from:
http://documentation.devexpress.com/#WindowsForms/DevExpressXtraGridViewsBaseColumnView_ShownEditortopic
using DevExpress.XtraEditors; using DevExpress.XtraGrid.Views.Grid; private DataView clone = null; private void gridView1_ShownEditor(object sender, System.EventArgs e) { GridView view = sender as GridView; if (view.FocusedColumn.FieldName == "CityCode" && view.ActiveEditor is LookUpEdit) { Text = view.ActiveEditor.Parent.Name; DevExpress.XtraEditors.LookUpEdit edit; edit = (LookUpEdit)view.ActiveEditor; DataTable table = edit.Properties.LookUpData.DataSource as DataTable; clone = new DataView(table); DataRow row = view.GetDataRow(view.FocusedRowHandle); clone.RowFilter = "[CountryCode] = " + row["CountryCode"].ToString(); edit.Properties.LookUpData.DataSource = clone; } } private void gridView1_HiddenEditor(object sender, System.EventArgs e) { if (clone != null) { clone.Dispose(); clone = null; } }