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I'm new to .NET (using 2.0) and was wondering how to go about binding a
collection of custom classes to a DataGrid.

The class exposes 5 read-only String properties. I would like for each of
these properties to appear in a column in the DataGrid.

The end result would be that when the collection has 35 objects in it, the
DataGrid would have 35 rows and 5 columns (after being bound to the
collection).

Specifically -
1. which collection class could/should I use (or do I need to roll my own to
make it "bindable") ?
and/or
2. how do I make my objects in that collection "bindable" to the DataGrid?

Thanks.
Sep 9 '06 #1
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Merk,

I would take a look into the BindingList<Tcl ass in the
System.Componen tModel namespace. It should provide most of the
functionality that you are looking for.

If you want to modify your objects from code, and have the grid update,
then you should probably implement the INotifyProperty Changed interface on
your class.

Hope this helps.
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I'm new to .NET (using 2.0) and was wondering how to go about binding a
collection of custom classes to a DataGrid.

The class exposes 5 read-only String properties. I would like for each of
these properties to appear in a column in the DataGrid.

The end result would be that when the collection has 35 objects in it, the
DataGrid would have 35 rows and 5 columns (after being bound to the
collection).

Specifically -
1. which collection class could/should I use (or do I need to roll my own
to make it "bindable") ?
and/or
2. how do I make my objects in that collection "bindable" to the
DataGrid?

Thanks.

Sep 9 '06 #2
Yes - it helps a lot - exactly the level of direction I was looking for.
Thanks.
Sep 9 '06 #3

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