DataGridViewComboBoxCell Binding - “value is not valid”

Question

I\'m trying to bind separate ComboBox cells within a DataGridView to a custom class, and keep getting an error

DataGridViewComboBoxCell value is not v

Answer 1

Here's a complete example with a basic form and DataGridView added via the designer:

Setup and bindings:

private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{

    var colors = new List()
    {
        new Code() {Value= "R", Text = "Red"},
        new Code() {Value= "G", Text = "Green"},
        new Code() {Value= "B", Text = "Blue"}
    };

    var users = new List()
    {
        new User() {Name = "Briana", FavoriteColor = "B"},
        new User() {Name = "Grace", FavoriteColor = "G"}
    };

    var colorCol = new DataGridViewComboBoxColumn();
    colorCol.DataSource = colors;
    colorCol.DisplayMember = "Text";
    colorCol.ValueMember = "Value";
    colorCol.DataPropertyName = "FavoriteColor";

    dataGridView1.Columns.Add(colorCol);
    dataGridView1.DataSource = users;

}

Some classes:

public class Code
{
    public string Value { get; set; }
    public string Text { get; set; }
}

public class User
{
    public string Name { get; set; }
    public string FavoriteColor { get; set; }
}