How to see if a datagridviewcheckbox is checked or not - vb.net

I have created a datagridview with a DataGridViewCheckBoxColumn. Initially I read in my data and set the value of the checkbox to true if the data is there and false if it is not. This works fine, but If I change the state of the checkbox to either checked or unchecked from what it was previously, I can't read this change. When I try to save the data it always shows, the checkbox's original state.
How can I re-read the checkbox's value after it has been clicked?
I tried the solution show here:
How to check a checkbox created with VB's DataGridViewCheckBoxColumn on Runtime
using: DirectCast(DataGridView1(0, 2).Value, Boolean)
but it does not work for me. I always get the original state of the checkbox when I look at it. If the box was originally checked and I uncheck it, this value will still show True.

You may be looking at the wrong row (you are looking at the first row only with the index of 0). You can use the DataGridView_CellEndEdit Event to find the value of the checkbox, like so...
If e.ColumnIndex = 2 Then 'this is the columnIndex of your checkbox column
If MyBindingSource.Current("CheckBoxColumnName") = true then
'the column is checked, so do something
End If
End If

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Conditional visibility on MS Access Form - how to write in VBA or Macro

I have some very (very) basic MS Access knowledge. I'm trying to expand a bit into either VBA or macros as I'd like to put in some conditional visibility for my form. Basically, I have a checkbox. If it's checked, I want three or four more fields to pop up. Someone was able to point me to a basic VBA formula of if (this checkbox) = true then, (fieldx).visible = true, else, (fieldx).visibility = false, end if.
But I'm so new to this that I need more help and explanation. I tried putting it in but couldn't get it to work (no error message, just nothing changed at all).
Specific questions:
-Does this formula seem right?
-If I want multiple fields to be visible, can I combine them into one formula or should I create a new "if" statement for all?
-Where do I enter this code? I'm running the Office 365 version. For all I know, I'm not even putting it in the right place.
-How do I determine the field names to replace the (this checkbox) and (fieldx) in the formula? I tried entering the name I title the fields as, but with the spaces in the name I got an error message, and without the spaces nothing happened. Is there a specific naming convention to turn the field names into formula-appropriate titles? Is the name listed somewhere?
-Once I get the formula entered, is there something I have to do to get it to run/take effect? I tried saving, closing and reopening with no changes.
-Is this the best way to go about this?
If there's anything else you think I should know, I would love to hear it - but please keep in mind I'm very new to this so if you could keep it at "dummy" or ELI5 levels of explanation, I'd appreciate it!
after creating a form with 4 textboxes and a checkbox put the form in design mode (lower right corner has design mode selected, select a textbox and hit property sheet on the ribbon (or f4).
On the property sheet note the visible property. set the visible property to false. Now the textbox will be invisible when the form starts.
Tip you can select all the textboxes at the same time and set their properties all at once.
Every control on the form and even the various parts of the form have properties you can set and play with. For instance you can give any name you want to any control. On the property sheet go to the other tab and set the name property.
Tip: choose a name you you will remember without having to look it up and describes the controls function.
Next select the checkbox (not the checkbox's label). On the property sheet go to the event tab and select the on click event. hit the ellipsis and choose code builder. Access is Event Driven. We want the textboxes to appear when the checkbox is selected so we put that code in the checkbox click event.
after choosing code builder we get the code window where we can browse among all the events for all our forms. for now all you should see is something like:
Private Sub mycheckbox_Click()
End Sub
So insert some code to handle the checkboxes like:
Private Sub mycheckbox_Click()
If mycheckbox = True Then
txtbox1.Visible = True
txtbox2.Visible = True
txtbox3.Visible = True
txtbox4.Visible = True
Else
txtbox1.Visible = False
txtbox2.Visible = False
txtbox3.Visible = False
txtbox4.Visible = False
End If
End Sub
now when the checkbox is not checked no textboxes are visible.
but when the checkbox is checked they appear

How do I get the updated value of a textbox in VBA Access in a custom Sub?

This is for VBA Access 2003
I've got a textbox I want to use as a filter for a list box rowsource command. I also have a checkbox which adds another filter for the same rowsource command. I've only programmed in C# and I'm trying to write a single Sub which will simply set the RowSource regardless of if my textbox filter is changed or if my checkbox filter is changed. However, my textbox is giving me problems.
If my checkbox filter changes and I run my method the textbox.Text throws an error saying that it must have focus - Text is null. If I do a null check on that property it throws an error saying the control must have focus.
I've used the .Value property, but for whatever reason it doesn't update to the newer values.
My current attempt:
If Me.txtClientFilter.Text = Null Then ' Error 2185
filter = Me.txtClientFilter.Value
Else
filter = Me.txtClientFilter.Text
End If
Should I
Manually add focus then remove it everytime I want to check a
control?
Duplicate my code in each control's event Sub?
Manually set
the .Value property when the change happens?
I fixed my problem with some code which I'll show below. I don't know what was happening behind the scenes, but the .Value was not getting updated with the .Text value. I decided to set it explicitly, which then caused the entire text box value to be selected.
I ended up with the following code which explicitly sets the .Value of the control and also reset the cursor to the end of the text in the control. Thanks to some guy named Brent Spalding here for the cursor code.
Private Sub txtClientFilter_Change()
Me.txtClientFilter.Value = Me.txtClientFilter.Text
ProcessFilter
txtClientFilter.SelStart = Len(Me.txtClientFilter.Text)
txtClientFilter.SelLength = 0
End Sub

Checkbox in a DataGridView column is not getting checked sometimes?

