I have two simple classes:
public class Customer
{
public String CustomerID { get; set; }
public String Forename { get; set; }
public String Surname { get; set; }
}
and
public class Order
{
public String OrderID { get; set; }
public Decimal Value { get; set; }
public Customer OrderedBy { get; set; }
}
I then create a list of Customer objects:
List<Customer> customers = new List<Customer>();
customers.Add(new Customer() { CustomerID = "1", Forename = "John", Surname = "Smith"});
customers.Add(new Customer() { CustomerID = "2", Forename = "Jeremy", Surname = "Smith" });
And I have a combo box, against which I set the data source to be my list of Customers, and the DisplayMember to be the Forename property of the Customer object:
comboBox1.DisplayMember = "Forename";
comboBox1.DataSource = customers;
And the result is a combo box with two items, "John" and "Jeremy". Up to now I'm not too confused.
What I would like to be able to do though, is set the "OrderedBy" property of an instance of Order, based on the selection from the Combobox - Can complex types be bound to ComboBoxes like this?
I've tried this, but it doesnt seem to be updating the OrderedBy property of the Order instance:
Order myOrder = new Order();
comboBox1.DataBindings.Add("SelectedItem", myOrder, "OrderedBy");
I dont know if what I'm trying to do is possible, or if it is beyond the capabilities of Data Binding in WinForms.
I'd like to avoid having to update my Order object as part of an event handler on the ComboBox, and solely use Data Binding if possible.
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