewbuttoncolumn gamertag = new datagridviewbuttoncolumn()             {                 text = user.gamertag             };             datagridviewbuttoncolumn xuid = new datagridviewbuttoncolumn()             {                 text = user.xuid             };             users xbuser = new users()             {                 userid = user.userid,                 emailaddress = emailaddress,                 gamertag = gamertag,                 xuid = xuid,                 signedin = user.issignedin.tostring(),                 autosignin = user.autosignin.tostring(),                 gamerpic = getimagefromurl(gamertag.text)             };             list.add(xbuser);         }         return list;     }     catch (exception ex)     {     }     return null; }  private void bo_refresh_click(object sender, eventargs e) {     list<users> listusers = getuserslist();     dg_userlist.datasource = new bindingsource(new bindinglist<users>(listusers), null); }  private void dg_userlist_cellclick(object sender, datagridviewcelleventargs e) {     switch (e.columnindex)     {         case 1:             clipboard.settext(dg_userlist.rows[e.rowindex].cells["emailaddress"].value.tostring());             messagebox.show("email " + dg_userlist.rows[e.rowindex].cells["emailaddress"].value.tostring() + " has been copied in clipboard.", "copy clipboard", messageboxbuttons.ok, messageboxicon.information);             break;         case 2:             clipboard.settext(dg_userlist.rows[e.rowindex].cells["gamertag"].value.tostring());             messagebox.show("gamertag " + dg_userlist.rows[e.rowindex].cells["gamertag"].value.tostring() + " has been copied in clipboard.", "copy clipboard", messageboxbuttons.ok, messageboxicon.information);             break;         case 3:             clipboard.settext(dg_userlist.rows[e.rowindex].cells["xuid"].value.tostring());             messagebox.show("xuid " + dg_userlist.rows[e.rowindex].cells["xuid"].value.tostring() + " has been copied in clipboard.", "copy clipboard", messageboxbuttons.ok, messageboxicon.information);             break;     } } 

everything appears correctly (even image in gamerpic) except buttons, show datagridviewbuttoncolumn { name=, index=-1 } instead of button right value on it.

i tried datagridvewbuttoncell not work either.

however, when click on cell supposed button, clipboard.settext works put datagridviewbuttoncolumn { name=, index=-1 } in it.

edit: have been able strings instead... looks less user friendly since there no button tell can click on it... works! sure prefer buttons instead :)

problem

when datasourced, datagridview auto-create columns based on data type each column. default, each column here created datagridviewtextboxcolumn, except column bound image - default datagridviewimagecolumn. though have 3 datagridviewbuttoncolumn properties, bound text columns - set value follows (example):

newrow.cells[1].value = datasourceobject.emailaddress.tostring();  // i.e. emailaddress datagridviewbuttoncolumn, so... newrow.cells[1].value = datagridviewbuttoncolumn.tostring();  console.writeline(datagridviewbuttoncolumn.tostring()); // prints "datagridviewbuttoncolumn { name=, index=-1 }" 

solution

start users class: change datagridviewbuttoncolumn properties type string.

public class users {     public int64 userid { get; set; }     public string emailaddress { get; set; }     public string gamertag { get; set; }     public string xuid { get; set; }     public string signedin { get; set; }     public string autosignin { get; set; }     public image gamerpic { get; set; } } 

and change getuserlist method account differences:

private list<users> getuserslist() {     try     {         list<users> list = new list<users>();         ienumerable<xboxuser> users = _xbc.users;          foreach (xboxuser user in users)         {             users xbuser = new users()             {                 userid = user.userid,                 emailaddress = user.emailaddress,                 gamertag = user.gamertag,                 xuid = user.xuid,                 signedin = user.issignedin.tostring(),                 autosignin = user.autosignin.tostring(),                 gamerpic = getimagefromurl(gamertag.text)             };              list.add(xbuser);         }          return list;     }     catch (exception ex)     {     }      return null; } 

and finally, in form constructor or load event - before you've bound data - manually add columns so:

dg_userlist.autogeneratecolumns = false;  datagridviewtextboxcolumn usercol = new datagridviewtextboxcolumn(); datagridviewbuttoncolumn emailcol = new datagridviewbuttoncolumn(); datagridviewbuttoncolumn tagcol = new datagridviewbuttoncolumn(); datagridviewbuttoncolumn xuidcol = new datagridviewbuttoncolumn(); datagridviewtextboxcolumn signcol = new datagridviewtextboxcolumn(); datagridviewtextboxcolumn autocol = new datagridviewtextboxcolumn(); datagridviewimagecolumn piccol = new datagridviewimagecolumn();  usercol.name = "userid";                    // allows access columns or emailcol.name = "emailaddress";             // cells in following manner: tagcol.name = "gamertag";                   // dgv.rows[index].cells["name"]; xuidcol.name = "xuid"; signcol.name = "signedin"; autocol.name = "autosignin"; piccol.name = "gamerpic";  usercol.datapropertyname = "userid";        // must match datasource properties. emailcol.datapropertyname = "emailaddress"; // allows datasourced columns match tagcol.datapropertyname = "gamertag";       // manually created columns. xuidcol.datapropertyname = "xuid"; signcol.datapropertyname = "signedin"; autocol.datapropertyname = "autosignin"; piccol.datapropertyname = "gamerpic";  usercol.headertext = "user id";             // allows displaying different text emailcol.headertext = "email address";      // column headers. tagcol.headertext = "gamer tag"; xuidcol.headertext = "xuid"; signcol.headertext = "signed in"; autocol.headertext = "auto sign in"; piccol.headertext = "avatar";  dg_userlist.columns.add(usercol); dg_userlist.columns.add(emailcol); dg_userlist.columns.add(tagcol); dg_userlist.columns.add(xuidcol); dg_userlist.columns.add(signcol); dg_userlist.columns.add(autocol); dg_userlist.columns.add(piccol); 

this allow create button columns still allow bind data instead of manually adding each row. datapropertyname button cells correctly display bound cell value.