"Cor Ligthert [MVP]" <notmyfirstn***@planet.nl> wrote in message
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> Guy,
>
>> just discovered that the combination of visual inheritance and reflection
>> can
>> eliminate most of the databinding i would normally do, providing the
>> design
>> is right!
>>
>> and its only taken me 4 years lol
>>
> And your program is probably performing with the same speed as a VB6
> program.
>
> Cor
>

> make VB much more RAD akin to MS Access and might remove a lot of the
> tediousness with first time set up of forms. If Microsoft has tied the
> TableAdaptor to the Dataset, they might as well go the whole 9 yards.
>
> --
> -C. Moya
> www.cmoya.com

> Guy,
>
> > just discovered that the combination of visual inheritance and reflection
> > can
> > eliminate most of the databinding i would normally do, providing the
> > design
> > is right!
> >
> > and its only taken me 4 years lol
> >
> And your program is probably performing with the same speed as a VB6
> program.
>
> Cor
>
>
>

"spamsux@spamsux.net" wrote:

> In article <#nD1xiuOGHA.1***@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl>,
> notmyfirstn***@planet.nl says...
> > Guy,
> >
> > > just discovered that the combination of visual inheritance and reflection
> > > can
> > > eliminate most of the databinding i would normally do, providing the
> > > design
> > > is right!
> > >
> > > and its only taken me 4 years lol
> > >
> > And your program is probably performing with the same speed as a VB6
> > program.
> >
> > Cor
> >
> >
> >
>
>
> I'm intrigued do you have an example you could share?
>

"guy" <g**@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B7DA1FBA-D044-463A-A03F-6DCFF2D1B877@microsoft.com...
> hi,
> cant give you the code as its in a number of methods in a couple of
> classes
> but:-
> in the base form...
> load event get a hashtable of all the controls you might want to bind to
> add an event handler that binds to the leave event or similar (1 handler
> for
> all the controls) that handler can then use reflection to update the
> appropriate property in the business object.
> declare a business object of base type
> write a display method that uses reflection to display all the properies
> in
> the business object, call this from the event raised in the business
> object
> (below)
> ensure that when you name controls in the form they correspond to property
> names in the business class, with + txt, lbl or whatever
>
> in the base business class...
> raie an event when any property you are interested in changes value
>
> thats pretty much it (written at 3am so i may have missed a few bits!)
>
> drop me an email to guy.omitt***@hotmail.com and i will send you the code
> when i have it fully tidied up
>
> cheers
>
> guy

"Pieter" wrote:

> So you're not really using DataBinding, but just updating the appropriate
> Property when a control changes?
> And how does it work when one of the property's of your business object
> changes, and the Form must be updated?
>
> Pieter
>
> "guy" <g**@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:B7DA1FBA-D044-463A-A03F-6DCFF2D1B877@microsoft.com...
> > hi,
> > cant give you the code as its in a number of methods in a couple of
> > classes
> > but:-
> > in the base form...
> > load event get a hashtable of all the controls you might want to bind to
> > add an event handler that binds to the leave event or similar (1 handler
> > for
> > all the controls) that handler can then use reflection to update the
> > appropriate property in the business object.
> > declare a business object of base type
> > write a display method that uses reflection to display all the properies
> > in
> > the business object, call this from the event raised in the business
> > object
> > (below)
> > ensure that when you name controls in the form they correspond to property
> > names in the business class, with + txt, lbl or whatever
> >
> > in the base business class...
> > raie an event when any property you are interested in changes value
> >
> > thats pretty much it (written at 3am so i may have missed a few bits!)
> >
> > drop me an email to guy.omitt***@hotmail.com and i will send you the code
> > when i have it fully tidied up
> >
> > cheers
> >
> > guy
>
>
>