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How to bind the DataGridView to a List?

Article Information

Article relates to VIBlend DataGridView for WinForms

How To

Bind the data grid to a list.

Solution

To achieve this, follow these steps:

1. Create a new instance of the vDataGridView via drag and drop from the toolbox or create it programmatically.

2. Create a class named Customer

C#

public class Customer
{
    private int id;
        
    public int Id
    {
        get { return id; }
        set { id = value; }
    }

    private string name;
            
    public string Name
    {
        get { return name; }
        set { name = value; }
    }

    public Customer() { }

    public Customer(int id, string name)
    {
        this.id = id;
        this.name = name; 
    }

    #region INotifyPropertyChanged Members

    public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;

    private void OnPropertyChanged(string propertyName)
    {
        if (PropertyChanged != null)
        PropertyChanged(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(propertyName));
    }

    #endregion
}

VB .NET

Public Class Customer
    Private id_Renamed As Integer

    Public Property Id() As Integer
    Get
        Return id_Renamed
	End Get
	Set
        id_Renamed = Value
	End Set
    End Property

    Private name_Renamed As String

    Public Property Name() As String
	Get
        Return name_Renamed
	End Get
	Set
        name_Renamed = Value
	End Set
    End Property

    Public Sub New()
    End Sub

    Public Sub New(ByVal id_Renamed As Integer, ByVal name_Renamed As String)
        Me.id_Renamed = id_Renamed
        Me.name_Renamed = name_Renamed
    End Sub

    #Region "INotifyPropertyChanged Members"

    Public Event PropertyChanged As PropertyChangedEventHandler

    Private Sub OnPropertyChanged(ByVal propertyName As String)
        If Not PropertyChangedEvent Is Nothing Then
            RaiseEvent PropertyChanged(Me, New PropertyChangedEventArgs(propertyName))
        End If
    End Sub

    #End Region
End Class

3. In the form's constructor after the InitializeComponent method call or in the form Load event handler use the code snippet below to create a new list and fill it with sample items:

C#

List<Customer> customers = new List<Customer>();
customers.Add(new Customer(1, "Andrew"));
customers.Add(new Customer(2, "Nancy"));
customers.Add(new Customer(3, "Shelley"));
customers.Add(new Customer(4, "Regina"));
customers.Add(new Customer(5, "Mayumi"));
customers.Add(new Customer(6, "Ian"));

VB .NET

Dim customers As List(Of Customer) = New List(Of Customer)()
customers.Add(New Customer(1, "Andrew"))
customers.Add(New Customer(2, "Nancy"))
customers.Add(New Customer(3, "Shelley"))
customers.Add(New Customer(4, "Regina"))
customers.Add(New Customer(5, "Mayumi"))
customers.Add(New Customer(6, "Ian"))

4. Finally, in order to bind the grid to the list, use the code snippet below:

C#

BoundField boundField = new BoundField("Customer Name", "Name");
this.vDataGridView1.BoundFields.Add(boundField);
this.vDataGridView1.DataSource = customers;
this.vDataGridView1.DataBind();   

VB .NET

Dim boundField As BoundField = New BoundField("Customer Name", "Name")
Me.vDataGridView1.BoundFields.Add(boundField)
Me.vDataGridView1.DataSource = customers
Me.vDataGridView1.DataBind()

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