Re: How to Bind List<> to GridView with Custom Objects

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You can just set the DataSource to be a List<MyObject> and DataBind. You
won't get any help with setting up the columns at design time if you do it
that way - you'll have type in all the details. If you want design time
help consider using an ObjectDataSource that points to a method that returns
the list.

Nick



"Jonathan Wood" <jwood@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I see that I can create a List<string> list and bind it to a GridView
control (by setting the DataSource property to the list and calling the
DataBind method).

What's the trick to doing the same thing with my own classes instead of a
simple string? Is there an interface or something I can implement so that
the GridView control can detect the properties of my object and display
them ?

Thanks.

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Jonathan Wood
SoftCircuits Programming
http://www.softcircuits.com



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