I am trying to set up a datagrid combobox column to get the display member
given the value member when the datasource is a BindingList(Of T).
I expanded on a MS example for the BindingList, and am attempting to use
reflection to get a property value from the instance that ...

I have a combobox binded to a Datatable
something like
combo.DataSource = dt.DefaultView;
combo.DisplayMember = "descField";

Using VS 2005 and Sql Server 2005.  I've created a datagrid using the
wizard, and told it to generate insert and update statements.  the datagrid
displays the data nicely, i can edit cells, and add new rows.  but these
changes do not get posted to the actual database. there must ...

I have a DataTable in my DataSet with a "datetime" Column. I can specify a
DefaultValue for this Column using a String such as "01/01/2006" etc but can
I set it to default to today?
Something like ".DefaultValue = DateTime.Today" but do this in the designer

I have a web service which returns a data table through a web method.
I also have a win form with a combo box. The combo box is linked to a
binding source - the binding source is linked to the web service. However,
when I open the form there is no data in the combo box.

I've got a small problem I can't find an answer to. I need to be able
to display multiple items in a combobox from a SQL generated field
(such as (SELECT     RTRIM(per_surname) + ', ' + RTRIM(per_first_name)
AS company_manager) and bind to the com_manager_per_id field (a FK to

I wrote a custom control which has a textbox inside it and it has a value
property which is bindable to a datasource.
In my sample screen, I have a datagrid and a bunch of my custom control. I
bind them to the same datasource so when the user moves in the rows of the

I have a DataGridView with three columns. The first two columns contain
ComboBoxes, the third column contains textboxes. The ComboBoxes of the
first column always have the same list of items, but in the second
column, the items depend on the selection of the cell in the first

is it possible to see wich controls are bound to a dataset ?
For example is it possible to see that a TextBox is bound to a field in a
datatable of a dataset ?
And i only know of the existense of the DataTable / DataSet

I have a combo box bound to a binding source wich is bound to a table. For
some reason the selectedvalue of the combo box doesn't show the correctt
value of the row the first time the form is showed. When I move to the next
row using a binding navigator the combobox selectedvalue ...

Still kind of new to .NET , and have been looking online for many hours
now on doing this. All I want to do is take a couple columns from a
view in a database, and bind it to a combo box. What's the simplest
method to do this, cause what I've been seeing so far all seems to get

I'm having some difficulties understanding the databindings.
I have a bindingsource on a form wich reads a dataset from the DB
on the form i have a record view and a datagridview dropped on it from the
datasources.

I am upgrading a Windows Forms app to ADO.NET 2.0 from 1.1.  I tried using a
background worker to load my dataset for a particular form in a separate
thread, being careful not to try to update the UI from this thread.  The form
loads and works well, but hangs when I hit the close ...

I have a form with a checkbox that is bound to a System.Boolean field in a
data table.  I also have a handler for the DataRowChange event.
When I check or uncheck the checkbox the DataRowChange handler is not
called.  If I call EndCurrentEdit() the handler also does not fire.

is there a way to bind a textbox in such a way so that its text is a
concatination of two fields from a dataset?
To be more specific, I need to have a textbox with Full Name, but in
the database I have a field for First Name and a field for Last Name.