Adding existing items to a datagridview in visual basic

Hey Cameron,

When I've added items to a DataGridView from a List, I usually

1) add the necessary number of columns 2) add the necessary number of rows 2) loop through each row and add each item's properties to each column

Something like this:

public DataGridView addListItemsToDataGridView(List<Items> itemList) 
{
    DataGridView dgv = new DataGridView();

    //add columns to DataGridView
    dgv.Columns.Add("Code", "Code");
    dgv.Columns.Add("Description", "Description");
    dgv.Columns.Add("Count", "Count");
    dgv.Columns.Add("onOrder", "onOrder");

    //add rows to DataGridView
    for (int i = 0; i < itemList.Count - 1; i++) 
    {
        dgv.Rows.Add();
    }

    //populate data in the cells you created in the previous steps
    int r = 0;
    foreach (Items item in itemList) 
    {
        dgv[0, r].Value = item.code;
        dgv[1, r].Value = item.description;
        dgv[2, r].Value = item.count;
        dgv[3, r].Value = item.onOrder;
        r++;
    }

    return dgv;
}

You can also look at links like this: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6092463/how-can-i-manually-add-data-to-a-datagridview

Thanks for your help. I have found an easier way, however (partially by fluke and partially by watching another video). What I have done is gone to my grid view properties -> datasource and added a binding source to my items class. Then, in the forms class, I have added the following code;

Public Class Data //Data is the name of my form Private _source As New DataSource() Private Sub Data_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load

ItemGridView.DataSource = _source.GetItems //GetItems is the name of an Ilist that is derived from my another list that contains all of my items

Hope this makes sense. I'm a complete newby to all of this and your help is greatly appreciated.