How to trigger an event when the ComboBox DropDownList has null value or has no datasource bound to it?
If the ComboBox in WinForms GridControl is neither bound to any datasource not has list items, it can be notified to the user by clicking on it. The notification message that the user wants to display can be given through the TableControlCurrentCellShowingDropDown event.
// Trigger the required event.
gridControl1.CurrentCellShowingDropDown += gridControl1_CurrentCellShowingDropDown;
void gridControl1_CurrentCellShowingDropDown(object sender, GridCurrentCellShowingDropDownEventArgs e)
{
GridComboBoxCellRenderer rend = gridControl1.CurrentCell.Renderer as GridComboBoxCellRenderer;
ListBox list = rend.ListBoxPart;
if(list.Items.Count==0)
{
MessageBox.Show("ComboBox is Empty");
}
}' Trigger the required event.
AddHandler Me.gridControl1.CurrentCellShowingDropDown, AddressOf gridControl1_CurrentCellShowingDropDown
Private Sub gridControl1_CurrentCellShowingDropDown(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As GridCurrentCellShowingDropDownEventArgs)
Dim rend As GridComboBoxCellRenderer = TryCast(gridControl1.CurrentCell.Renderer, GridComboBoxCellRenderer)
Dim list As ListBox = rend.ListBoxPart
If list.Items.Count=0 Then
MessageBox.Show("ComboBox is Empty")
End If
End SubScreenshot

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