Imports System.Data.OleDb Dim strSQL As String = "SELECT * FROM Customers" Dim Connection As New OleDbConnection(strConnection) Dim DA As New OleDbDataAdapter(strSQL, Connection) Dim DS As New DataSet ' ' Retrieve "Customers" data, and populate the DataSet ' DA.Fill(DS, "Customers") ' ' Create a GridTableStyle. Map it to the "Customers" Table. ' Dim gtStyle As New DataGridTableStyle gtStyle.MappingName = "Customers" ' ' Create GridColumnStyle objects for the grid columns ' Dim colStyle1 As New DataGridTextBoxColumn Dim colStyle2 As New DataGridTextBoxColumn Dim colStyle3 As New DataGridTextBoxColumn Dim colStyle4 As New DataGridTextBoxColumn ' ' Hide column 1 by setting its width to 0. ' With colStyle1 .MappingName = "Customer_ID" .Width = 0 End With ' ' Set column 2's caption, width and disable editing. ' With colStyle2 .MappingName = "Customer_Name" .HeaderText = "Customer" .Width = 65 .Alignment = HorizontalAlignment.Left .TextBox.Enabled = False End With ' ' Set column 3 and 4's caption, width and enable editing. ' Since these values are optional set their Null values. ' With colStyle3 .MappingName = "Last_Order_Date" .HeaderText = "Order Date" .Width = 50 .Alignment = HorizontalAlignment.Center .NullText = "" .TextBox.Enabled = True .Format = "yyyy-MM-dd" End With With colStyle4 .MappingName = "Last_Order_Amount" .HeaderText = "Amount" .Width = 50 .Alignment = HorizontalAlignment.Right .NullText = "0" .TextBox.Enabled = True .Format = "#0.00" End With ' ' Add the GridColumnStyles to the DataGrid's Column Styles collection. ' Place the "ID" column (col 1) last since it is not visible. ' With gtStyle.GridColumnStyles .Add(colStyle1) .Add(colStyle2) .Add(colStyle3) .Add(colStyle4) End With ' ' Add the GridTableStyle to the DataGrid ' DataGrid.TableStyles.Add(gtStyle) ' ' Bind the DataGrid to the DataSet. Expand and navigate to the first row. ' If DS.Tables(0).Rows.Count > 0 Then With DataGrid .DataSource = DS.Tables(0) .Expand(-1) .NavigateTo(0, "Customers") End With End If