we are trying to make certain rows readonly on a datagridview

We have a datagridview control which is bound

on the form load event after the datagrid has been set

we run the following

Dim cnt As Integer
For cnt = 0 To Me.dgvCorr.Rows.Count - 1
If CInt(Me.dgvCorr.Rows(cnt).Cells("disable").Value) = 1 Then
dgvCorr.Rows(cnt).ReadOnly = True
End If
Next

It is going to this code.

Yet the readonly property is not sticking.

I tried putting this code in different places such as form paint

datagridview after binding etc.

Just never works - what should really do.

Thanks,

Paste this code intothe CellFormatting event handlerofyour DataGridView:

Dim dgv As DataGridView = CType(sender, DataGridView)

If dgv("Disable", e.RowIndex).Value = 1 Then

dgv.Rows(e.RowIndex).ReadOnly = True

End If

Thanks for the suggestion:

I forgot to mention one thing. Our "0" column is bound to a boolean which of course defaults to a check box.

we want to be able to enable and disable the check boxes based on an othercolumn value or from other columns already selected.

The example given is close to what we had (see below)

but I wanted the user to see disabled and enabled check boxes,

What is annoying is the row readonly property set on the load event seems to get lost why?

Private Sub dgvCorr_CellBeginEdit(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewCellCancelEventArgs) Handles dgvCorr.CellBeginEdit

If CInt(Me.dgvCorr.Rows(e.RowIndex).Cells("disable").Value)= 1 Then

MessageBox.Show("This row can not be selected at this time")

e.Cancel = True

End If

End Sub