BindingSource Class

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace BindingSourceExamples
{
    public class Form1 : Form
    {
        [STAThread]
        static void Main()
        {
            Application.EnableVisualStyles();
            Application.Run(new Form1());
        }

        public Form1()
        {
            this.Load += new EventHandler(Form1_Load);
        }

        private TextBox textBox1;
        private Button button1;
        private ListBox listBox1;

        private BindingSource binding1;
        void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            listBox1 = new ListBox();
            textBox1 = new TextBox();
            binding1 = new BindingSource();
            button1 = new Button();
            listBox1.Location = new Point(140, 25);
            listBox1.Size = new Size(123, 160);
            textBox1.Location = new Point(23, 70);
            textBox1.Size = new Size(100, 20);
            textBox1.Text = "Wingdings";
            button1.Location = new Point(23, 25);
            button1.Size = new Size(75, 23);
            button1.Text = "Search";
            button1.Click += new EventHandler(this.button1_Click);
            this.ClientSize = new Size(292, 266);
            this.Controls.Add(this.button1);
            this.Controls.Add(this.textBox1);
            this.Controls.Add(this.listBox1);

            MyFontList fonts = new MyFontList();
            for (int i = 0; i < FontFamily.Families.Length; i++)
            {
                if (FontFamily.Families[i].IsStyleAvailable(FontStyle.Regular))
                    fonts.Add(new Font(FontFamily.Families[i], 11.0F, FontStyle.Regular));
            }
            binding1.DataSource = fonts;
            listBox1.DataSource = binding1;
            listBox1.DisplayMember = "Name";

        }


        private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            if (binding1.SupportsSearching != true)
                MessageBox.Show("Cannot search the list.");
            else
            {
                int foundIndex = binding1.Find("Name", textBox1.Text);
                if (foundIndex > -1)
                    listBox1.SelectedIndex = foundIndex;
                else
                    MessageBox.Show("Font was not found.");
            }
        }
    }

    public class MyFontList : BindingList<Font>
    {

        protected override bool SupportsSearchingCore
        {
            get { return true; }
        }
        protected override int FindCore(PropertyDescriptor prop, object key)
        {
            // Ignore the prop value and search by family name. 
            for (int i = 0; i < Count; ++i)
            {
                if (Items[i].FontFamily.Name.ToLower() == ((string)key).ToLower())
                    return i;

            }
            return -1;
        }


    }

}