How do I ensure a textbox column in a DataGridView shows in multiline / wordwrap mode? - vb.net

How do I show textbox column of a datagridview in multiline format using vb.net?

You have to set the WrapMode property of the DefaultCellStyle property of your DataGridViewTextBoxColumn.
See here for details:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.forms.datagridviewcellstyle.wrapmode.aspx

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Remove textbox when field is empty

I'm trying to hide a textbox when the field is empty, but it's not working:
IIf(IsNothing(First(Fields!Fld27.Value, "P2BDataSet")),true,False)
Try this in the text box visibility property
iif(Fields!YouField.Value>0, false, true)
If you still you did not get what you want, check How to Hide RDLC Textbox Based on Value

VB.NET Multiline Datagrid value to textbox (shows one line in textbox)

I have a DataGridView in my project, which has 4 columns and data loaded from XML file - one of columns contains multiline SQL script, on double click this query should be copied to multiline textbox.
As You can see here:
My Project
In DGV it looks like multiline but to textbox it's copied as one ugly and not-readable line...
I'm using this to copy cell value to textbox (on doubleclick):
Query_TextBox.Text = DataGridView2.Item("QueryData", DataGridView2.CurrentRow.Index).Value
Multiline and WordWrap properties of TextBox are set as True. I tried to set: Me.DataGridView2.DefaultCellStyle.WrapMode = DataGridViewTriState.True and: "AcceptsReturn=True" for TextBox, But still no luck.
I tried to append some multiline text to textbox like:
TextBox.Text="asdasd
asdasdads
asdads"
and it worked... Problem exists only when I'm trying to show data from DGV in TextBox...
Maybe problem is with data loading? I'm using:
Dim reader As New System.IO.StringReader(My.Resources.Library)
(...)
ds.ReadXml(reader) DataGridView2.DataSource = ds.Tables(0)
How can I copy it as a multiline string to textbox?
I believe setting Multiline and WordWrap properties of the textbox to true should do the work.
I resolved my problem by replacing simple TextBox by RichTextBox. It started to show all the 'new line' characters correctly :)
Thank You all for engagement.

Setting Value and Text of ComboBox Using Property Panel

I have a combobox in my VB.NET application that is populated using the "Items" property in the property panel. The "Items" property will say "(Collection)" and when selected show a button with "..." This button expands to a new window where you can populate the items in the combobox. The text editor allows me to populate the list and looks like this:
Option 1
Option 2
Option etc...
The combobox populates properly, but when calling the SelectedText value of the combobox:
If ComboBox.SelectedText = "Option 1"
ComboBox.SelectedText is always an empty string (="")
I know I can populate the box in code and set the text and value members through code, but I am wondering why the selectedtext property is essentially blank when populated using the properties panel.

hiding a textbox if text value is null

I have done a research on this but can't seem to find a convincing answer. Here is the scenario. I am doing a reporting application in rdlc. I am getting field values from my database and displaying in the text boxes. Please see below what I display in the report
Textbox1
Textbox2
Textbox3
In case the value of text box 2 or any other text box is null, I don't display the same using the formular
iif(fields!Textbox2.value is nothing, false, true)
for example this is what I get
Textbox1
Textbox3
with a space between textbox1 and textbox3. I dont want this space to appear incase the value is null. How can I handle this? Thank you
If you're using a simple TextBox you have to set Visibility and CanShrink property.
If you're using a TextBox in a Table/Tablix you have to set Visibility property of the entire TableRow containing the TextBox.

setting textbox text equal to textbox text on a different form?

is it possible in design mode to set the textbox text property to the text property of a textbox in a different form in vb.net?
You could use the ApplicationSettings.PropertyBinding property of the text box to accomplish what you want. If you sort the text box properties A-Z, it should be the first one in the list in parenthesis. Just create a shared application value and it will apply to each control that binds to the value.