Interface And Graphics :: Rows Cannot Be Programmatically Added To DataGridView

Below:
datBrakePointsX.Rows.Add(strA)
produces the error 'Rows cannot be programatically added to the DataGridView's rows collection when the control is databound.'
To my knowledge, this is an empty grid. I am adding data manually and the code below works if I remove the line. The problem is I need to add the next line.

Private Sub cmdAddX_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles cmdAddX.Click
' Find the first blank cell
For c As Integer = 0 To datBrakePointsX.Rows.Count
If Len(datBrakePointsX.Rows.Item(0).Cells(c).Value) = 0 Then
datBrakePointsX.Rows.Item(c).Cells(0).Value = c
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