Bind or show object properties values in datagridview rows?

Question

Hallo I am looking for a way to bind object properties to data grid view row items . for example i have sample class like blow

Public Class Sample

Public Readonly Property Prop1 as integer
Public Readonly Property Prop2 as integer

End Class 

and a datagridview with 3 columns which shows the description and value of the Prop1 and Prop2 and may be i can hide the property column

Property Description Value
Prop1 Description 1 xx
Prop2 Description 2 xx

Is there a way to do this so that the properties values are always synced/changes immediately? Thanks.

Answer 1

Hi,
you can use Reflection to get names and values of properties for displaying in Datagrid like in following demo:

Imports System.Reflection

Public Class Form10

  Private dgv As New DataGridView With {.Dock = DockStyle.Fill, .AutoGenerateColumns = True}

  Private Sub Form1_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
    Me.Controls.Add(dgv)
    '
    Dim s As New Sample
    '
    dgv.DataSource = New PropertyList(s)
  End Sub

  Private Class PropertyList
    Inherits List(Of PropertyItem)
    Public Sub New(obj As Object)
      For Each prop In obj.GetType().GetProperties(BindingFlags.Public Or BindingFlags.Instance)
        Me.Add(New PropertyItem(obj, prop))
      Next
    End Sub
  End Class

  Public Class PropertyItem
    Public Sub New(obj As Object, prop As PropertyInfo)
      Me._obj = obj
      Me._prop = prop
    End Sub
    Private _obj As Object
    Private _prop As PropertyInfo
    Public ReadOnly Property PropertyName As String
      Get
        Return Me._prop.Name
      End Get
    End Property
    Public ReadOnly Property PropertyValue As Object
      Get
        Return Me._prop.GetValue(Me._obj)
      End Get
    End Property
  End Class

  Public Class Sample
    Public ReadOnly Property Prop1 As Integer = 1
    Public ReadOnly Property Prop2 As Integer = 2
  End Class

End Class

Answer 2

Thanks Karen and Peter for the answer . I wanted to mark both as answer but i could not mark it in this forum.