Custom type cell value in textbox

[Jonas]

I am trying to use a custom type as the value in a textbox cell.

Dim myCell As New myOwnCellClass
myGrid(1,1).CellValue = myCell
myGrid(1,1).Text = "A string"

But when I assign the text property the cellValue gets overwritten and if I leave the text field blank the type gets displayed in the cell.

Is it possible to store custom defined class in the cell and display a string value? Can I do it by overloading some methood in my class?

[Administrator]

Try overriding the ToString method of your class to determine what is displayed when something asks for a string representation of an object of type of your class.

[Jonas]

Your suggested solution works perfect, thanks a lot!