How to add a UserControl to a DataGridView in VB.net, and have the control always showing?

Question

I made a usercontrol that is basically a panel with a bunch of labels, buttons, and Event Handlers on it. I want to be able to populate a DataGridView with these controls.

Answer 1

private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        DataTable dt = new DataTable();

        dt.Columns.Add("Name");
        dt.Columns.Add("Email Id");
        for (int j = 0; j < 10; j++)
        {

            dt.Rows.Add("", "ravindra.m089@gmail.com");

        }

        this.dataGridView1.DataSource = dt;

        this.dataGridView1.Columns[0].Width = 200;



        /*

         * First method : Convert to an existed cell type such ComboBox cell,etc

         */



        DataGridViewComboBoxCell ComboBoxCell = new DataGridViewComboBoxCell();

        ComboBoxCell.Items.AddRange(new string[] { "aaa", "bbb", "ccc" });

        this.dataGridView1[0, 0] = ComboBoxCell;

        this.dataGridView1[0, 0].Value = "bbb";



        DataGridViewTextBoxCell TextBoxCell = new DataGridViewTextBoxCell();

        this.dataGridView1[0, 1] = TextBoxCell;

        this.dataGridView1[0, 1].Value = "some text";



        DataGridViewCheckBoxCell CheckBoxCell = new DataGridViewCheckBoxCell();

        CheckBoxCell.Style.Alignment = DataGridViewContentAlignment.MiddleCenter;

        this.dataGridView1[0, 2] = CheckBoxCell;

        this.dataGridView1[0, 2].Value = true;


        DataGridViewTextBoxCell txt = new DataGridViewTextBoxCell();
        txt.ToolTipText = "Enter Ur Name";
        this.dataGridView1[0, 3] = txt;
        this.dataGridView1[0, 3].Value = "lakshman";


        /*

         * Second method : Add control to the host in the cell

         */

        DateTimePicker dtp = new DateTimePicker();

        dtp.Value = DateTime.Now.AddDays(-10);

        //add DateTimePicker into the control collection of the DataGridView

        this.dataGridView1.Controls.Add(dtp);

        //set its location and size to fit the cell

        dtp.Location = this.dataGridView1.GetCellDisplayRectangle(0, 3, true).Location;

        dtp.Size = this.dataGridView1.GetCellDisplayRectangle(0, 3, true).Size;

        TextBox Text = new TextBox();
        Text.Text = "This my Name";
        Text.BackColor = Color.RosyBrown;
        this.dataGridView1.Controls.Add(Text);
        Text.Location = this.dataGridView1.GetCellDisplayRectangle(0, 4, true).Location;
        Text.Size = this.dataGridView1.GetCellDisplayRectangle(0, 4, true).Size; 
    }