How to Add Combobox to DataGridView in C#

By FoxLearn 9/16/2024 10:03:29 AM   8.92K
To add a ComboBox to a DataGridView in a Windows Forms application using C# and Entity Framework (Database First approach), you need to follow these steps.

How to Add Combobox to DataGridView in C#

Click New Project, then select Visual C# on the left, then Windows and then select Windows Forms Application. Name your project "ComboboxDataGridView" and then click OK

Next, Drag and drop a DataGridView control from the Visual Toolbox onto your form designer.

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Create an Entity Framework Model First, then add Category and Product table to your EF Model

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You will bind data from your Entity Framework model to both the DataGridView and the ComboBox column.

In the code-behind file of your Form1, you need to set up the DataGridView and ComboBox column programmatically.

private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    //Get category, product data from the Northwind database
    using (NorthwindEntities db = new NorthwindEntities())
    {
        productBindingSource.DataSource = db.Products.ToList();
        categoryBindingSource.DataSource = db.Categories.ToList();
    }
}

Make sure you have your Entity Framework model created using Database First approach. Assume you have a DbContext called NorthwindEntities and two entities: Product and Category.

By following these steps, you set up a DataGridView with a ComboBox column that is bound to a list of categories from your Entity Framework model.

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