Filtering a bindingsource 1

[wawalter]

Hello,

I am using a DataGridView databound to a BindingSource to bind to a List Collection. The binding works and I can update my List.

Now, I'm trying to get it to filter the List when I load in to the datagridview. The BindingSource has a filter property, but from what I read I think that only works out of the box with a DataSet/Table not a List collection.

How can I (or can I) use the BindingSource to filter the data coming from my List without breaking the binding?

Thanks,
Bill

 

[jmeckley]

i don't work in the desktop world,and know nothing about the BindingSource object. that said, could you query the object creating the List<> and reset the BindingSource?

Jason Meckley
Programmer
Specialty Bakers, Inc.

 

[wawalter]

That is pretty much what I ended up doing. I made a copy of my original List<> and changed the data source to point to that. I was afraid I'd lose the data bindings ability to make changes to the original list but it my copy must be a reference to the original because any changes I make on the grid are reflected in the original.

I think I should be able to implement IBindingListView and filter my original list, but it is working now, so I'll come back to that later (maybe).

Thanks for the reply,
Bill