Databinding Question

[Big Dave]

Good morning. I am trying to bind a datagrid to a custom business
object. One of the properties is another object, but I can't seem to
bind to that. Here is an example:

Public Class Company
Private _companyName as string
Public Property CompanyName as string
Get
Return _companyName
End Get
Set(Value as string)
_companyName = Value
End Set

Private _parentCompany as Company
Public Property ParentCompany as Company
Get
Return ParentCompany
End Get
Set(Value as Company)
_parentCompany = Value
End Set
End Class

I have a collection class that holds companies. I can bind a datagrid
to the collections CompanyName property, but not the the
ParentCompany.CompanyName property. Does anyone have any thoughts on
how to do that?

Thanks for your help.

Big Dave

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[Karl Seguin]

<%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "ParentCompany.CompanyName") %>

or

<%# ctype(Container.DataItem, Company).ParentCompany.CompanyName %>
Karl

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Good morning. I am trying to bind a datagrid to a custom business
object. One of the properties is another object, but I can't seem to
bind to that. Here is an example:

Public Class Company
Private _companyName as string
Public Property CompanyName as string
Get
Return _companyName
End Get
Set(Value as string)
_companyName = Value
End Set

Private _parentCompany as Company
Public Property ParentCompany as Company
Get
Return ParentCompany
End Get
Set(Value as Company)
_parentCompany = Value
End Set
End Class

I have a collection class that holds companies. I can bind a datagrid
to the collections CompanyName property, but not the the
ParentCompany.CompanyName property. Does anyone have any thoughts on
how to do that?

Thanks for your help.

Big Dave

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[Big Dave]

That first one worked, thanks for your help!

Big Dave

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