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Control::DataBindings Property
Visual Studio 2010
Gets the data bindings for the control.
Assembly: System.Windows.Forms (in System.Windows.Forms.dll)
public: virtual property ControlBindingsCollection^ DataBindings { ControlBindingsCollection^ get () sealed; }
Property Value
Type: System.Windows.Forms::ControlBindingsCollectionA ControlBindingsCollection that contains the Binding objects for the control.
Implements
IBindableComponent::DataBindingsUse the DataBindings property to access the ControlBindingsCollection. By adding Binding objects to the collection, you can bind any property of a control to the property of an object.
The following code example adds Binding objects to the ControlBindingsCollection of five controls: four TextBox controls and a DateTimePicker control. The ControlBindingsCollection is accessed through the DataBindings property of the Control class.
void BindControls() { /* Create two Binding objects for the first two TextBox controls. The data-bound property for both controls is the Text property. The data source is a DataSet (ds). The data member is specified by a navigation path in the form : TableName.ColumnName. */ textBox1->DataBindings->Add( gcnew Binding( "Text",ds,"customers.custName" ) ); textBox2->DataBindings->Add( gcnew Binding( "Text",ds,"customers.custID" ) ); /* Bind the DateTimePicker control by adding a new Binding. The data member of the DateTimePicker is specified by a navigation path in the form: TableName.RelationName.ColumnName. */ DateTimePicker1->DataBindings->Add( gcnew Binding( "Value",ds,"customers.CustToOrders.OrderDate" ) ); /* Create a new Binding using the DataSet and a navigation path(TableName.RelationName.ColumnName). Add event delegates for the Parse and Format events to the Binding object, and add the object to the third TextBox control's BindingsCollection. The delegates must be added before adding the Binding to the collection; otherwise, no formatting occurs until the Current object of the BindingManagerBase for the data source changes. */ Binding^ b = gcnew Binding( "Text",ds,"customers.custToOrders.OrderAmount" ); b->Parse += gcnew ConvertEventHandler( this, &Form1::CurrencyStringToDecimal ); b->Format += gcnew ConvertEventHandler( this, &Form1::DecimalToCurrencyString ); textBox3->DataBindings->Add( b ); /*Bind the fourth TextBox to the Value of the DateTimePicker control. This demonstrates how one control can be bound to another.*/ textBox4->DataBindings->Add( "Text", DateTimePicker1, "Value" ); BindingManagerBase^ bmText = this->BindingContext[ DateTimePicker1 ]; /* Print the Type of the BindingManagerBase, which is a PropertyManager because the data source returns only a single property value. */ Console::WriteLine( bmText->GetType() ); // Print the count of managed objects, which is 1. Console::WriteLine( bmText->Count ); // Get the BindingManagerBase for the Customers table. bmCustomers = this->BindingContext[ds, "Customers"]; /* Print the Type and count of the BindingManagerBase. Because the data source inherits from IBindingList, it is a RelatedCurrencyManager (derived from CurrencyManager). */ Console::WriteLine( bmCustomers->GetType() ); Console::WriteLine( bmCustomers->Count ); /* Get the BindingManagerBase for the Orders of the current customer using a navigation path: TableName.RelationName. */ bmOrders = this->BindingContext[ds, "customers.CustToOrders"]; }
Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2
The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
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