DataGridViewCellParsingEventArgs.ColumnIndex Property        
Definition
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Gets the column index of the cell data that requires parsing.
public:
 property int ColumnIndex { int get(); };public int ColumnIndex { get; }member this.ColumnIndex : intPublic ReadOnly Property ColumnIndex As IntegerProperty Value
The column index of the cell that was changed.
Examples
The following code example demonstrates using ColumnIndex to discover if the changed cell is in the date column.
// Handling CellParsing allows one to accept user input, then map it to a different
// internal representation.
void dataGridView1_CellParsing( Object^ /*sender*/, DataGridViewCellParsingEventArgs^ e )
{
   if ( this->dataGridView1->Columns[ e->ColumnIndex ]->Name->Equals( "Release Date" ) )
   {
      if ( e != nullptr )
      {
         if ( e->Value != nullptr )
         {
            try
            {
               // Map what the user typed into UTC.
               e->Value = DateTime::Parse( e->Value->ToString() ).ToUniversalTime();
               // Set the ParsingApplied property to 
               // Show the event is handled.
               e->ParsingApplied = true;
            }
            catch ( FormatException^ /*ex*/ ) 
            {
               // Set to false in case another CellParsing handler
               // wants to try to parse this DataGridViewCellParsingEventArgs instance.
               e->ParsingApplied = false;
            }
         }
      }
   }
}
// Handling CellParsing allows one to accept user input, then map it to a different
// internal representation.
private void dataGridView1_CellParsing(object sender, DataGridViewCellParsingEventArgs e)
{
    if (this.dataGridView1.Columns[e.ColumnIndex].Name == "Release Date")
    {
        if (e != null)
        {
            if (e.Value != null)
            {
                try
                {
                    // Map what the user typed into UTC.
                    e.Value = DateTime.Parse(e.Value.ToString()).ToUniversalTime();
                    // Set the ParsingApplied property to 
                    // Show the event is handled.
                    e.ParsingApplied = true;
                }
                catch (FormatException)
                {
                    // Set to false in case another CellParsing handler
                    // wants to try to parse this DataGridViewCellParsingEventArgs instance.
                    e.ParsingApplied = false;
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
' Handling CellParsing allows one to accept user input, then map it to a different
' internal representation.
Private Sub dataGridView1_CellParsing(ByVal sender As Object, _
    ByVal e As DataGridViewCellParsingEventArgs) _
    Handles dataGridView1.CellParsing
    If Me.dataGridView1.Columns(e.ColumnIndex).Name = _
        "Release Date" Then
        If e IsNot Nothing Then
            If e.Value IsNot Nothing Then
                Try
                    ' Map what the user typed into UTC.
                    e.Value = _
                    DateTime.Parse(e.Value.ToString()).ToUniversalTime()
                    ' Set the ParsingApplied property to 
                    ' Show the event is handled.
                    e.ParsingApplied = True
                Catch ex As FormatException
                    ' Set to false in case another CellParsing handler
                    ' wants to try to parse this DataGridViewCellParsingEventArgs instance.
                    e.ParsingApplied = False
                End Try
            End If
        End If
    End If
End Sub
Remarks
Use the ColumnIndex property to obtain an index into the Columns property of a DataGridView.