Binding Inherited Objects To Form?
Dec 15, 2010
I'm currently working on binding an objects properties to fields on a Form. Whilst I have managed to get it so that I can get standard objects to bind, I am having a problem figuring out how I would go about binding an inherited object.
For example, if I had a Client class (the parent class) and then two sub-classes called CompanyClient and IndividualClient. The CompanyClient would have an extra field company name for example.The problem I'm having is that I'm not certain how to set up the binding, as if I set up the binding against the Client class then I would be missing the Company Name property for the CompanyClient, if I set up against the CompanyClient, then it wouldn't work with the IndividualClient as it doesn't have all the fields.
I know I could get around this by having different forms for each of the different Client types, but as almost all of the properties are the same I would like to avoid this if I can.I was wondering whether anyone knows how I might be able to go about doing this
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Sep 2, 2011
I have a class, Vehicle. I created two child classes, Car and Plane. I want to monitor the speed, which is a Vehicle Property, and bind it to a control (label, or image, for example) in WPF. When i create a static Class which only purpose is watching the Speed Property, it works, as far as the INotifyPropertyChanged is declared with the Speed Property name.
But the problem is, I have to create dynamicly multiple Cars and Planes by looking in an XML file and deserializing my objects, and creating multiple Car or Plane UserControl (Let's not discuss this way of working, please). So I have to get the Speed property inside the Vehicle Class (which is normal), and I have to get a INotifyPropertyChanged on each Speed of each Vehicle Created. So, my Cars and Planes are loaded, and I have to get all speeds, but I can't create a static Speed property by Vehicle. By the way, by creating a non-static Speed property (as int, for example) in Vehicle Class with INotifyPropertyChanged raised in the setter, it does not work. The event seems to be raised, but my converter is not fired, and my controls does not update.
In my Vehicle Class
Private SpeedValue As Integer
<XmlIgnore()>
Public Property Speed() As Short
Get
[Code]....
The PlaneView Class is almost the same for this part.
I confirm that the converter is fired just once, the first time, when the tabs are created, because I put a breakpoint on the Convert function definition. After that, the converter is never fired again. So the picture img_fonctionnement is displayed, but it is never updated. But the Speed property is updated, I swear. And the INotifyPropertyChanged (in Speed's setter) is raised, as far as i know with the help of the debugger.
And the "an item with the same key has already been added" (which appears in a messageBox, and not as an exception) seems to appear only when I am to long with the debugger. In normal execution mode, it never shows.
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Jun 3, 2009
In re-engineering a windows forms application, I find that a lot of code-behind in the various form classes is duplicative and I'm trying to centralize as many procedures as possible into a base class which can be inherited and used by the subclassed forms.
This process seems to be going well and is making the code in my subclasses much simpler and hopefully easier to maintain, but I'm not sure where to draw the line between leaving code in the subclasses and engineering for generic resusability and moving it to the base class.
Specifically, in some subclasses I have code which manipulates variables and objects specific to the subclass, and although I could move the code-behind into the base class, the base class code references specific objects which are needed to compile. For example, each subclass manipulates a databound datagridview and form detail controls which allows the user to select between multi-record and detailed single-record views of a datatable.
In Visual Basic 2008 do I need to declare dummy data objects in the base class so that the base class will compile? Or is there a way to indicate that the data objects will be provided by the subclass?
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Jun 24, 2010
I have a base form and I inherit other forms from it. However, if i go back and change say the size of the base form, I don't see those changes take effect in my inherited forms. Does anyone know why that is? Is there a solution to this issue?So as far as design is goes, what exactly gets inherited by other forms?
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Aug 24, 2011
VS2008 targeting .Net 3.5x. I have a combobox with a datasource and display member set, and when I run the project, I see the items. I am also binding the selected item to another object which contains the item upon which I want to select. I have verified that both the bound object and its underlying data contain the value I expect. The problem is that I cannot get it to select the correct item - it only ever selects the first item in the list.
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Jul 28, 2010
I have a class from where I need to set objects in another form?
