Ca someone please help me with the following problem. I am trying to create a program with a datagrid that has a combobox in the current cell of the datagrid. I have tried creating columnstyles but to no avail. Please find the code I have created below Any help would be very much appreciated using System; using System.Drawing; using System.Collections; using System.ComponentModel; using System.Windows.Forms; using System.Data; namespace CellProperty_Prog { /// <summary> /// Summary description for Form1. /// </summary> public class Form1 : System.Windows.Forms.Form { private System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand sqlSelectCommand1; private System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection sqlConnection1; private System.Data.SqlClient.SqlDataAdapter sqlDataAdapter1; private CellProperty_Prog.DataSet1 dataSet11; private System.Windows.Forms.DataGrid dataGrid1; /// <summary> /// Required designer variable. /// </summary> private System.ComponentModel.Container components = null; private DataGridTextBoxColumn datagridtextBox; private System.Windows.Forms.ComboBox comboControl; public Form1() { // // Required for Windows Form Designer support // InitializeComponent(); // // TODO: Add any constructor code after InitializeComponent call // } /// <summary> /// Clean up any resources being used. /// </summary> protected override void Dispose( bool disposing ) { if( disposing ) { if (components != null) { components.Dispose(); } } base.Dispose( disposing ); } #region Windows Form Designer generated code /// <summary> /// Required method for Designer support - do not modify /// the contents of this method with the code editor. /// </summary> private void InitializeComponent() { this.sqlSelectCommand1 = new System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand(); this.sqlConnection1 = new System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection(); this.sqlDataAdapter1 = new System.Data.SqlClient.SqlDataAdapter(); this.dataSet11 = new CellProperty_Prog.DataSet1(); this.dataGrid1 = new System.Windows.Forms.DataGrid(); ((System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize)(this.dataSet11)).BeginInit(); ((System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize)(this.dataGrid1)).BeginInit(); this.SuspendLayout(); // // sqlSelectCommand1 // this.sqlSelectCommand1.CommandText = "select dbo.[authors].* from dbo.[authors]"; this.sqlSelectCommand1.Connection = this.sqlConnection1; // // sqlConnection1 // this.sqlConnection1.ConnectionString = "workstation id=SHERMAN2;packet size=4096;integrated security=SSPI;data source=\"SH" + "ERMAN2\\SQLEXPRESS\";attachdbfilename=\"C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft SQL Server\\MSSQL" + ".1\\MSSQL\\Data\\pubs.mdf\";persist security info=False"; // // sqlDataAdapter1 // this.sqlDataAdapter1.SelectCommand = this.sqlSelectCommand1; // // dataSet11 // this.dataSet11.DataSetName = "DataSet1"; this.dataSet11.Locale = new System.Globalization.CultureInfo("en-GB"); // // dataGrid1 // this.dataGrid1.DataMember = "Table"; this.dataGrid1.DataSource = this.dataSet11; this.dataGrid1.HeaderForeColor = System.Drawing.SystemColors.ControlText; this.dataGrid1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(32, 32); this.dataGrid1.Name = "dataGrid1"; this.dataGrid1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(328, 248); this.dataGrid1.TabIndex = 0; this.dataGrid1.CurrentCellChanged += new System.EventHandler(this.dataGrid1_CurrentCellChanged); this.dataGrid1.HelpRequested += new System.Windows.Forms.HelpEventHandler(this.dataGrid1_HelpRequested); // // Form1 // this.AutoScaleBaseSize = new System.Drawing.Size(5, 13); this.ClientSize = new System.Drawing.Size(416, 302); this.Controls.Add(this.dataGrid1); this.Name = "Form1"; this.Text = "Form1"; this.Load += new System.EventHandler(this.Form1_Load); ((System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize)(this.dataSet11)).EndInit(); ((System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize)(this.dataGrid1)).EndInit(); this.ResumeLayout(false); } #endregion /// <summary> /// The main entry point for the application. /// </summary> [STAThread] static void Main() { Application.Run(new Form1()); } private void Form1_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e) { comboControl = new ComboBox(); comboControl.Cursor = System.Windows.Forms.Cursors.Arrow; comboControl.DropDownStyle = System.Windows.Forms.ComboBoxStyle.DropDown; comboControl.Dock = DockStyle.Fill; comboControl.Items.AddRange(new string[8]{"","Horror","Action/Thriller","TV/Series","Sci-fi/Fantasy","Family","Drama","Comedy"}); sqlDataAdapter1.Fill(dataSet11); } private void dataGrid1_HelpRequested(object sender, System.Windows.Forms.HelpEventArgs hlpevent) { } private void dataGrid1_CurrentCellChanged(object sender, System.EventArgs e) { int column = this.dataGrid1.CurrentCell.ColumnNumber; int row = this.dataGrid1.CurrentCell.RowNumber; DataGridTableStyle ts = new DataGridTableStyle(); ts.MappingName = "authors"; this.dataGrid1.TableStyles.Clear(); dataGrid1.TableStyles.Add(ts); DataGridTextBoxColumn style1 = new DataGridTextBoxColumn(); style1.TextBox.Controls.Add(comboControl); style1.MappingName ="au_ID"; style1.HeaderText= "Author ID"; ts.GridColumnStyles.Add(style1); DataGridTextBoxColumn style2= new DataGridTextBoxColumn(); style2.TextBox.Controls.Add(comboControl); style2.MappingName= "au_fname"; style2.HeaderText="First Name"; ts.GridColumnStyles.Add(style2); DataGridTextBoxColumn style3 = new DataGridTextBoxColumn(); style3.TextBox.Controls.Add(comboControl); style3.MappingName="au_lname"; style3.HeaderText="Last Name"; ts.GridColumnStyles.Add(style3); } } }