How to: Initialize Cells in Newly Created Rows

The following code shows how to initialize the "PurchaseDate" field of a new row via the ColumnView.InitNewRow event.

C#

using DevExpress.XtraGrid.Views.Grid;

 

private void gridView1_InitNewRow(object sender, InitNewRowEventArgs e) {

   DevExpress.XtraGrid.Views.Grid.GridView view = sender as Grid.GridView;

   view.SetRowCellValue(e.RowHandle, view.Columns["PurchaseDate"], DateTime.Today);

}

 

VB

Imports DevExpress.XtraGrid.Views.Grid

Private Sub GridView1_InitNewRow(ByVal sender As Object, _

ByVal e As InitNewRowEventArgs) Handles GridView1.InitNewRow

    Dim view As GridView = CType(sender, GridView)

    view.SetRowCellValue(e.RowHandle, view.Columns("PurchaseDate"), DateTime.Today)

End Sub