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Introduction

The article demonstrates how to give .net DataGridView a nice look n' feel, by handling the DataGridView CellPaining Event.

Function to draw the column header.

Protected Sub DrawColumnHeader(ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewCellPaintingEventArgs)
        Dim h As Integer = e.CellBounds.Height
        Dim w As Integer = e.CellBounds.Width
        Dim h1 As Integer = h * 0.4
        Dim ct As New OfficeColorTable
        Dim r1 As Rectangle = New Rectangle(e.CellBounds.X, e.CellBounds.Y, w, h1)
        Dim r2 As Rectangle = New Rectangle(e.CellBounds.X, h1, w, h - h1 + 1)
        Dim lb1 As LinearGradientBrush = _
    New LinearGradientBrush(r1, ct.ColumnHeaderStartColor, ct.ColumnHeaderMidColor1, Drawing2D.LinearGradientMode.Vertical)
        Dim lb2 As LinearGradientBrush = _
    New LinearGradientBrush(r2, ct.ColumnHeaderMidColor2, ct.ColumnHeaderEndColor, Drawing2D.LinearGradientMode.Vertical)
        Dim p As Pen = New Pen(ct.GridColor, 1)
        Dim frmt As StringFormat = New StringFormat
        frmt.Alignment = StringAlignment.Center
        frmt.FormatFlags = StringFormatFlags.DisplayFormatControl
        frmt.LineAlignment = StringAlignment.Center
        With e.Graphics
            .FillRectangle(lb1, r1)
            .FillRectangle(lb2, r2)
            .DrawRectangle(p, e.CellBounds)
        End With
    End Sub

Function to draw DataGridView Cells.
Protected Sub DrawCell(ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewCellPaintingEventArgs) Dim r1 As Rectangle = New Rectangle(e.CellBounds.X, e.CellBounds.Y, e.CellBounds.Width, e.CellBounds.Height) Dim r2 As Rectangle = New Rectangle(e.CellBounds.X, e.CellBounds.Y, e.CellBounds.Width, e.CellBounds.Height) Dim ct As New OfficeColorTable Dim cellColor As Color Dim borderColor As Color Dim p As Pen If e.State = 97 Or e.State = 105 Then borderColor = ct.GridColor cellColor = ct.ActiveCellColor p = New Pen(borderColor, 1) Else borderColor = ct.GridColor p = New Pen(borderColor, 1) If e.State = 109 Then cellColor = ct.ReadonlyCellColor Else cellColor = ct.DefaultCellColor End If End If If e.ColumnIndex < 0 Then cellColor = ct.ColumnHeaderMidColor2 End If With e.Graphics .FillRectangle(New SolidBrush(cellColor), e.CellBounds) Dim rnd As New Renderer If e.State = 97 Then rnd.Fill3DRectangle(e.CellBounds, Renderer.RenderingMode.Office2007OrangeHover, e.Graphics) End If If e.ColumnIndex < 0 Then If e.State = 97 Then rnd.FillGradientRectangle(e.CellBounds, Renderer.RenderingMode.Office2007OrangeHover, e.Graphics) Else rnd.FillGradientRectangle(e.CellBounds, Renderer.RenderingMode.Office2007GrayHover, e.Graphics) End If End If .DrawRectangle(p, e.CellBounds) .DrawRectangle(p, New Rectangle(e.CellBounds.X, e.CellBounds.Y, e.CellBounds.Width, Me.Height)) End With End Sub