DataSource and Interfaces

[John Richardson]

This is probably a yes/no answer...

I have a datasource for a combobox, and my datasource is an IList. This
list may be composed of two class types, but all implement an INavItem
interface consisting of an ID, and Display field.

Can I specify an interface for the Display/ValueMember fields? I can't seem
to add "INavItem.Display" for the DisplayMember - doesn't work.
How does DisplayMember work through reflection to retrieve the display
values?

Thanks.

 

[Franky]

have you tried to just set "Display" as the DisplayMember. when you
should use a datatable you have to use the columnname as displaymember
and not datarow.columnname

gtz,
Dries

 

[John Richardson]

it's an IList of type ArrayList, and I have two types of custom classes. I
think the answer is no on this one.

It doesn't matter... I ditched the DataSource binding technique anyways due
to serious gimpiness on the part of the combobox control (ie: the .Text
property not matching the display when the Display is not an item in the
list!!!), and opted for a manual insertion of items to the .Items
collection. It seems that every time I try to save time with databinding, I
get burned. It's really not much of a time saver when you factor in
debugging.