ListView: under the hood...

[MrNobody]

I have a question about how ListView works. I have a data structure of
several hundred records which I have used to fill up a ListView. Now, I
figured the ListView would take references to my data, but instead it looks
like it actually copies my data. I am assuming this, because when I alter
data in my original data structure, the data on the ListView does not change,
it retains the old data.

Two concerns of mine are:

Isn't this serious 'bloatware', to have a ListView just copy everything
instead of keeping references?

How then can I gracefully update data in my ListView whenever I alter
something in the original data?

Thanks for your time!

[Bob Powell [MVP]]

It sounds to me as though you should be using databinding to populate your
listview although that is a pretty limited solution unless you derive from
the ListView class ans do custom drawing.

Maybe your data could be displayed better using a datagrid bound to a
dataset containing your information.

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"MrNobody" <Mr******@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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I have a question about how ListView works. I have a data structure of
several hundred records which I have used to fill up a ListView. Now, I
figured the ListView would take references to my data, but instead it looks like it actually copies my data. I am assuming this, because when I alter
data in my original data structure, the data on the ListView does not change, it retains the old data.

Two concerns of mine are:

Isn't this serious 'bloatware', to have a ListView just copy everything
instead of keeping references?

How then can I gracefully update data in my ListView whenever I alter
something in the original data?

Thanks for your time!