Can a List object be bound to a DataGridView control?

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Hello,

I am writing an application in c#.

I have a List object that I would like to bind it to a DataGridView control.
Can I do that, and if so how?

If I can not do that, is there any other way that would bind a List (or a
similar object) to the DataGridView control?

Thanks
Eitan

[Marc Gravell]

If you mean List<T>, then absolutely... just set .DataSource =
theList;

However! If you want proper change notifications, then note that
BindingList<Tis a better option - same thing, but the grid will show
updates made independently (assuminng your object model itself
supports notifications).

Marc

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Thanks for your answer.

I added BindingSource control to my Form. In the BindingSource control, the
DataSource only let me select an object such as the object of the Form and
not the BindingList I declared.

In the "Data Source Configuration Wizard" I selected an Object, the drop
down list of the "Select the Object You Wish to Bind to" only shows the
assemblies not the BindingList...

Thanks
Eitan

"Marc Gravell" wrote:

If you mean List<T>, then absolutely... just set .DataSource =
theList;

However! If you want proper change notifications, then note that
BindingList<Tis a better option - same thing, but the grid will show
updates made independently (assuminng your object model itself
supports notifications).

Marc

[Marc Gravell]

Yes; if using auto-generated columns, simply remove the ones you don't
need (you may need to turn off AutoGenerateColumns [or whatever]
afterwards).

If adding columns manually, simply don't add the ones you don't need.

Marc

[Marc Gravell]

Please clarify what you mean...

You can't really use a single instance of ABC as the DataSource [with
a grid] unless this is a collection itself (IList/IListSource) - but I
don't think this is what you were suggesting.

So you need to use *some* form of collection of ABCs - and List<ABC>
or BindingList<ABCare common choices. But others would work.

However, at design time you must bind to the Type of ABC - you will
often see this in the Designer.cs as
"yourBindingSource.DataSource=typeof(YourNamespace .ABC);". This is a
feature of the IDE. If you don't use the IDE for binding you can omit
this step and bind just to the data.

Marc

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Hello Marc,

Thanks for your answer.

I do have a BindingList of this ABC and that is what I meant.

Eitan

"Marc Gravell" wrote:

Please clarify what you mean...

You can't really use a single instance of ABC as the DataSource [with
a grid] unless this is a collection itself (IList/IListSource) - but I
don't think this is what you were suggesting.

So you need to use *some* form of collection of ABCs - and List<ABC>
or BindingList<ABCare common choices. But others would work.

However, at design time you must bind to the Type of ABC - you will
often see this in the Designer.cs as
"yourBindingSource.DataSource=typeof(YourNamespace .ABC);". This is a
feature of the IDE. If you don't use the IDE for binding you can omit
this step and bind just to the data.

Marc