change forecolor af a special word in gridview cell

Question

I want to change the color of some special words NOT all words in a gridview cell. Here is the code:

protected void gvContents_RowDataBound(obj         


        

Answer 1

In the CellFormatting event handler, add the below code

void dataGridView1_CellFormatting(object sender, DataGridViewCellFormattingEventArgs e)
    {
        if (e.Value != null && e.Value.ToString() == "Special")
        {
            e.CellStyle.ForeColor = Color.Red;
        }
    }