DataGrid - using ArrayList as DataSource

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Mark - 04 Dec 2004 20:46 GMT

Assume you create an ArrayList containing 10 instances of some class. Let's
say it's a Person class with public properties FirstName and LastName. You
then set a winform DataGrid's DataSource property to be the ArrayList.

A user selects the 6th row in the datagrid. I can find the values of the
cells that have been selected, but what I'd really like it to be able to get
a reference to the Person instance that's been selected in the DataGrid
without iterating through the entire collection looking for a matching
primary key or similar.

Is there a way to do this?

Thanks in advance.

Mark

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Claes Bergefall - 06 Dec 2004 08:44 GMT

The CurrencyManager.Current property should return
the actual object.

You can get the CurrencyManager with the following code:
myGrid.BindingContext(myDataSource, myDataMember)

/claes

> Assume you create an ArrayList containing 10 instances of some class. Let's
> say it's a Person class with public properties FirstName and LastName. You
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> Mark

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