Making a link from GridView in VB.NET 2012 (Windows Form) - vb.net

Question

I have project to develop an application for employees and schedule management on my campus. My plan is to develop with VB.NET and use SQL Server for the database.
How can I use a grid view to make a link going to another window? The window will show all information by schedule.

Answer 1

You are looking for DataGridViewLinkColumn. Also check this link.
Once CellContentClick event fires, you can create another form and pass desired values to that form to display details and show them up.
You can also use DataGridViewButtonColumn too.
EDIT:
I assume that I have two forms frmMaster and frmDetails. DataGridView lies on frmMaster and user keeps record ID in TAG property of first cell.
then, FrmMaster code would be:
Private Sub frmMaster_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
' Added a LinkColumn from code (you can do it at design time too)
DataGridView1.Columns.Add(New DataGridViewLinkColumn() With {.Text = "Show details"})
End Sub
Private Sub DataGridView1_CellContentClick(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewCellEventArgs) Handles DataGridView1.CellContentClick
Dim detail As New frmDetail() ' create an instance of detail form
detail.ID = DataGridView1.Rows(e.RowIndex).Cells(0).Tag'set property of detail form
detail.ShowDialog() ' Show form
End Sub
and frmdetail code would be:
Private _Id As String
Public Property ID() As String
Get
Return _Id
End Get
Set(ByVal value As String)
_Id = value
End Set
End Property
Private Sub frmDetail_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
LoadData(_Id)
End Sub
Sub LoadData(ByVal _id As Integer)
'' use '_id' variable to extract data from dtaabse via query
End Sub