BindingsCollection Class

Definition

Namespace:

System.Windows.Forms

Assembly:

System.Windows.Forms.dll

Represents a collection of Binding objects for a control.

public ref class BindingsCollection : System::Windows::Forms::BaseCollection

public class BindingsCollection : System.Windows.Forms.BaseCollection

type BindingsCollection = class
    inherit BaseCollection

Public Class BindingsCollection
Inherits BaseCollection

Inheritance

Object

MarshalByRefObject

BaseCollection

BindingsCollection

Derived

System.Windows.Forms.ControlBindingsCollection

Examples

The following example binds the Text property of a TextBox control to a field in a database.

private:
   void BindTextBoxControl()
   {
      DataSet^ myDataSet = gcnew DataSet;
      /* Insert code to populate the DataSet with tables, 
      columns, and data. */

      // Creates a new Binding object. 
      Binding^ myBinding = gcnew Binding(
         "Text",myDataSet,"customers.custToOrders.OrderAmount" );
      
      // Adds event delegates for the Parse and Format events.
      myBinding->Parse += gcnew ConvertEventHandler( this, &Form1::CurrencyToDecimal );
      myBinding->Format += gcnew ConvertEventHandler( this, &Form1::DecimalToCurrency );
      
      // Adds the new Binding to the BindingsCollection.
      text1->DataBindings->Add( myBinding );
   }

   void DecimalToCurrency( Object^ /*sender*/, ConvertEventArgs^ cevent )
   {
      /* This method is the Format event handler. Whenever the 
      control displays a new value, the value is converted from 
      its native Decimal type to a string. The ToString method 
      then formats the value as a Currency, by using the 
      formatting character "c". */
      cevent->Value = safe_cast<Decimal ^>(cevent->Value)->ToString(  "c" );
   }

   void CurrencyToDecimal( Object^ /*sender*/, ConvertEventArgs^ cevent )
   {
      /* This method is the Parse event handler. The Parse event 
      occurs whenever the displayed value changes. The static 
      Parse method of the Decimal structure converts the 
      string back to its native Decimal type. */
      cevent->Value = Decimal::Parse( cevent->Value->ToString(),
         NumberStyles::Currency, nullptr );
   }

private void BindTextBoxControl()
{
   DataSet myDataSet = new DataSet();
   /* Insert code to populate the DataSet with tables, 
   columns, and data. */

   // Creates a new Binding object. 
   Binding myBinding = new Binding
   ("Text", myDataSet, "customers.custToOrders.OrderAmount");

   // Adds event delegates for the Parse and Format events.
   myBinding.Parse += new ConvertEventHandler(CurrencyToDecimal);
   myBinding.Format += new ConvertEventHandler(DecimalToCurrency);

   // Adds the new Binding to the BindingsCollection.
   text1.DataBindings.Add(myBinding);
}

private void DecimalToCurrency(object sender, 
   ConvertEventArgs cevent)
{
   /* This method is the Format event handler. Whenever the 
   control displays a new value, the value is converted from 
   its native Decimal type to a string. The ToString method 
   then formats the value as a Currency, by using the 
   formatting character "c". */
   cevent.Value = ((decimal) cevent.Value).ToString("c");
}

private void CurrencyToDecimal(object sender, 
   ConvertEventArgs cevent)
{   
   /* This method is the Parse event handler. The Parse event 
   occurs whenever the displayed value changes. The static 
   Parse method of the Decimal structure converts the 
   string back to its native Decimal type. */
   cevent.Value = Decimal.Parse(cevent.Value.ToString(),
   NumberStyles.Currency, null);
}

Private Sub BindTextBoxControl()
   Dim myDataSet As New DataSet()
   ' Insert code to populate the DataSet with tables, columns, and data.

   ' Creates a new Binding object. 
   Dim myBinding As New Binding("Text", myDataSet, _
   "customers.custToOrders.OrderAmount")
   
   ' Adds event delegates for the Parse and Format events.
   AddHandler myBinding.Parse, AddressOf CurrencyToDecimal
   AddHandler myBinding.Format, AddressOf DecimalToCurrency
     
   ' Adds the new Binding to the BindingsCollection.
   text1.DataBindings.Add(myBinding)
End Sub 
    
Private Sub DecimalToCurrency(sender As Object, _
   cevent As ConvertEventArgs)
   ' This method is the Format event handler. Whenever the
   ' control displays a new value, the value is converted from
   ' its native Decimal type to a string. The ToString method
   ' then formats the value as a Currency, by using the
   ' formatting character "c". 
   cevent.Value = CDec(cevent.Value).ToString("c")
End Sub 
    
Private Sub CurrencyToDecimal(sender As Object, _
cevent As ConvertEventArgs)
   ' This method is the Parse event handler. The Parse event
   ' occurs whenever the displayed value changes. The static
   ' Parse method of the Decimal structure converts the 
   ' string back to its native Decimal type. 
   cevent.Value = Decimal.Parse(cevent.Value.ToString(), _
   NumberStyles.Currency, nothing)
   End Sub

Remarks

Simple data binding is accomplished by adding Binding objects to a BindingsCollection. Any object that inherits from the Control class can access the BindingsCollection through the DataBindings property. For a list of Windows controls that support data binding, see the Binding class.

Properties

Count	Gets the total number of bindings in the collection.
IsReadOnly	Gets a value indicating whether the collection is read-only. (Inherited from BaseCollection)
IsSynchronized	Gets a value indicating whether access to the ICollection is synchronized. (Inherited from BaseCollection)
Item[Int32]	Gets the Binding at the specified index.
List	Gets the bindings in the collection as an object.
SyncRoot	Gets an object that can be used to synchronize access to the BaseCollection. (Inherited from BaseCollection)

Methods

Add(Binding)	Adds the specified binding to the collection.
AddCore(Binding)	Adds a Binding to the collection.
Clear()	Clears the collection of binding objects.
ClearCore()	Clears the collection of any members.
CopyTo(Array, Int32)	Copies all the elements of the current one-dimensional Array to the specified one-dimensional Array starting at the specified destination Array index. (Inherited from BaseCollection)
CreateObjRef(Type)	Creates an object that contains all the relevant information required to generate a proxy used to communicate with a remote object. (Inherited from MarshalByRefObject)
Equals(Object)	Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object. (Inherited from Object)
GetEnumerator()	Gets the object that enables iterating through the members of the collection. (Inherited from BaseCollection)
GetHashCode()	Serves as the default hash function. (Inherited from Object)
GetLifetimeService()	Retrieves the current lifetime service object that controls the lifetime policy for this instance. (Inherited from MarshalByRefObject)
GetType()	Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object)
InitializeLifetimeService()	Obtains a lifetime service object to control the lifetime policy for this instance. (Inherited from MarshalByRefObject)
MemberwiseClone()	Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object)
MemberwiseClone(Boolean)	Creates a shallow copy of the current MarshalByRefObject object. (Inherited from MarshalByRefObject)
OnCollectionChanged(CollectionChangeEventArgs)	Raises the CollectionChanged event.
OnCollectionChanging(CollectionChangeEventArgs)	Raises the CollectionChanging event.
Remove(Binding)	Deletes the specified binding from the collection.
RemoveAt(Int32)	Deletes the binding from the collection at the specified index.
RemoveCore(Binding)	Removes the specified Binding from the collection.
ShouldSerializeMyAll()	Gets a value that indicates whether the collection should be serialized.
ToString()	Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object)

Events

CollectionChanged	Occurs when the collection has changed.
CollectionChanging	Occurs when the collection is about to change.

Extension Methods

See also

• CurrencyManager