Quick way to display a grid of information in a WinForms application.

This C# snippet can be used in a WinForms application to quickly display a grid of information.

Note how the column names are defined using LINQ to Objects.

	if (EomAppCommon.Settings.DebugEomDatabase)
	{
	var form = new System.Windows.Forms.Form();
	var grid = new System.Windows.Forms.DataGridView {
	AutoGenerateColumns = true,
	Dock = System.Windows.Forms.DockStyle.Fill,
	DataSource =
	(from c in new [] {
	Tuple.Create("DADatabaseR1ConnectionString", this.DADatabaseR1ConnectionString),
	Tuple.Create("StatsYear", this.StatsYear.ToString()),
	Tuple.Create("StatsMonth", this.StatsMonth.ToString()),
	Tuple.Create("StatsDaysInMonth", this.StatsDaysInMonth.ToString()),
	Tuple.Create("PubReportSubjectLine", this.PubReportSubjectLine),
	} select new {
	Key = c.Item1,
	Value = c.Item2,
	}).ToList(),
	AutoSizeColumnsMode = System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewAutoSizeColumnsMode.Fill,
	};
	form.Controls.AddRange(new[] { grid, });
	form.ShowDialog();
	}

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