Chapter 11. Manual Data Binding in Windows Forms

After completing this chapter, you will be able to:

  • Use various methods to simple-bind control properties.

  • Use various methods to complex-bind control properties.

  • Use CurrencyManager properties.

  • Use the Binding object's properties.

In previous chapters we have bound data to controls on Windows Forms, but we haven't really looked at the process in any detail. We'll begin to do that in this chapter by examining the underlying mechanisms used to bind controls to Microsoft ADO.NET data sources. We'll continue our examination in Chapter 12.

Understanding Data Binding in Windows Forms

The Microsoft .NET Framework provides an extremely powerful and flexible mechanism for binding data to control properties. Although ...

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