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swapping of columns in a data grid view

i have a c# windows form application, in all tabs inside it, i have a data grid view that display data of a punch machine(ID,IP,Port,Type,Description,Location)
there's no errors, but the problem is sometimes the ID is shown instead of the Description Field,knowing that the ID is hidden in the grid..
So what's the possible problem?
the grid view is filled from a data set through a binding source.
all the grid has the same binding source, all are the same,
and i load the data on the form load.

I have seen that before. I don't know what causes it. It seems to happen only if you hide the first column. I don't know if this is the right way to fix it but I moved the ID column away from the first column. In my case, I put it at the end of the dataGridView and I didn't see this "bug" again.
Hope it helps.

the solution was in a combo box that are binded to the same binding source of the grid..i was filled the "Selected Value" field which is wrong..so simply remove the selected value from the combo box

How do I start the program off with multiple rows on a DataGridView?

I don't know think I wrote any code for this since the properties are all default. I don't want the user to have to add those by themselves when it is in the middle of the run.
It lets me add in columns but not rows in the designer.
Is there any property that can start the program with more than 1 row in the data grid view?

Populating the grid with data must be done with code. If you populate the grid in the Load event handler then the user will see that data when the form is displayed. You can add data directly to the grid or you can populate a DataTable or some other list and bind that to the grid.
If you're saying that you actually want multiple blank rows in the grid then you need to add those rows. The row you see by default is not actually part of the data of the grid. It's just there to indicate to the user that they can enter data.

Editable, growable DataGrid that retains values on postback and updates underlying DataTable

I'm trying to create an ASP.NET/C# page that allows the user to edit a table of data, add rows to it, and save the data back to the database. For the table of data, I'm using a DataGrid whose cells contain TextBoxes or CheckBoxes. I have a button for adding rows (which works) and a button for saving the data. However, I'm quite stuck on two things:
The TextBoxes and CheckBoxes should retain their values on postback. So if the user edits a TextBox and clicks the button to add more rows, the edits should be retained when the page reloads. However, the edits should not be saved to the database at this point.
When the user clicks the save button, or anytime before, the DataTable underlying the DataGrid needs to be updated with the values of the TextBoxes and CheckBoxes so that the DataTable can be sent to the database. I have a method that does this, but I can't figure out when to call it.
Any help getting this to work, or suggestions of alternative user interfaces that would behave similarly, would be appreciated.

Take a look at the ASP.NET GridView control. It's newer than the DataGrid and has editing features, editing events, etc built in.

Check out the following website:
http://highoncoding.com/Categories/7_GridView_Control.aspx
There are tons of articles on the above link about the GridView control.

How to add a new row into datagridview using grid only. i.e by showing textboxes and add button in WinForm

I want to add a new row to a datagridview such that when a user clicks on new button , a new is is generated with few textboxes and combo boxes and after filling up all the details he save the info by clicking on save button.
EDIT
I want to do it like it is seen in gridview(Template Fields) in asp.net
I am looking for same kind of functionality.

Since I'm not sure exactly how you want to achieve this.. I would have a hidden panel with your text boxes, ...etc, show the panel when the new button is clicked. After all information is entered into the fields, click the save button. Assuming that you will be inserting this information into a table, after the row is inserted, call the stored procedure to get the desired records from the table being displayed in the grid.

Assuming your _dataGridView.Columns collection is not null and contains a template of the rows you wish to add, it is as simple as something like this:
foreach(var item in _collection)
{
_dataGridView.Rows.Add(item.Foo, item.Bar);
}
In order for this to work, you will have had to design your Columns collection in the VisualStudio designer or programatically add DataGridViewTextBoxColumn objects to the Columns collection.
In the example above, I added two DataGridViewTextBoxColumn objects to the _dataGridView.Columns collection and then populated the datagrid from a List of my object that contained a 'Foo' and a 'Bar'.
EDIT
Have you checked out the DataGridView FAQ? The information about using the DataGridView in unbound mode may help you.
HTH

Adding rows to a table based on user input (ASP.NEt)

I have a TextBox entry field where the user will enter a integer value. And then there is a "Create" button, which when clicked upon must generate a Table with 2 columns :
"Name" and "Email" being the column headers.
I want each row to have a textbox in each of these columns.
All of this has to happen after the button is clicked. I have discovered that if you dynamically add a control in ASP.NET(I am using C#) then the controls are lost during postback. And I don't know how to prevent that from happening.
Can somebody please give me some ideas regarding how to go about adding rows dynamically to a table (I tried using the asp.net Server side table control but ran into the "lost-during-postback" problem - can I try with something else like a gridview ? but afaik a GV will not work without data bound to it )
Point to note is that my table has textboxes for user entry and it is not for showing data ..rather it is for accepting data from the user which will be later used to persist details to the database.

Dynamic Controls
That's involved. Here's an interesting article on the issue of dynamic controls.
I think normally if you create dynamic controls then you're responsible for recreating them on postback; however the article contains a way to use the Init event if it's copacetic with your app.
Edit:
or Regular ASP.NET Controls
You can use data bound ASP.NET controls like: DataList, Repeater, GridView, etc. (You can put text boxes and all other kinds of controls into them for repeating in each row - or "item") and bind values to it. If you need to perform some processing on the user input first, then generate an internal Array, List, Dictionary, DataTable etc. (your choice) and bind that data as a data source to the ASP.NET control of choice.
aspnetControl.DataSource = myDataTable;
aspnetControl.DataBind();
or
aspnetControl.DataSourceId = "name_of_control";
There are various ways to assign a data source.
This way you won't run into the same problems as with dynamic control creation; however there is a lot to learn to facilitate this way too.