I'm developing an app in Visual Basic 2010 Express.

I want the grid to show when I'm placing controls on a form, but I can't get the grid to appear. I've gone to Tools, Options, Windows Forms Designer and specified a grid size of 6,6 and set ShowGrid to True, but no luck.

Any insight would be appreciated.

Maybe the grid is there but you just can't see it? You may want to check the ForeColor property of the form to see if its the same (or too close) to the BackGround color?
It was the only thing I could think of to replicate your issue.
Good Luck and I Hope this Helps

check the following link ,it will explain all about datagridview

http://vb.net-informations.com/datagridvie...ew_tutorial.htm

antonio.