seting Datagrid preferred column width

[bertrandkis]

I want to change the width of a data grid that displays a single column of data to 200. This is how I do it:

Me.grdError.TableStyles.Add(New System.Windows.Forms.DataGridTableStyle())

Me.grdError.TableStyles(0).PreferredColumnWidth = 200

Me.grdError.DataSource = dataset1.Tables(0).DefaultView

But the width does not change at all. Can anyone help?

 

[Marg]

Here is how I have changed column widths. It is cumbersome, add columnstyle to a tablestyle to the grid and do it for every column in the bound grid you wish to display:

Dim MyColumnStyle As New DataGridTextBoxColumn()
MyColumnStyle.Width = 200
MyColumnStyle.MappingName = "yourFieldName" 'field name
MyColumnStyle.HeaderText = "Your header text"

Dim MyTableStyle As New DataGridTableStyle()

MyTableStyle.GridColumnStyles.Add(MyColumnStyle )
MyTableStyle.MappingName = "Messages"

Me.grdError.TableStyles.Add(MyTableStyle)

.Refresh()