Finding text from the datagrid view in vb.net

Question

I have a data grid view in one windows form named \"GridViewForm\". When the user search for the text from the search box from another window form named \"FindForm\", I want to

Answer 1

Well you could set the cell's background color with a different color to highlight all the matches, and select only the cell corresponding to the current match:

Dim searchIndex = 0
AccountsDataGridView.ClearSelection()
For Each row As DataGridViewRow In AccountsDataGridView.Rows
    For each cell As DataGridViewCell in row.Cells
        If CStr(cell.Value).Contains(SearchTextBox.Text, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) Then
            If searchIndex = m_CurrentSearchIndex Then
                'This is the cell we want to select
                cell.Selected = True
            End If
            'Yellow background for all matches
            cell.Style.BackColor = Color.Yellow
            searchIndex += 1
        End If
    Next
Next

If m_CurrentSearchIndex has a value of 0, it would select the first match, second match for a value of 1, etc.