Hey,
I created a custom datagridview column for a progressbar and included customizable color properties but I can't get them to work right. After compiling, the properties show up correctly in the Edit Columns popup editor, but changing the values has no effect.

The designer generated code shows the original values and manually changing them there has the desired effect(I know you're not supposed to, just testing). Here is the code for the column even though I don't think the issue is stemming from any coding errors there.

Imports System.Drawing
Imports System.ComponentModel
Imports System.Drawing.Drawing2D

'Column class
Public Class DataGridViewProgressColumn
    Inherits DataGridViewImageColumn
    Dim pShineColor As Color = Color.SkyBlue
    Dim pBarColor As Color = Color.SteelBlue
    Dim pBarBGColor As Color = Color.FromArgb(190, 190, 190)
    Sub redrawColumn()
        If Me.DataGridView IsNot Nothing Then
            Me.DataGridView.InvalidateColumn(Me.Index)
        End If
    End Sub
    Public Property BarShineColor() As Color
        Get
            Return pShineColor
        End Get
        Set(ByVal value As Color)
            pShineColor = value
            redrawColumn()
        End Set
    End Property
    Public Property BarBGColor() As Color
        Get
            Return pBarBGColor
        End Get
        Set(ByVal value As Color)
            pBarBGColor = value
            redrawColumn()
        End Set
    End Property
    Public Property BarColor() As Color
        Get
            Return pBarColor
        End Get
        Set(ByVal value As Color)
            pBarColor = value
            redrawColumn()
        End Set
    End Property
    Public Sub New()
        Me.CellTemplate = New DataGridViewProgressCell
    End Sub
End Class

