Making a reference to an object

[Cainnech]

Hello guys,

In a project I'm building I have 4 datagrids which I'm using and where I'm updating information manually, so not from a database or a list.

Now to make it a bit easier I would like to use one generic sort of variable to prevent having to write the same code 4 times.

So if I have 4 datagridviews DataGrid1 through DataGrid4 I would like to be able to assign one of those Datagridview to a general object that has all of the properties and methods in it.

I was thinking of using something like this:

object DataGrid = DataGrid1
 
DataGrid.Rows.Add("INFO");
 

But that doesn't work.
Any idea on how to do this?

Cheers,
Cainnech

[MichaelvdB]

I think what you want is data binding using objects. (Note this code is using DataGridView for the DataGrids.)

DGData.cs (Data Model Object):

using System;
using System.ComponentModel;
 
namespace DataGridTest
{
   class DGData
   {
      private string _name;
      public DGData(string name) {
         _name = name;
      }
 
      public static implicit operator DGData(string name) {
         return new DGData(name);
      }
 
      [DisplayName("My Column Name")]
      public string Name {
         get { return _name; }
         set { _name = value; }
      }
   }
}

A form with two grids:

using System;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Windows.Forms;
 
namespace DataGridTest
{
   public partial class Form1 : Form
   {
      public Form1() {
         InitializeComponent();
      }
 
      private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) {
         InitList(_dataGridView1);
         InitList(_dataGridView2);
      }
 
      static DGData[] _staticList = new DGData[] { "One", "Two", "Three" };
 
      static void InitList(DataGridView dgv) {
         // The data source can be modified in this case
         dgv.DataSource = new List<DGData>(_staticList);
      }
 
      static void InitList2(DataGridView dgv) {
         // The data source is fixed length
         dgv.DataSource = _staticList;
      }
   }
}