Hi All

I am having a problem on finding a solution regarding the ff problem

I need to do a search using a textbox and a datagrid, that means type in a text on the textbox and press enter and If a record is found the datagrid should point to the found record. I want to emphasize that a record has been found in the datagrid by highlighting the entire row

Can anyone help me with the code or how can I achieve that

Thanks in advance

Here is a crude example I built from that link I gave:

public partial class Form_DataGrid : Form
    {
        DataTable dt;
        DataView dv;
        CurrencyManager CM;

        public Form_DataGrid()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }

        private void Form_DataGrid_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            dt = BuildDynamicTableArrayExample();
            dv = new DataView(dt);
            dataGrid1.DataSource = dv;

            dv.Sort = "FieldName1"; // sort field required for search (Find)...

            // Initialize CurrencyManager to hold an instance of the form's CurrencyManager.
            // Needed to manipulate the row pointer...
            CM = (CurrencyManager)dataGrid1.BindingContext[dv];
        }

        private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            int row = dv.Find(textBox1.Text); // find the text...

            if (row >= 0)
            {
                CM.Position = row; // position the row pointer...
                dataGrid1.Select(row); // if wanting to highlight the row too...
            }
        }
        
        public static DataTable BuildDynamicTableArrayExample()
        {
            // Create new DataTable object...
            DataTable dt = new DataTable();
            dt.TableName = "MyDataTable";   // Optional unless serializing datatables

            // Add some columns to the table...
            dt.Columns.Add(new DataColumn("FieldName1", typeof(string)));
            dt.Columns.Add(new DataColumn("FieldName2", typeof(int)));   
            dt.Columns.Add(new DataColumn("FieldName3", typeof(double)));

            // Optional primary key field specifier...
            dt.Columns["FieldName1"].Unique = true;
            
            // generate some rows of data...
            for (int r = 0; r < 10; r++)
            {
                // create a row object of table object's type defined above
                DataRow dr = dt.NewRow();   

                // Set each column value in the row...
                dr["FieldName1"] = "data " + r;
                dr["FieldName2"] = r;
                dr["FieldName3"] = (double)r;

                // add the row to the table
                dt.Rows.Add(dr); 
            }
            return dt;
        }

    }

EDIT--NOTE: I do not UnSelect(int rowID) any rows and although it will move the row pointer every time, it will also leave the previous row highlighted.

Thanks man that should solve my problem

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