how to change format in datagridview column

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i have column Name Amount where I enter a numeric value like 1000. I want to format it like 1000.00 after the user has entered the value.

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Lakhan

Posted 20-Jan-12 19:25pm

Lakhan Aanjana

Updated 20-Jan-12 19:43pm

Wayne Gaylard

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ambarishtv · Answer 1 · 2012-01-20T20:15:00

Solution 2

try this ...

C#

this.dataGridView1.Columns["YourColumn"].DefaultCellStyle.Format = "{0:F2}";

Format Data in the Windows Forms DataGridView Control[^]

Posted 20-Jan-12 20:15pm

ambarishtv

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Prashant Srivastava LKO 21-Jan-12 4:01am

Gud answer my 5

ambarishtv 21-Jan-12 4:10am

thank u Parshant

Nathan Stiles · Answer 2 · 2012-01-20T19:50:00

Solution 1

In the forms designer click the grid, then edit columns, select your column, edit the defaultcellstyle format property to N2.

Posted 20-Jan-12 19:50pm

Nathan Stiles

Updated 20-Jan-12 19:51pm

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