Hi... I used datagrid in my application to display my custom class data. I used to create DataGridTableStyle to format the grid columns ... Now I am moving to DataGridView, because .net 2005 says so, and now I have no idea how to do what I used to do with TableStyle. I cannot bind the DataGridView to my custom class... Can anybody help?? Here is a sample code with DataGrid... Can anyone convert it to use it with DataGridView?
VB.NET:
Sub BindToArray()
' Creates an array of Widget objects (defined below).
Dim Widgets(2) As Widget
Dim tempWidget As Widget
tempWidget = New Widget()
tempWidget.Model = "AAA"
tempWidget.Id = "A100"
tempWidget.Price = Convert.ToDecimal(3.8)
Widgets(0) = tempWidget
' The first Widget includes an array of Part objects.
Dim p1 As New Part()
p1.PartId = "PartX"
Dim p2 As New Part()
p2.PartId = "PartY"
' Note that the Widgets.Parts property returns an ArrayList.
' Add the parts to the ArrayList using the AddRange method.
tempWidget.Parts.AddRange(New Part() {p1, p2})
tempWidget = New Widget()
tempWidget.Model = "BBB"
tempWidget.Id = "B100"
tempWidget.Price = Convert.ToDecimal(1.52)
Widgets(1) = tempWidget
tempWidget = New Widget()
tempWidget.Id = "CCC"
tempWidget.Model = "B100"
tempWidget.Price = Convert.ToDecimal(2.14)
Widgets(2) = tempWidget
DataGrid1.SetDataBinding(Widgets, "")
CreateTableStyle()
End Sub
Private Sub CreateTableStyle()
' Creates two DataGridTableStyle objects, one for the Widget
' array, and one for the Parts ArrayList.
Dim widgetTable As New DataGridTableStyle()
' Sets the MappingName to the class name plus brackets.
widgetTable.MappingName = "Widget[]"
' Sets the AlternatingBackColor so you can see the difference.
widgetTable.AlternatingBackColor = System.Drawing.Color.LightBlue
' Creates three column styles.
Dim modelColumn As New DataGridTextBoxColumn()
modelColumn.MappingName = "Model"
modelColumn.HeaderText = "Model"
Dim IdColumn As New DataGridTextBoxColumn()
IdColumn.MappingName = "Id"
IdColumn.HeaderText = "Id"
Dim priceColumn As New DataGridTextBoxColumn()
priceColumn.MappingName = "Price"
priceColumn.HeaderText = "Price"
priceColumn.Format = "c"
' Adds the column styles to the grid table style.
widgetTable.GridColumnStyles.Add(modelColumn)
widgetTable.GridColumnStyles.Add(IdColumn)
widgetTable.GridColumnStyles.Add(priceColumn)
' Add the table style to the collection, but clear the
' collection first.
DataGrid1.TableStyles.Clear()
DataGrid1.TableStyles.Add(widgetTable)
' Create another table style, one for the related data.
Dim partsTable As New DataGridTableStyle()
' Set the MappingName to an ArrayList. Note that you need not
' include brackets.
partsTable.MappingName = "ArrayList"
Dim partIdColumn As New DataGridTextBoxColumn()
partIdColumn.MappingName = "PartID"
partIdColumn.HeaderText = "Part ID"
partsTable.GridColumnStyles.Add(partIdColumn)
DataGrid1.TableStyles.Add(partsTable)
End Sub
Public Class Widget
Private myModel As String
Private myId As String
Private myPrice As Decimal
' Use an ArrayList to create a related collection.
Private myParts As New ArrayList()
Public Property Model() As String
Get
Return myModel
End Get
Set(ByVal Value As String)
myModel = Value
End Set
End Property
Public Property Id() As String
Get
Return myId
End Get
Set(ByVal Value As String)
myId = Value
End Set
End Property
Public Property Parts() As ArrayList
Get
Return myParts
End Get
Set(ByVal Value As ArrayList)
myParts = Value
End Set
End Property
Public Property Price() As Decimal
Get
Return myPrice
End Get
Set(ByVal Value As Decimal)
myPrice = Value
End Set
End Property
End Class
Public Class Part
Private myPartId As String
Public Property PartId() As String
Get
Return myPartId
End Get
Set(ByVal Value As String)
myPartId = Value
End Set
End Property
End Class