I use this code to check all the check-boxes in a data grid view in VB.NET (2010 - .NET Framework 4.0),
Dim i As Integer
For i = 0 To (DataGridView.Rows.Count - 1)
DataGridView.Rows(i).Cells(0).Value = True
Next
Sometimes when one of the row is selected (not checked but just the entire row is selected) while this code is running, it checks all other check-boxes in the column except the selected one. What is wrong here?
I also try adding this code,
DataGridView.SelectedCells(0).Cells(0).Value = True
Did not work.
Like I said in the comments, the issue is that the box is checked in the datasource, but the GUI hasn't refreshed that cell to reflect it. If you click off of it, the cell should change/refresh to your new value. After you have made your data changes, at the very end you should deselect cells/rows. You can do it by:
Datagridview.ClearSelection()
or
Datagridview.CurrentCell = Nothing 'deselects
You get the idea. This is what has worked for me in the past.

Combo box's last value stays activated even if .removeitem has removed it

I have a situation where combobox's last value stays in the screen even if it has been removed via VBA.
I was using the method
cboBox.Removeitem "Drafter"
but here's what I would see
i've try cboBox.Requery afterwards, but no luck.
any help would be appreciated. thanks.
UPDATE:
I tried changing the combo box's source type from Value list to Table/Query, and just .requery after the values are updated. The same problem presists. Access has seemed to set "Drafter" as the default value now.
The Combo Box retains its .Value even after the underlying Item has been removed from the list. That's why it still shows up in the (top) text box portion of the control even after it has been removed from the drop-down list portion. You could try this:
Dim itemToRemove As String
itemToRemove = "Drafter"
Me.cboBox.RemoveItem itemToRemove
If Me.cboBox.Value = itemToRemove Then
Me.cboBox.Value = Null
End If

Is there a way to allow only unique values in a column of an Infragistics UltraWinGrid?

I'm using an Infragistics UltraWinGrid with a column of drop-down boxes. I don't want the user to be able to select the same value for multiple rows in that column. Is there a simple (or heck, I'd settle for advanced) way to do this?
I'm using VB.NET
-EDIT-
I tried setting a filter on the data source for the drop-down box. But when I did that, the values in the other boxes in that column started disappearing (not the values themselves, but the descriptions that they were supposed to represent, so instead of reading "Information", it just said "1"). All of the cells in a column refer to the same combo box, so if you filter out a value from the data source for one of them, you filter it out for all of them.
I'm currently trying to catch a CellChange event and check against all other currently-used values. If it was already used, I would put up a message saying as much and revert back to the old value. However, the value comes back as the previously-saved one, so... not helpful. About to see if I can use the "text" property.
Since you're using Infragistics, you could use an UltraDropDown which is bound to a DataTable (or something similiar) which you can add a "Selected" column in addition to a column holding the values you want to show.
As each value is selected (via AfterCellUpdate or AfterCellListCloseUp for instance), you could update the "Selected" column in that data source and use a column filter to only show items which haven't been marked as selected. That way as items are selected or removed, the contents of the drop-down would be automatically updated.
To clear the selected flag from the old value, you can use the BeforeCellUpdate event to access the cell's current value then perform a lookup on the data source bound to the UltraDropDown using that value to clear the flag.
Solved it:
The trick was to use BeforeCellUpdate whose BeforeCellUpdateEventArgs has a "NewValue" and a "Cancel" member. I just look through all of the items in the column to see if any of them match the new value. If one does, I notify the user and cancel the operation.
And that's it. Here's the code:
Private Sub myUltraWinGrid_BeforeCellUpdate(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As Infragistics.Win.UltraWinGrid.BeforeCellUpdateEventArgs) Handles myUltraWinGrid.BeforeCellUpdate
If e.Cell.Column.Key = "myColumn" Then
Dim newValue As Integer = CInt(e.NewValue)
For Each row As Infragistics.Win.UltraWinGrid.UltraGridRow In myUltraWinGrid.Rows
If row.Cells("myColumn") IsNot e.Cell _ 'So I'm not checking against the current cell
AndAlso CInt(row.Cells("myColumn").Value) = newValue Then
MsgBox("That value has already been used in this column")
e.Cancel = True
End If
Next
End If
End Sub