Hi,
I'm new (very) to forms, having previously developed in asp.net. I'm looking for advice on displaying data on a form that has originated from a database.
In asp.net I have used repeaters to solve the following problem. In my application I have tried using datarepeaters, but I'm not getting the results I want.
My application retrieves information from a database. Initially I need to display a list of owners. I want to display the list as a generic icon with the person's name below it. Each new person is displayed below the previous.
When the user clicks on an owner a second list is displayed. This displays a list of devices belonging to that person. The device can be one of two types. I want to display an icon, dependant on the device type, and the device name for each device the selected person owns. Again I want to display the devices on above the other.
As I mentioned, I have tried to solve this problem using datarepeaters, but not to my satisfaction. They seem overly complicated and I'm getting unexpected behaviour with redraws etc. I have used a dataset with a relation to populate the datarepeaters.
What I'm looking for is a simple way of displaying my lists, other than a simple list of text values. Can someone point me in the right direction as to what controls to use.
As I say, I'm very new to forms so I'm not entirely sure of the concepts I need to consider. I did wonder if I could add a label and a picturebox to a flowlayout and keep adding one for each of my owners/devices. I've looked for somekind of tutorial but I'm coming up blank.
many thanks
Jason
I'm new (very) to forms, having previously developed in asp.net. I'm looking for advice on displaying data on a form that has originated from a database.
In asp.net I have used repeaters to solve the following problem. In my application I have tried using datarepeaters, but I'm not getting the results I want.
My application retrieves information from a database. Initially I need to display a list of owners. I want to display the list as a generic icon with the person's name below it. Each new person is displayed below the previous.
When the user clicks on an owner a second list is displayed. This displays a list of devices belonging to that person. The device can be one of two types. I want to display an icon, dependant on the device type, and the device name for each device the selected person owns. Again I want to display the devices on above the other.
As I mentioned, I have tried to solve this problem using datarepeaters, but not to my satisfaction. They seem overly complicated and I'm getting unexpected behaviour with redraws etc. I have used a dataset with a relation to populate the datarepeaters.
What I'm looking for is a simple way of displaying my lists, other than a simple list of text values. Can someone point me in the right direction as to what controls to use.
As I say, I'm very new to forms so I'm not entirely sure of the concepts I need to consider. I did wonder if I could add a label and a picturebox to a flowlayout and keep adding one for each of my owners/devices. I've looked for somekind of tutorial but I'm coming up blank.
many thanks
Jason
