C# DatagridView with List<t> as DataSource

[Ciri]

Hi all, I've a problem with a datagridview.
The data source of the control is a List<t> where t is type of a class I've created.
The class (Person) has some properties like Name, Surname and so on.
Now my datagridview is bounded to a collection of Person:

dgwPersons=new DataGridView();
dgwPersons.Auto GenerateColumns =false;
dgwPersons.Colu mns.Add("Name", "Name");
dgwPersons.Colu mns[0].DataPropertyNa me="Name";
dgwPersons.Colu mns.Add("Surnam e","Surname" );
dgwPersons.Colu mns[1].DataPropertyNa me="Surname";
BindingSource personsBindingS ource=new BindingSource() ;
personsBindingS ource.DataSourc e=Persons; //Persons is the collection
dgwPersons.Data Source=personBi ndingSource;

Most of properties of the Person class are strings (like Name and Surname), so I had no problem to bound them to the dgw.
I can even edit the fields in the dgw and have the corresponding property in memory changed.

Now the question is that the class Person have a property (job) of the type of Job (another class);
Furthermore I've got another list<t> where t is type of Job.
The collection contains all possible jobs.
I'd like to have a combobox column in my dgw that shows the corrent job of the person and gives the user the chance to choiche between all jobs in the jobs collection.

How can I do that?

Thank you very much guys.

[Plater]

Create a custom combobox column, set the default datasource for the combobox to me your jobs list?

[Ciri]

Create a custom combobox column, set the default datasource for the combobox to me your jobs list?

Ok. I'm trying:
DataGridViewCol umn dgwCbClm=new DataGridViewCom boBoxColumn();

How do I set now the default datasource for the combobox?

Thanks again.

[Plater]

The property is hidden in intellisence, but according to msdn you can still do this:

DataGridViewComboBoxColumn d = new DataGridViewComboBoxColumn();
d.DataSource = myComboDataSource;

[Ciri]

The property is hidden in intellisence, but according to msdn you can still do this:

DataGridViewComboBoxColumn d = new DataGridViewComboBoxColumn();
d.DataSource = myComboDataSource;

Great, it works!
The problem now is that it shows "WindowsApplica tion.Job".
How do I associate the combobox to the effective value of Job property of related person?
And how do I choose what of the property of the job to show? (example jobName, or jobTime...)

Thanks.

[Plater]

There are two properties you can use:

d.ValueMember = "JobName";
d.DisplayMember="JobName"

One should dictate which property is returned as the 'selected value' and which property is used for display purposes

There is also this setting that I am not sure if you need:
//d.DataPropertyN ame

And somewhere I saw a place where you could tell it which value is the "default" to select from, which should allow you to auto-select the current "job" in the person object.

[CFQüeb]

Excellent!
Nice tip...

Working here!

[Ciri]

Excellent!
Nice tip...

Working here!

Perfect! It works.

I just had to add a .Find delegate in the set method of the JobName property
to allow the user to change the instance of Job via the dropdownlist.
I just wrote:

string JobName
{
    get{return _job.Name}
    set
    {
            Job newJob=
                Jobs.Find(delegate(Job myNewJob){return 
(myNewJob.Name==value);});
            if (newJob!=null)
                _job=newJob;
    }
}

Thanks again.