Updated: January 2010
Notifies clients that a property value has changed.
Namespace:
System.ComponentModel
Assembly:
System (in System.dll)
'Usage
Dim instance As INotifyPropertyChanged
'Declaration
Public Interface INotifyPropertyChanged
The INotifyPropertyChanged interface is used to notify clients, typically binding clients, that a property value has changed.
For example, consider a Person object with a property called FirstName. To provide generic property-change notification, the Person type implements the INotifyPropertyChanged interface and raises a PropertyChanged event when FirstName is changed.
For change notification to occur in a binding between a bound client and a data source, your bound type should either:
Do not do both.
The following code example demonstrates the how to implement the INotifyPropertyChanged interface. When you run this example, you will notice the bound DataGridView control reflects the change in the data source without requiring the binding to be reset.
Imports System
Imports System.Collections.Generic
Imports System.ComponentModel
Imports System.Data
Imports System.Data.Common
Imports System.Diagnostics
Imports System.Drawing
Imports System.Data.SqlClient
Imports System.Windows.Forms
' This form demonstrates using a BindingSource to bind
' a list to a DataGridView control. The list does not
' raise change notifications, however the DemoCustomer type
' in the list does.
Public Class Form1
Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form
' This button causes the value of a list element to be changed.
Private changeItemBtn As New Button()
' This DataGridView control displays the contents of the list.
Private customersDataGridView As New DataGridView()
' This BindingSource binds the list to the DataGridView control.
Private customersBindingSource As New BindingSource()
Public Sub New()
' Set up the "Change Item" button.
Me.changeItemBtn.Text = "Change Item"
Me.changeItemBtn.Dock = DockStyle.Bottom
AddHandler Me.changeItemBtn.Click, AddressOf changeItemBtn_Click
Me.Controls.Add(Me.changeItemBtn)
' Set up the DataGridView.
customersDataGridView.Dock = DockStyle.Top
Me.Controls.Add(customersDataGridView)
Me.Size = New Size(800, 200)
AddHandler Me.Load, AddressOf Form1_Load
End Sub 'New
Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, _
ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Load
' Create and populate the list of DemoCustomer objects
' which will supply data to the DataGridView.
Dim customerList As New BindingList(Of DemoCustomer)
customerList.Add(DemoCustomer.CreateNewCustomer())
customerList.Add(DemoCustomer.CreateNewCustomer())
customerList.Add(DemoCustomer.CreateNewCustomer())
' Bind the list to the BindingSource.
Me.customersBindingSource.DataSource = customerList
' Attach the BindingSource to the DataGridView.
Me.customersDataGridView.DataSource = Me.customersBindingSource
End Sub 'Form1_Load
' This event handler changes the value of the CompanyName
' property for the first item in the list.
Private Sub changeItemBtn_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
' Get a reference to the list from the BindingSource.
Dim customerList As BindingList(Of DemoCustomer) = _
CType(customersBindingSource.DataSource, BindingList(Of DemoCustomer))
' Change the value of the CompanyName property for the
' first item in the list.
customerList(0).CustomerName = "Tailspin Toys"
End Sub
<STAThread()> _
Shared Sub Main()
Application.EnableVisualStyles()
Application.Run(New Form1())
End Sub
End Class
' This class implements a simple customer type
' that implements the IPropertyChange interface.
Public Class DemoCustomer
Implements INotifyPropertyChanged
' These fields hold the values for the public properties.
Private idValue As Guid = Guid.NewGuid()
Private customerNameValue As String = String.Empty
Private phoneNumberValue As String = String.Empty
Public Event PropertyChanged As PropertyChangedEventHandler _
Implements INotifyPropertyChanged.PropertyChanged
Private Sub NotifyPropertyChanged(ByVal info As String)
RaiseEvent PropertyChanged(Me, New PropertyChangedEventArgs(info))
End Sub
' The constructor is private to enforce the factory pattern.
Private Sub New()
customerNameValue = "Customer"
phoneNumberValue = "(555)555-5555"
End Sub
' This is the public factory method.
Public Shared Function CreateNewCustomer() As DemoCustomer
Return New DemoCustomer()
End Function
' This property represents an ID, suitable
' for use as a primary key in a database.
Public ReadOnly Property ID() As Guid
Get
Return Me.idValue
End Get
End Property
Public Property CustomerName() As String
Get
Return Me.customerNameValue
End Get
Set(ByVal value As String)
If Not (value = customerNameValue) Then
Me.customerNameValue = value
NotifyPropertyChanged("CustomerName")
End If
End Set
End Property
Public Property PhoneNumber() As String
Get
Return Me.phoneNumberValue
End Get
Set(ByVal value As String)
If Not (value = phoneNumberValue) Then
Me.phoneNumberValue = value
NotifyPropertyChanged("PhoneNumber")
End If
End Set
End Property
End Class
Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98, Windows CE, Windows Mobile for Smartphone, Windows Mobile for Pocket PC, Xbox 360, Zune
The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
.NET Framework
Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0
.NET Compact Framework
Supported in: 3.5, 2.0
XNA Framework
Supported in: 3.0, 2.0, 1.0
Reference
Date | History | Reason |
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January 2010
| Removed incorrect remark. |
Content bug fix.
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