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* Setup (using the Visual Studio Form designer):
*
* Add a DataGridView to the Form (dataGridView1)
* Add 3 TextBoxes to the Form (textBox1, textBox2 and textBox3)
* Add the code below to the Form.Load event
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/*******************************************************************
* Create a list of customers. The list instance is named blc.
* Note: Customer has properties ID, Name and Rate
******************************************************************/
BindingList<Customer> blc = new BindingList<Customer>();
blc.Add(new Customer(0, "Mr. Zero", 10.0M));
blc.Add(new Customer(1, "Mrs. One", 15.0M));
blc.Add(new Customer(2, "Dr. Two", 20.0M));
/*******************************************************************
* Bind the DataGridView to the list of Customers using Complex
* binding (customer business type is shown above).
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this.dataGridView1.DataSource = blc;
/*******************************************************************
* Bind the business object list to the TextBoxes. This uses simple
* binding of the form "binding to a property on an item in a list".
******************************************************************/
this.textBox1.DataBindings.Add("Text", blc, "ID", true);
this.textBox2.DataBindings.Add("Text", blc, "Name", true);
this.textBox3.DataBindings.Add("Text", blc, "Rate", true);
| Simple Binding |
| Complex Binding |
| Using Simple Binding with a List |
| Type Conversion |
| Formatting |