using List<object> as a datasource, how??

[Jeff]

..NET 2.0

I'm wondering if it is possible set the DataGridView.Da taSource to a
List<objectcoll ection. Where object is a class derived from the object
class.

If it's possible then my question is how?

I ask becasue I think it's much better to use the collection directly than
performing a foreach statement adding the rows to the DataGridView...

any suggestions?

Jeff

[Fred Mertz]

Re: using List&lt;object& gt; as a datasource, how??

Suggestion: BindingList<T>




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.NET 2.0
>
I'm wondering if it is possible set the DataGridView.Da taSource to a
List<objectcoll ection. Where object is a class derived from the object
class.
>
If it's possible then my question is how?
>
I ask becasue I think it's much better to use the collection directly than
performing a foreach statement adding the rows to the DataGridView...
>
any suggestions?
>
Jeff
>

[Marc Gravell]

Re: using List&lt;object& gt; as a datasource, how??

Any list (IList (*)) can be used as a data source, even plain
ArrayList. The binding works much better if the collection implements
a typed indexer "T this[int]", which List<Tdoes (**) - this allows
it to ask for the properties of the type, via TypeDescriptor. And
better again if it supports the binding interfaces like IBindingList,
IBindingListVie w - hence BindingList<Tis your best bet (as per
Fred's post).

Just some background.

[* aside: or something that exposes a list via IListSource]
[** aside: ITypedList performs a similar role to a typed indexer, but
is more complex to implement]

Marc