Form1:
vb.net
Function SetMyObject(ByVal frmTarget As Object)
frmTarget.PictureBox1 = Form1.PictureBox1
End Function
(Not tested code, just wrote to show what I mean)So that's the late binding one.I should also say that the frmTarget variable isn't static so thats why I can't make something like Form2.PictureBox1 = Form1.PictureBox1
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Jan 24, 2012
I have a GUI which allows the user to select a report to view/edit. When the user selects a report, it shows the Items in the report. The Item has many properties - most of which are binding properly. One of the properties is Owner, and this is bound to a ComboBoxColumn.
Report
Items
Owner
I have done something very similar to this a few times and had no problems when I set the DataPropertyName, DataSource, ValueMember, and DisplayMember. The only difference is that this time instead of the Item type having an OwnderID it actually has an instance of the Owner object.giving the items bound in the list a self-referencing property that allows them to return themselves for the purposes of setting the ValueMember.However, When I bind it this way:
OwnerColumn.DataPropertyName = "Owner"
OwnerColumn.DataSource = ownersBindingSource1
OwnerColumn.ValueMember = "Self"
OwnerColumn.DisplayMember = "OwnerName"
I get a lot of errors like: Unable to cast object of type 'System.String' to type 'Owner'.
and:
The following exception occurred in the DataGridView:
System.ArgumentException: DataGridViewComboBoxCell value is not valid.To replace this default dialog please handle the DataError event.I was able to get around some of these errors by binding it like this:
OwnerColumn.DataPropertyName = "Owner"
OwnerColumn.DataSource = ownersBindingSource1
and also by making the ToString function on the Owner display the OwnerName property. This seems pretty hacky though - and I think I'm misunderstanding something fundamental as it still does not function properly.
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Jan 22, 2012
I am attempting to bind objects pulled from an NHibernate session to a DataGridView and am having problems.I have a single session in which I fetch all of my "look-up" items that are bound to a combobox column, and then I query for the objects themselves. omehow, this still results in proxy child objects on the main objects. I have even changed the mapping of the look-up items to eager fetch, but I still get proxies somehow.Here is how I am fetching the objects:
Dim _makes As IList(Of Make) = session.QueryOver(Of Make).List
Dim _models As IList(Of Model) = session.QueryOver(Of Model).List
Dim _cars as IList(of Car) = session.QueryOver(of Car).List
[code].....
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Feb 7, 2010
I have a user control that inherits the FW ListView and I need to dispose of two objects when the form's disposing of it's objects. Here's what I've concluded already, am I on the right track?
[Code]...
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Oct 27, 2009
I am having a problem with closing a form which I have inherited I have a form called frmAddForm_Simple, which contains 4 main controls (A Data Grid, A Save Button, A Close Button and a Text Box). The idea around the form is to create a form which could be used for inputting of many different types of data which are all entered in the same way (i.e. to add a new row to a database for [Status] table or [Location] table, all of which contain 2 columns in the database (an [Id] and a [value]). On the form I have a property called _FormChanged, which when the textbox text changes, sets the property to True. I then have the following code on the Close Button:-
Public Sub btnClose_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnClose.Click
If _FormChanged Then
If MessageBox.Show("Are you sure you want to close and discard any changes?", "Discard Changes",
[CODE]...
Is opened as a dialog (ShowDialog) and when I go to close the inherited form (by click on btnClose) and answer No to the above MessageBox the form closes anyway. Using the Debugged I have worked out that the following events occur in sequence (all of which runs in the Master Form mentioned above):-
1) btnClose_Click sub Routine runs
2) I answer No to the question do I want to close the form
3) The debugger steps over the Me.Close() line (as expected)
4) The debugger jumps up to the Sub Initialise (where ShowDialog was called from) and closes the form.
So at no point has the debugger even ran a line of code which reads Me.Close(), but the form closes anyway so Im fairly confused as to why the form should close.
My Master Form (frmAddForm_Simple) Code:-
Public Class frmAddForm_Simple
Private _FormChanged As Boolean = False
Private _FormLoading As Boolean = False
[CODE].............................
