How to filter a datagridview cloumn as typing in text box

Question

hello every one 
am new in vb.net i am developing a windows form with one text box name as txtfind and a datagridview as
i want when i type in txtfind
gridview show me record witch match with any cloumn
am using on load  this code
Dim connectionString As String = "Data Source= ABDULLAH-PC;Initial Catalog=Erpdb;Persist Security Info=True;User ID=jabbar;Password=abc123"
        Dim sql As String = "SELECT AcName as [Item Name], Itemtype, Company, crate, AcName + Itemtype + Company AS ac FROM Ac where category='Item';"
        Dim connection1 As New SqlClient.SqlConnection(connectionString)
        Dim dataadapter As New SqlClient.SqlDataAdapter(sql, connection1)
        Dim ds As New DataSet()
        Dim dv As New DataView
        connection1.Open()        ''
        dataadapter.Fill(ds, "ac_table")
        connection1.Close()
        dgv.DataSource = ds
        dgv.DataMember = "ac_table"
how it possible
please guide me
thank advance 

Answer 1

Hi ABDULLAH ANNOTECH,
If the textBox's Text is match to the cell value in DataGridView. if you want to highlight the row, you could use
Venkat786's code, if you'd like to highlight the cell, you could use the below code.
Private Sub textBox1_TextChanged(sender As Object, e As EventArgs)
Dim style As New DataGridViewCellStyle()
style.Font = New Font(dataGridView1.Font.FontFamily, Me.Font.Size, FontStyle.Bold)
style.BackColor = Color.Yellow
For Each row As DataGridViewRow In dataGridView1.Rows
For Each cell As DataGridViewCell In row.Cells
If cell.Value IsNot Nothing AndAlso Not String.IsNullOrEmpty(Me.textBox1.Text) AndAlso cell.Value.ToString().Contains(Me.textBox1.Text) Then
cell.Style = style
Else
cell.Style = dataGridView1.DefaultCellStyle
End If
Next
Next
End Sub
If you have any other concern regarding this issue, please feel free to let me know.
Best regards,
Youjun Tang
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