.net - How to reference a DataGridViewCell by column name in a DataGridViewRow? -

i'm populating datagridview shown in code below. while each created row associated parent datagridview, in columns created, cannot reference cells in row column name.

is there way me reference column name? rather avoid using integer based index.

edit: note columns of datagridview has been created , correctly named using visual studio designer.

private sub setserviceorders()     dim row datagridviewrow = nothing     dim rowvalues iserviceorderdatagridviewrowvalues = nothing      me.serviceordersdatagridview.rows.clear()     if not _serviceorders nothing andalso _serviceorders.count > 0         each serviceorder serviceorder in _serviceorders.values             rowvalues = serviceorder             row = new datagridviewrow()             me.serviceordersdatagridview.rows.add(row)             row                 'this fails: "specified argument out of range of valid values."                 .cells("statusimagecolumn").value = my.resources.bulletgreen24                 .cells("orderdatecolumn").value = rowvalues.created                 .cells("createdbycolumn").value = rowvalues.ownername             end             me.serviceordersdatagridview.rows.add()         next     end if end sub 

you not able reference datagridviewcell column name because datagridviewrow not correctly created:

  row = new datagridviewrow() '=> new datagridview row no knowledge datagridview parent   me.serviceordersdatagridview.rows.add(row) ' 

i believe line: me.serviceordersdatagridview.rows.add(row) associate row datagridview.

it seems no. should work instead:

 private sub setserviceorders()         dim row datagridviewrow = nothing         dim rowvalues iserviceorderdatagridviewrowvalues = nothing         dim rowindex integer 'index of row          me.serviceordersdatagridview.rows.clear()         if not _serviceorders nothing andalso _serviceorders.count > 0             each serviceorder serviceorder in _serviceorders.values                 rowvalues = serviceorder                  '/////create new row , index/////                 rowindex = me.serviceordersdatagridview.rows.add()                  '//////get reference new row ///////                 row = me.serviceordersdatagridview.rows(rowindex)                   row                     'this won't fail since columns exist                      .cells("statusimagecolumn").value = my.resources.bulletgreen24                     .cells("orderdatecolumn").value = rowvalues.created                     .cells("createdbycolumn").value = rowvalues.ownername                 end                  '//// think line not required                  ' me.serviceordersdatagridview.rows.add()              next         end if     end sub