>>>I'm trying to add a combo box to a data grid view. I'm following this example:
>>>http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/UploadFile/RustemSoft/DataGridCombo07302005031036AM/DataGridCombo.aspx
>>>
>>>So I type this in:
>>>

>>>DataGridComboBoxColumn cboTables = new DataGridComboBoxColumn();
>>>

>>>
>>>The compiler complains that I'm missing a reference. I Google it and find it's in System.Windows.Controls. Except this namespace
>>>does not exist. Using VS 2008.
>>>
>>>How the heck do you add a combo to a grid?
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>>The Rustemsoft control are datagridcolumns themselves. You will need to first add a reference
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>>C:\Program Files\RustemSoft\DataGridViewColumns .NET 2.0 assembly\DataGridViewColumnsTrial.dll
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>>or something like that. then you will do a
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>> using Rustemsoft.DataGridViewColumns
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>>That should get you the intellisense you need
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>>( the Rustemsoft controls have to be first downloaded and installed, of course)
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>>http://www.softplatz.com/Info/RustemSoft.html
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>>To do it with straight .net
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>>http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/7tas5c80%28VS.80%29.aspx
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>That example is way too specialized. There has to be a simple example of putting a combo in a grid. This CAN'T be that difficult!!!

Awww, sure it can <g>. Just want to be sure you were clear that the example you origianally cited was specifically for using the Rustemsoft third party controls.

From everything I can tell, using a cbo in a dgv pretty much means building the grid yourself, rather than dropping one on a form and setting the columnediting control type to cbo as one would expect. I think if I were going to use a lot of dgvs I'd be buying a control that would make all that a whole lot easier. ( I think Infragistics or maybe DevExpress gives one away as a sample but I may be wrong)