BindingSource.SupportsSearching Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Windows.Forms

Assembly:

System.Windows.Forms.dll

Source:

BindingSource.cs

Gets a value indicating whether the data source supports searching with the Find(PropertyDescriptor, Object) method.

C#

[System.ComponentModel.Browsable(false)]
public virtual bool SupportsSearching { get; }

Property Value

Boolean

true if the list is a IBindingList and supports the searching with the Find method; otherwise, false.

Implements

SupportsSearching

Attributes

BrowsableAttribute

Examples

The following code example demonstrates how to use the SupportsSearching member. For the complete example see the class overview topic.

C#

private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    if (!binding1.SupportsSearching)
    {
        MessageBox.Show("Cannot search the list.");
    }
    else
    {
        int foundIndex = binding1.Find("Name", textBox1.Text);
        if (foundIndex > -1)
            listBox1.SelectedIndex = foundIndex;
        else
            MessageBox.Show("Font was not found.");
    }
}

Remarks

If the data source is not an IBindingList, SupportsSearching always returns false.

Applies to