DataBindings

[Chuck Bowling]

i have a form with a couple of textboxes bound to a collectionbase object.
The code looks like this:

txtName.DataBindings.Add(new Binding("Text", instrumentSet, "Name"));

txtComment.DataBindings.Add(new Binding("Text", instrumentSet, "Comment"));

Maybe I'm looking at things the wrong way but intuitively I'd think that the
binding goes both ways. That is, when I change the text in the textbox it
should automatically change the contents of the object it's bound too. I
know it'd be easy to update the source with an OnChanged event but somehow I
get the feeling that I might be doing something wrong. Can somebody clue me
in here?

[Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]]

Chuck,

It should. Does the object that is exposed by the collection base have
a writable Name and Comment property? If they are read-only, then nothing
is updated.

Can you show the collection class as well?

Hope this helps.
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- Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]
- mv*@spam.guard.caspershouse.com

"Chuck Bowling" <ch**********@sbcglobal-NO-SPAM.net> wrote in message
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i have a form with a couple of textboxes bound to a collectionbase object.
The code looks like this:

txtName.DataBindings.Add(new Binding("Text", instrumentSet, "Name"));

txtComment.DataBindings.Add(new Binding("Text", instrumentSet,
"Comment"));

Maybe I'm looking at things the wrong way but intuitively I'd think that
the binding goes both ways. That is, when I change the text in the textbox
it should automatically change the contents of the object it's bound too.
I know it'd be easy to update the source with an OnChanged event but
somehow I get the feeling that I might be doing something wrong. Can
somebody clue me in here?

[Chuck Bowling]

Whoops... stupid me... no set property... ty...

"Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]" <mv*@spam.guard.caspershouse.com> wrote in
message news:ut**************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...

Chuck,

It should. Does the object that is exposed by the collection base have
a writable Name and Comment property? If they are read-only, then nothing
is updated.

Can you show the collection class as well?

Hope this helps.
--
- Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]
- mv*@spam.guard.caspershouse.com

"Chuck Bowling" <ch**********@sbcglobal-NO-SPAM.net> wrote in message
news:u0**************@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...

i have a form with a couple of textboxes bound to a collectionbase object.
The code looks like this:

txtName.DataBindings.Add(new Binding("Text", instrumentSet, "Name"));

txtComment.DataBindings.Add(new Binding("Text", instrumentSet,
"Comment"));

Maybe I'm looking at things the wrong way but intuitively I'd think that
the binding goes both ways. That is, when I change the text in the
textbox it should automatically change the contents of the object it's
bound too. I know it'd be easy to update the source with an OnChanged
event but somehow I get the feeling that I might be doing something
wrong. Can somebody clue me in here?