How to add data to DataGridView

Question

I'm having a Structure like

 X={ID="1", Name="XX",
    ID="2", Name="YY" };

How to dump this data to a DataGridView of two columns

The gridView is like

ID | Name

Can we use LINQ to do this. I'm new to DataGridView Pleaese help me to do this..

Thanks in advance

Answer 1

first you need to add 2 columns to datagrid. you may do it at design time. see Columns property. then add rows as much as you need.

this.dataGridView1.Rows.Add("1", "XX");

Answer 2

Let's assume you have a class like this:

public class Staff
{
    public int ID { get; set; }
    public string Name { get; set; }
}

And assume you have dragged and dropped a DataGridView to your form, and name it dataGridView1.

You need a BindingSource to hold your data to bind your DataGridView. This is how you can do it:

private void frmDGV_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    //dummy data
    List<Staff> lstStaff = new List<Staff>();
    lstStaff.Add(new Staff()
    {
        ID = 1,
        Name = "XX"
    });
    lstStaff.Add(new Staff()
    {
        ID = 2,
        Name = "YY"
    });

    //use binding source to hold dummy data
    BindingSource binding = new BindingSource();
    binding.DataSource = lstStaff;

    //bind datagridview to binding source
    dataGridView1.DataSource = binding;
}