How to apply alternating row pattern to only one datagridview column

Question

I'm hoping to find a way to apply my alternating row pattern to a single datagridview column.

I have a windows forms application using vb.net. Right Now I have a pattern that changes the backcolor of every other datagridview cell to a different color. My pattern is white then light blue. I've included an image below and my code. This code applies this pattern to the entire datagridview, but I only want to apply it to one, for instance the second column index.

           With Me.DataGridView1
                .DefaultCellStyle.BackColor = Color.White
                .AlternatingRowsDefaultCellStyle.BackColor = Color.AliceBlue
            End With

Answer 1

You can add an if statement to your datagridview's cellformatting event like this:

Private Sub DataGridView1_ConditionalFormatting_StatusCell(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As DataGridViewCellFormattingEventArgs) Handles DataGridView1.CellFormatting
    If e.ColumnIndex = 2 Then
        With Me.DataGridView1
            If e.RowIndex Mod 2 = 0 Then
                e.CellStyle.ForeColor = Color.White
            Else
                e.CellStyle.ForeColor = Color.AliceBlue
            End If
        End With
    End If
End Sub

Answer 2

If you want to give alternate style to some column from grid use cellformating event like this

Private Sub TDBGrid1_CellFormatting(sender As Object, e As DataGridViewCellFormattingEventArgs) Handles TDBGrid1.CellFormatting
    With TDBGrid1
        If Not e.RowIndex Mod 2 = 0 AndAlso e.ColumnIndex > 3 Then
            e.CellStyle.BackColor = Color.Cyan
        Else
            e.CellStyle.BackColor = Color.White
        End If
    End With
    End Sub

Here i wanted alternate style to column index which is greater than 3