The following procedures demonstrate basic formatting of cell values using the xref:System.Windows.Forms.DataGridView.DefaultCellStyle%2A property of a xref:System.Windows.Forms.DataGridView control ...

Since the DataGridView is for display purposes only (it doesn't ever change the contents of the underlying data source), it seems like the easiest thing to do would be to somehow tell the DGV to ...

For information about advanced data formatting, see How to: Customize Data Formatting in the Windows Forms DataGridView Control.