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[jimbo2779]

Hey guys, Im a long time lurker but first time poster here. I did a degree in software engineering a few years back using mainly c# and java. Since then I have been mainly doing web apps in PHP and hadn't looked back until the other day.

I had a great idea for an app, one that involves contacting web APIs and receiving back the data and showing it in a table. In PHP this would have taken me about 2.5 hours (in fact it did take that long) but in C# I feel like Im trying to roll a ciggie with oven mitts on.

Can anyone help me on how to just create a table and stick some random values in it, it can even just be a 2 column table but it just seems so hard.

I have looked around and around at creating and using 2d arrays to hold the data but then remembered c# arrays are fixed in size so I would have to use an ArrayList but then all examples I have seen show how to do this using a dataset from an SQL DB and bind it to a datagridview.... how is that the simplest example?

Sorry if I have just rambled a bunch but I struggle to explain what I am trying to do, If I have a point in the right direction of how to display a frickin table in a c# form I shouldn't struggle with too much more hopefully.

Thanks in advance guys.

Jim

[Xav]

Try using a ListView from the Toolbox, and then setting its View property to Columns. You can edit its Items collection to add rows to the ListView, with every SubItem being a new cell in the row.

[jimbo2779]

On first checking through google it looks like a listview is exactly what I was looking for.

I could kiss you.........


don't worry I wont.

[Xav]

Lol you could always pay me through PayPal.. :D

I'm glad I could help.