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> Hi all.
>
> I'd like any suggestions on how I can get my data set (not a DataSet)
> bound to a couple of controls on a form.  Let me start by describing
> what my data looks like.  Each entry correlates to a piece of equipment
> and has the following information:
>
> Two strings, one for a system name and one for equipment name
> An integer
> An ArrayList (which will contain only strings)
>
> Each data entry has an associated TreeNode and is a child node to a
> 'system' node.  Each node is in a hashtable which then points to the
> 'equipment's data set.
>
> When the user clicks on an 'equipment' node, I'd like to display just
> its data (the integer, and the array list).  When a 'system' node is
> selected, I'd like to display all of the strings in the arraylists of
> that system, and a MIN function of that system's integers.
>
> I thought it would be awesome if I could store the entries in a
> dataTable (one row per piece of equipment), bind columns to Text and
> ListBoxes.  Then when a user selects a node, I find it's system &
> equipment name (hashtable lookup to get a datarow), then simply change
> the datatable's rowFilter string to display only the selected piece of
> equipment or only the selected table's equipment.
>
> That all almost works great.  However, the list boxes I am using call
> the ToString method of each arrayList instead of displaying each string
> within the arrayList. (so I get a list of 'System.ArrayList' entries).
>
> Does anyone have any workarounds, or suggestions as to better
> arrainging my datastructure (such as a custom class instead of a table,
> forget data binding, etc)
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Kevin
>

> Kevin,
>
> The first thing that you need to bind are properties.
>
> Therefore a strongly typed generic list will probably be better.
>
> Cor
>
> <kevinwo***@gmail.com> schreef in bericht
> news:1161362202.821203.7620@e3g2000cwe.googlegroups.com...
> > Hi all.
> >
> > I'd like any suggestions on how I can get my data set (not a DataSet)
> > bound to a couple of controls on a form.  Let me start by describing
> > what my data looks like.  Each entry correlates to a piece of equipment
> > and has the following information:
> >
> > Two strings, one for a system name and one for equipment name
> > An integer
> > An ArrayList (which will contain only strings)
> >
> > Each data entry has an associated TreeNode and is a child node to a
> > 'system' node.  Each node is in a hashtable which then points to the
> > 'equipment's data set.
> >
> > When the user clicks on an 'equipment' node, I'd like to display just
> > its data (the integer, and the array list).  When a 'system' node is
> > selected, I'd like to display all of the strings in the arraylists of
> > that system, and a MIN function of that system's integers.
> >
> > I thought it would be awesome if I could store the entries in a
> > dataTable (one row per piece of equipment), bind columns to Text and
> > ListBoxes.  Then when a user selects a node, I find it's system &
> > equipment name (hashtable lookup to get a datarow), then simply change
> > the datatable's rowFilter string to display only the selected piece of
> > equipment or only the selected table's equipment.
> >
> > That all almost works great.  However, the list boxes I am using call
> > the ToString method of each arrayList instead of displaying each string
> > within the arrayList. (so I get a list of 'System.ArrayList' entries).
> >
> > Does anyone have any workarounds, or suggestions as to better
> > arrainging my datastructure (such as a custom class instead of a table,
> > forget data binding, etc)
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > Kevin
> >

news:1161366396.446490.8250@i3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
> Thanks for the reply,
>
> Are you suggesting that instead of storing my entries in a datatable,
> store them in a custom generic list, or rather, instead of using array
> lists to store the strings, using a generic list there?  If its the
> later, wouldn't I have the same problem in that, I can't get the
> binding control to iterate for each string within the collections?
>
> Regards,
>
> Kevin
>
>
> Cor Ligthert [MVP] wrote:
>> Kevin,
>>
>> The first thing that you need to bind are properties.
>>
>> Therefore a strongly typed generic list will probably be better.
>>
>> Cor
>>
>> <kevinwo***@gmail.com> schreef in bericht
>> news:1161362202.821203.7620@e3g2000cwe.googlegroups.com...
>> > Hi all.
>> >
>> > I'd like any suggestions on how I can get my data set (not a DataSet)
>> > bound to a couple of controls on a form.  Let me start by describing
>> > what my data looks like.  Each entry correlates to a piece of equipment
>> > and has the following information:
>> >
>> > Two strings, one for a system name and one for equipment name
>> > An integer
>> > An ArrayList (which will contain only strings)
>> >
>> > Each data entry has an associated TreeNode and is a child node to a
>> > 'system' node.  Each node is in a hashtable which then points to the
>> > 'equipment's data set.
>> >
>> > When the user clicks on an 'equipment' node, I'd like to display just
>> > its data (the integer, and the array list).  When a 'system' node is
>> > selected, I'd like to display all of the strings in the arraylists of
>> > that system, and a MIN function of that system's integers.
>> >
>> > I thought it would be awesome if I could store the entries in a
>> > dataTable (one row per piece of equipment), bind columns to Text and
>> > ListBoxes.  Then when a user selects a node, I find it's system &
>> > equipment name (hashtable lookup to get a datarow), then simply change
>> > the datatable's rowFilter string to display only the selected piece of
>> > equipment or only the selected table's equipment.
>> >
>> > That all almost works great.  However, the list boxes I am using call
>> > the ToString method of each arrayList instead of displaying each string
>> > within the arrayList. (so I get a list of 'System.ArrayList' entries).
>> >
>> > Does anyone have any workarounds, or suggestions as to better
>> > arrainging my datastructure (such as a custom class instead of a table,
>> > forget data binding, etc)
>> >
>> > Thanks in advance,
>> >
>> > Kevin
>> >
>