Adding CheckBox to DataGridView in VB.NET

The DataGridView control uses several column types to display its information and enable users to modify or add information. The DataGridView control provides TextBox, CheckBox, Image, Button, ComboBox and Link columns with the corresponding cell types.

The following vb.net program shows how to add a CheckBox in Cell of a DataGridView control and set the third row checkbox value as true. If you want to respond immediately when users click a check box cell, you can handle the CellClick event, but this event occurs before the cell value is updated.

Example:

Imports System.Data.SqlClient
Public Class Form1
    Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
        DataGridView1.ColumnCount = 3
        DataGridView1.Columns(0).Name = "Product ID"
        DataGridView1.Columns(1).Name = "Product Name"
        DataGridView1.Columns(2).Name = "Product_Price"

        Dim row As String() = New String() {"1", "Product 1", "1000"}
        DataGridView1.Rows.Add(row)
        row = New String() {"2", "Product 2", "2000"}
        DataGridView1.Rows.Add(row)
        row = New String() {"3", "Product 3", "3000"}
        DataGridView1.Rows.Add(row)
        row = New String() {"4", "Product 4", "4000"}
        DataGridView1.Rows.Add(row)

        Dim chk As New DataGridViewCheckBoxColumn()
        DataGridView1.Columns.Add(chk)
        chk.HeaderText = "Check Data"
        chk.Name = "chk"
        DataGridView1.Rows(2).Cells(3).Value = True

    End Sub
End Class