I am trying to decide whether to use a
system.ComponentModel.BindingList(of T) or a
Sytem.Collections.Generic.List(of T) for a custom collection. In
testing a simple, read-only data binding to a data grid view - they
both work. Are there aspects of databinding that the regular list will
not support and vice-versa, is there any reason to choose a regular
list over the bindinglist? -Jeff

The bindinglist implements the IBindingList interface, so it has a bunch of
properties, methods, events, etc., that you can use. If you don't need
them, a generic list(Of T) will work fine.

For example, I use business objects, and I create BindingList(Of Customer)
to bind to a datagridview so I can capture the update events.

Robin S.
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"jwilson128" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>I am trying to decide whether to use a
> system.ComponentModel.BindingList(of T) or a
> Sytem.Collections.Generic.List(of T) for a custom collection. In
> testing a simple, read-only data binding to a data grid view - they
> both work. Are there aspects of databinding that the regular list will
> not support and vice-versa, is there any reason to choose a regular
> list over the bindinglist? -Jeff
>

On Feb 23, 10:50 am, "RobinS" <Rob...@NoSpam.yah.none> wrote:
> The bindinglist implements the IBindingList interface, so it has a bunch of
> properties, methods, events, etc., that you can use. If you don't need
> them, a generic list(Of T) will work fine.
>
> For example, I use business objects, and I create BindingList(Of Customer)
> to bind to a datagridview so I can capture the update events.
>
> Robin S.
> Ts'i mahnu uterna ot twan ot geifur hingts uto.
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> >I am trying to decide whether to use a
> > system.ComponentModel.BindingList(of T) or a
> > Sytem.Collections.Generic.List(of T) for a custom collection. In
> > testing a simple, read-only data binding to a data grid view - they
> > both work. Are there aspects of databinding that the regular list will
> > not support and vice-versa, is there any reason to choose a regular
> > list over the bindinglist? -Jeff- Hide quoted text -
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So I'm not giving anything up by using the bindinglist as opposed to
the regular list?

"jwilson128" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> On Feb 23, 10:50 am, "RobinS" <Rob...@NoSpam.yah.none> wrote:
>> The bindinglist implements the IBindingList interface, so it has a bunch
>> of
>> properties, methods, events, etc., that you can use. If you don't need
>> them, a generic list(Of T) will work fine.
>>
>> For example, I use business objects, and I create BindingList(Of
>> Customer)
>> to bind to a datagridview so I can capture the update events.
>>
>> Robin S.
>> Ts'i mahnu uterna ot twan ot geifur hingts uto.
>> -----------------------------------------------"jwilson128"
>> <jwilson...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>> >I am trying to decide whether to use a
>> > system.ComponentModel.BindingList(of T) or a
>> > Sytem.Collections.Generic.List(of T) for a custom collection. In
>> > testing a simple, read-only data binding to a data grid view - they
>> > both work. Are there aspects of databinding that the regular list will
>> > not support and vice-versa, is there any reason to choose a regular
>> > list over the bindinglist? -Jeff- Hide quoted text -
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>> - Show quoted text -
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> So I'm not giving anything up by using the bindinglist as opposed to
> the regular list?
>

I think a BindingList is kind of like a regular list on steroids. ;-)

The performance might not be as good, but I doubt it would be noticeable.

Robin S.

jWilson,

Are we not talking about apples and pears.

A generic list is a collection class.
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/6sh2ey19.aspx

The Bindinglist a more generic way of using databinding
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms132679.aspx

In other words a generic list can be bind to da bindingsource, however as
well using the generic bindinglist (I never did the latter by the way).

Cor

"jwilson128" <(E-Mail Removed)> schreef in bericht
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>I am trying to decide whether to use a
> system.ComponentModel.BindingList(of T) or a
> Sytem.Collections.Generic.List(of T) for a custom collection. In
> testing a simple, read-only data binding to a data grid view - they
> both work. Are there aspects of databinding that the regular list will
> not support and vice-versa, is there any reason to choose a regular
> list over the bindinglist? -Jeff
>

I'm not sure I understand - please let me attempt to clarify:

I have a custom business object call Loan. I then want to implement a
custom collection of Loan objects where i can further define business
logic that relates to the collection. Knowing that i will want to bind
the collection of Loans to a form datagrid, should I implement my
custom collection (and relating business logic) using a BindingList as
opposed to a generic List? If this line of thinking is off, I'd love
to understand why? Thanks. -Jeff

Yes, you should use a BindingList(Of Loan). Define your class like this:

Public Class LoanList
Inherits BindingList(Of Loan)

End Class

If you want to figure out how to do upgrades to a DataGridView bound to
your LoanList, check out Brian Noyes' Data Binding book. You can post
back, and if I can figure out how to condense it, I'll post it.

Robin S.
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"jwilson128" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I'm not sure I understand - please let me attempt to clarify:
>
> I have a custom business object call Loan. I then want to implement a
> custom collection of Loan objects where i can further define business
> logic that relates to the collection. Knowing that i will want to bind
> the collection of Loans to a form datagrid, should I implement my
> custom collection (and relating business logic) using a BindingList as
> opposed to a generic List? If this line of thinking is off, I'd love
> to understand why? Thanks. -Jeff
>