"Chris Botha" wrote:

> VS2005 and I have a DataTable displayed in a DataGridView that needs custom
> sorting, with the DataSource of the grid set to the DataTable and the
> SortCompare event just won't fire.
>
> Then I found this in  the docs "This event occurs only when the DataSource
> property is not set and the VirtualMode property value is false"
> This seems really odd but may be true. I can't see what the purpose of this
> event is then, how else will one use the DataGridView other than setting the
> DataSource to something?
>
> How else to do the custom sorting when the user clicks a column header is
> also welcome.
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>

"Ken Tucker [MVP]" <KenTucker***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Chris,
>
>      It fires when the datagridview is not bound to a datasource and
> virtual mode is set to false.
>
> Ken
> -----------------------
>
> "Chris Botha" wrote:
>
>> VS2005 and I have a DataTable displayed in a DataGridView that needs
>> custom
>> sorting, with the DataSource of the grid set to the DataTable and the
>> SortCompare event just won't fire.
>>
>> Then I found this in  the docs "This event occurs only when the
>> DataSource
>> property is not set and the VirtualMode property value is false"
>> This seems really odd but may be true. I can't see what the purpose of
>> this
>> event is then, how else will one use the DataGridView other than setting
>> the
>> DataSource to something?
>>
>> How else to do the custom sorting when the user clicks a column header is
>> also welcome.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>>
>>

"Chris Botha" wrote:

> Hi Ken, thanks for the quick response. If you have it working, then I need
> more assistance please. I've seen it in the docs, but what the heck does "is
> not bound to a datasource" mean?
> In my case I have a typed DataSet dataset obtained with a Web service call,
> and sets the DataSource of the grid to be the DataTable in the dataset. Does
> this cause the event not to fire? As mentioned, this seems really odd. Is
> there another way of displaying the table in the grid other than setting the
> datasource to the table so the event will fire?
> I've tried the VirtualMode property in both its flavors and read all 3 pages
> of links coming back with Google searching for DataGridView SortCompare.
>
>
> "Ken Tucker [MVP]" <KenTucker***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:E3355A9A-88FA-4790-A26F-26B4F5556B89@microsoft.com...
> > Chris,
> >
> >      It fires when the datagridview is not bound to a datasource and
> > virtual mode is set to false.
> >
> > Ken
> > -----------------------
> >
> > "Chris Botha" wrote:
> >
> >> VS2005 and I have a DataTable displayed in a DataGridView that needs
> >> custom
> >> sorting, with the DataSource of the grid set to the DataTable and the
> >> SortCompare event just won't fire.
> >>
> >> Then I found this in  the docs "This event occurs only when the
> >> DataSource
> >> property is not set and the VirtualMode property value is false"
> >> This seems really odd but may be true. I can't see what the purpose of
> >> this
> >> event is then, how else will one use the DataGridView other than setting
> >> the
> >> DataSource to something?
> >>
> >> How else to do the custom sorting when the user clicks a column header is
> >> also welcome.
> >>
> >> Thanks.
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>

"Ken Tucker [MVP]" <KenTucker***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F4EB6888-7BBD-4CAC-B99F-2EAF81146F84@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
>
>             Not bound to a datasource means that you add the columns and
> cell values manually.
>
> Here is a link to an example.
> http://www.onteorasoftware.com/blog.aspx?BlogID=2
>
> Ken
> ------------------------------
> "Chris Botha" wrote:
>
>> Hi Ken, thanks for the quick response. If you have it working, then I
>> need
>> more assistance please. I've seen it in the docs, but what the heck does
>> "is
>> not bound to a datasource" mean?
>> In my case I have a typed DataSet dataset obtained with a Web service
>> call,
>> and sets the DataSource of the grid to be the DataTable in the dataset.
>> Does
>> this cause the event not to fire? As mentioned, this seems really odd. Is
>> there another way of displaying the table in the grid other than setting
>> the
>> datasource to the table so the event will fire?
>> I've tried the VirtualMode property in both its flavors and read all 3
>> pages
>> of links coming back with Google searching for DataGridView SortCompare.
>>
>>
>> "Ken Tucker [MVP]" <KenTucker***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>> message
>> news:E3355A9A-88FA-4790-A26F-26B4F5556B89@microsoft.com...
>> > Chris,
>> >
>> >      It fires when the datagridview is not bound to a datasource and
>> > virtual mode is set to false.
>> >
>> > Ken
>> > -----------------------
>> >
>> > "Chris Botha" wrote:
>> >
>> >> VS2005 and I have a DataTable displayed in a DataGridView that needs
>> >> custom
>> >> sorting, with the DataSource of the grid set to the DataTable and the
>> >> SortCompare event just won't fire.
>> >>
>> >> Then I found this in  the docs "This event occurs only when the
>> >> DataSource
>> >> property is not set and the VirtualMode property value is false"
>> >> This seems really odd but may be true. I can't see what the purpose of
>> >> this
>> >> event is then, how else will one use the DataGridView other than
>> >> setting
>> >> the
>> >> DataSource to something?
>> >>
>> >> How else to do the custom sorting when the user clicks a column header
>> >> is
>> >> also welcome.
>> >>
>> >> Thanks.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>
>>