How to: Initialize Cells in Newly Created Rows

• Nov 13, 2018

The following code shows how to initialize the “PurchaseDate” field of a new row via the ColumnView.InitNewRow event.

C#

using DevExpress.XtraGrid.Views.Grid;

private void gridView1_InitNewRow(object sender, InitNewRowEventArgs e) {
   GridView view = sender as GridView;
   view.SetRowCellValue(e.RowHandle, view.Columns["PurchaseDate"], DateTime.Today);
}

VB.NET

Imports DevExpress.XtraGrid.Views.Grid

Private Sub GridView1_InitNewRow(ByVal sender As Object, _
ByVal e As InitNewRowEventArgs) Handles GridView1.InitNewRow
    Dim view As GridView = CType(sender, GridView)
    view.SetRowCellValue(e.RowHandle, view.Columns("PurchaseDate"), DateTime.Today)
End Sub