DataGridView Almost Working....

[bern11]

I'm trying to bind a DataGridView to a BindingList that is a member of
the main form. It worked once, then stopped. Now it does not display
data when the list is clearly populated. I just get an empty grid.
There seems to be several ways to bind the grid, none of which seem to work:

1) I can set the DataSource to MainFormBingingSource and DataMember to
dataList,

-or-

2) I can set DataSource to MainFormBindingSource, then under it appears
an expansion where I can directly select dataList.

(MainForm is the form and dataList is the BindingList).

It works like a champ if I set DataSource = dataList in the form
constructor, but then I have to programmatically format it, uhggg!

So, what am I doing wrong? Why no data? Is there a 'Refresh Grid Data'
function?

[bern11]

PS. To make the dataList visible as a data source, I did have to
Refractor -Encasulate Field it and promote it to a property (what a
cool feature!). Was that cheating and there is supposed to be another
way to make it visible...??? (As a simple member-variable, the list
could not be set as a DataSource or DataMember).
bern11 wrote:

I'm trying to bind a DataGridView to a BindingList that is a member of
the main form. It worked once, then stopped. Now it does not display
data when the list is clearly populated. I just get an empty grid.
There seems to be several ways to bind the grid, none of which seem to
work:

1) I can set the DataSource to MainFormBingingSource and DataMember to
dataList,

-or-

2) I can set DataSource to MainFormBindingSource, then under it appears
an expansion where I can directly select dataList.

(MainForm is the form and dataList is the BindingList).

It works like a champ if I set DataSource = dataList in the form
constructor, but then I have to programmatically format it, uhggg!

So, what am I doing wrong? Why no data? Is there a 'Refresh Grid Data'
function?