Developing and Implementing Windows®-Based Applications with Visual C#™ .NET and Visual Studio® .NET Exam Cram™ 2 (Exam 70-316)

Binding Data to the User Interface

The process of data binding involves creating a link between the data model and the user interface. Depending on your application's requirement, you may use different techniques for databinding:

• Simple data binding

• Complex data binding

• One-way and Two-way data binding

• The Data Form Wizard

Simple Data Binding

Simple data binding involves connecting a single value from the data model to a single property of a control. By default, a new control is unbound. To bind a control, you can add a new Binding object to its ControlDataBindings collection, which is accessed through its DataBinding property. Using the Add method for the Binding class requires the following information:

• The name of the bound property

• The data source ...