'Cell class
Public Class DataGridViewProgressCell
    Inherits DataGridViewImageCell
    Sub New()
        ValueType = Type.GetType("Integer")
        Value = -1
    End Sub
    Protected Overrides Function GetFormattedValue(ByVal value As Object, ByVal rowIndex As Integer, ByRef cellStyle As DataGridViewCellStyle, ByVal valueTypeConverter As TypeConverter, ByVal formattedValueTypeConverter As TypeConverter, ByVal context As DataGridViewDataErrorContexts) As Object
        Static emptyImage As Bitmap = New Bitmap(1, 1, System.Drawing.Imaging.PixelFormat.Format32bppArgb)
        GetFormattedValue = emptyImage
    End Function
    Protected Overrides Sub Paint(ByVal g As System.Drawing.Graphics, ByVal clipBounds As System.Drawing.Rectangle, ByVal cellBounds As System.Drawing.Rectangle, ByVal rowIndex As Integer, ByVal cellState As System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewElementStates, ByVal value As Object, ByVal formattedValue As Object, ByVal errorText As String, ByVal cellStyle As System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewCellStyle, ByVal advancedBorderStyle As System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewAdvancedBorderStyle, ByVal paintParts As System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewPaintParts)
        MyBase.Paint(g, clipBounds, cellBounds, rowIndex, cellState, value, formattedValue, errorText, cellStyle, advancedBorderStyle, paintParts)
        Dim tmpColumn As DataGridViewProgressColumn = CType(Me.DataGridView.Columns(Me.ColumnIndex), DataGridViewProgressColumn)
        Dim progressVal As Integer = Math.Min(value, 100)
        Dim sFormat As New StringFormat()
        Dim brLinear As LinearGradientBrush
        sFormat.LineAlignment = StringAlignment.Center
        sFormat.Alignment = StringAlignment.Center
        sFormat.FormatFlags = StringFormatFlags.NoWrap
        If progressVal > -1 Then
            'Background
            g.FillRectangle(New SolidBrush(tmpColumn.BarBGColor), cellBounds.X + 3, cellBounds.Y + 3, cellBounds.Width - 6, cellBounds.Height - 6)
            'Bottom shine
            brLinear = New LinearGradientBrush(New Point(0, cellBounds.Bottom), New Point(0, CInt(cellBounds.Y - 3 + cellBounds.Height / 2)), Color.FromArgb(188, 255, 255, 255), Color.FromArgb(0, 255, 255, 255))
            g.FillRectangle(brLinear, cellBounds.X + 3, CInt(cellBounds.Y + cellBounds.Height / 2), cellBounds.Width - 6, CInt((cellBounds.Height - 6) / 2))
            'Progress meter
            g.FillRectangle(New SolidBrush(tmpColumn.BarColor), cellBounds.X + 3, cellBounds.Y + 3, CInt((progressVal / 100 * cellBounds.Width - 6)), cellBounds.Height - 6)
            brLinear = New LinearGradientBrush(New Point(0, cellBounds.Bottom), New Point(0, CInt(cellBounds.Y - 3 + cellBounds.Height / 2)), tmpColumn.BarShineColor, Color.FromArgb(0, 255, 255, 255))
            g.FillRectangle(brLinear, cellBounds.X + 3, CInt(cellBounds.Y + cellBounds.Height / 2), CInt((progressVal / 100 * cellBounds.Width - 6)), CInt((cellBounds.Height - 6) / 2))
            'Top shine
            brLinear = New LinearGradientBrush(New Point(0, cellBounds.Y), New Point(0, cellBounds.Bottom), Color.FromArgb(200, 255, 255, 255), Color.FromArgb(0, 255, 255, 255))
            g.FillRectangle(brLinear, cellBounds.X + 3, cellBounds.Y + 3, cellBounds.Width - 6, CInt((cellBounds.Height - 6) / 2))
            'Border
            brLinear = New LinearGradientBrush(New Point(0, cellBounds.Y), New Point(0, cellBounds.Bottom), Color.FromArgb(178, 178, 178), Color.FromArgb(140, 140, 140))
            g.DrawLine(New Pen(brLinear), cellBounds.X + 2, cellBounds.Y + 3, cellBounds.X + 2, cellBounds.Bottom - 4)
            g.DrawLine(New Pen(brLinear), cellBounds.X + 3, cellBounds.Bottom - 3, cellBounds.Right - 4, cellBounds.Bottom - 3)
            g.DrawLine(New Pen(brLinear), cellBounds.Right - 3, cellBounds.Bottom - 4, cellBounds.Right - 3, cellBounds.Top + 3)
            g.DrawLine(New Pen(brLinear), cellBounds.Right - 4, cellBounds.Y + 2, cellBounds.X + 3, cellBounds.Y + 2)
            'Text
            g.DrawString(progressVal & "%", cellStyle.Font, New SolidBrush(Color.FromArgb(70, 255, 255, 255)), New Rectangle(cellBounds.X + 1, cellBounds.Y + 1, cellBounds.Width, cellBounds.Height), sFormat)
            g.DrawString(progressVal & "%", cellStyle.Font, New SolidBrush(Color.FromArgb(70, 255, 255, 255)), New Rectangle(cellBounds.X - 1, cellBounds.Y + 1, cellBounds.Width, cellBounds.Height), sFormat)
            g.DrawString(progressVal & "%", cellStyle.Font, New SolidBrush(Color.FromArgb(70, 255, 255, 255)), New Rectangle(cellBounds.X + 1, cellBounds.Y - 1, cellBounds.Width, cellBounds.Height), sFormat)
            g.DrawString(progressVal & "%", cellStyle.Font, New SolidBrush(Color.FromArgb(70, 255, 255, 255)), New Rectangle(cellBounds.X - 1, cellBounds.Y - 1, cellBounds.Width, cellBounds.Height), sFormat)
            g.DrawString(progressVal & "%", cellStyle.Font, New SolidBrush(Color.Black), cellBounds, sFormat)
        End If
    End Sub
End Class

I know it's not really formatted or commented well but I really don't think it's a code issue there. Thanks in advance for anyone who has any ideas!

Hi,
In the DataGridViewProgressColumn Class you need to do this

Public Overrides Function Clone() As Object

    Dim newObj As DataGridViewProgressColumn = MyBase.Clone()
    With newObj
        .BarShineColor = Me.BarShineColor
        .BarBGColor = Me.BarBGColor
	.BarColor = Me.BarColor
    End With
    Return newObj
End Function

Ahh works great...thanks man!

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