How to display enum values in datagridview column

Question

I have this Database, not of my design but I have to work with it, that contains a table like so :

 id  |   Name     |  status  | ...
-----+------------+-------         


        

Answer 1

I wouldn't do it on CellFormatting. I would attack the DataTable itself. I would add a row that has the type of the enum, and the loop through the table and add the values. Something like this:

    private void Transform(DataTable table)
    {
        table.Columns.Add("EnumValue", typeof(SomeEnum));
        foreach (DataRow row in table.Rows)
        {
            int value = (int)row[1]; //int representation of enum
            row[2] = (SomeEnum)value;
        }
    }

Then, in your DataGridView just hide the column that has the integer representation of your enum.