Listview control

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Hi! I want to display records in the listview control as columnwise for exampleI want to display these records 1 4 2 5 3 6 as this in Listviewcontrol 1 2 3 4 5 6 Please help me

saharsh jadhav · Answer

using System.Collections; using System.Windows.Forms; /// /// This class is an implementation of the 'IComparer' interface. /// public class ListViewColumnSorter : IComparer { /// /// Specifies the column to be sorted /// private int ColumnToSort; /// /// Specifies the order in which to sort (i.e. 'Ascending'). /// private SortOrder OrderOfSort; /// /// Case insensitive comparer object /// private CaseInsensitiveComparer ObjectCompare; /// /// Class constructor. Initializes various elements /// public ListViewColumnSorter() { // Initialize the column to '0' ColumnToSort = 0; // Initialize the sort order to 'none' OrderOfSort = SortOrder.None; // Initialize the CaseInsensitiveComparer object ObjectCompare = new CaseInsensitiveComparer(); } /// /// This method is inherited from the IComparer interface. It compares the two objects passed using a case insensitive comparison. /// /// First object to be compared /// Second object to be compared /// The result of the comparison. 0 if equal negative if 'x' is less than 'y' and positive if 'x' is greater than 'y' public int Compare(object x object y) { int compareResult; ListViewItem listviewX listviewY; // Cast the objects to be compared to ListViewItem objects listviewX = (ListViewItem)x; listviewY = (ListViewItem)y; // Compare the two items compareResult = ObjectCompare.Compare(listviewX.SubItems[ColumnToSort].TextlistviewY.SubItems[ColumnToSort].Text); // Calculate correct return value based on object comparison if (OrderOfSort == SortOrder.Ascending) { // Ascending sort is selected return normal result of compare operation return compareResult; } else if (OrderOfSort == SortOrder.Descending) { // Descending sort is selected return negative result of compare operation return (-compareResult); } else { // Return '0' to indicate they are equal return 0; } } /// /// Gets or sets the number of the column to which to apply the sorting operation (Defaults to '0'). /// public int SortColumn { set { ColumnToSort = value; } get { return ColumnToSort; } } /// /// Gets or sets the order of sorting to apply (for example 'Ascending' or 'Descending'). /// public SortOrder Order { set { OrderOfSort = value; } get { return OrderOfSort; } } }