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Sep 12, 2009
I am trying to create an inherited form- when I go to add it, I get the following message- "CustomerInformation --- The base class 'Object' could not be loaded. Ensure the assembly has been referenced and that all projects have been built"
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Dec 15, 2011
I have a an inherited form that has a panel control on it. I want to paste other controls onto this panel but the paste option is grayed out and won't let me do it. I made sure that the template form did not lock the panel. I'm stymied from making progress until I can get this resolved.
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Jun 18, 2010
MainForm having a few buttons, VolForm is inheriting MainForm. I can see this perfectly in the designer.VolForm itself contains a trackbar. Now have 2 forms. Form1 and Form2 both inherit VolForm. If I change the trackbar from Form1, and then show Form2, the trackbar is not having the same value. Is there any way to keep this trackbar the same in every form that inherits VolForm?
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Jul 2, 2010
Unable to add Controls to Inherited Form I should be able to add an inherited form by simply[code]...
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May 16, 2011
I'm trying to create my own control to build a custom planning on it.After trying it with loose controls I got an error but after advice on my previous post, I redraw everything.I have now the header of the control finished, the header shows the days of the month for as many months that fit in the window.Now I want to put the list of data below it, but it will be more than the windows height, so I need to have a scroll bar that will scroll the data but not the header.I would not like to design my own scrollbar and rather use the scrollbar control for it, but when I put it in, I cannot use the NEW keyword.example:
Dim sb
As
ScrollBar
with this I get the error message: 'New' cannot be used on a class that is declared 'MustInherit'.How can I get a scrollbar on my form to scroll the list only (so not the header)?
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Oct 25, 2010
This might seem like an odd question, but is there a way to make it so that any form that is created based on another, would have some comments in the code behind of the new form?
For example, i create a form called frmONE, and i put in code like this:
Overridable Sub frmONE_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
'Make sure you call these functions, in this order:
[Code]....
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Jul 19, 2009
Pretending I have a class that inherits off Control, how would I handle the parent form's Resize and Move events within the control? I have a painting glitch that happens when the form is resized or moved. Right now in the form I just have:
vb.net Private Sub frmMain_ResizeMove(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) _ Handles Me.Resize, Me.Move Me.Refresh()End Sub
But this can't be the proper way to do it, considering Refresh() invalidates all children (will be slow and flashing if the form has lots of controls). I want to basically do the above code inside the control.
Edit:This is the glitch after a resize of the parent form:
And this is what the button is supposed to look like:
Also, I experience this issue if something like a message box is dragged over top of it. How can I remedy these issues by forcing a repaint?
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Jul 7, 2010
When I try to add an inherited form, I get an error:
"Value does not fall within the expected range"
(Add-->New Item-->Windows Forms-->Inherited Form), I get the "Add New Item Project Name" window. When I click the Add button, I get the error.
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Oct 29, 2011
is there any way that i could link/bind multiple binding source to only one binding source navigator?
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May 19, 2010
I have a form that with a list of text boxes. My target is simply binding these controls to an XML file so that whenever the file contents are changed externally, the text box values change dynamically. I will have an external application edit the XML file and overwrite the existing one.
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Feb 17, 2011
In a test project I was able to add a datasource to a form, bind it to the datagridview and manipulate it as needed. Now moving forward to the actual project, is it possible to add the datasource to a class and sort through the data for use in the class?[url]...
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Apr 1, 2010
As part of my design for a re-write of some vb6 code, i've got some business rules that check the data being entered. These rules run on the business layer, but if they find any data that is incorrect, they need to display a modal form showing the 'violation' (or could be a warning, a question or some information).
So what i'm after doing is to somehow display a modal form in my presentation layer triggered by my business layer.
The only solution i've come up with is to raise an event to get the modal form displayed, catch the event in the presentation layer and display the form (all items on the form would be bound and so would display the correct information). Problems with this is that i would then have to put the code to sleep in the business layer until i got a responce from the presentation layer.
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Apr 4, 2012
I have a basic data entry form using a binding navigator and a details form. I do the validation in the dataset on the columnchanged and tablenewrow events. These work, and I check the haserrors property before saving, however if the user gets an error, when they get back to the screen, the current item has moved. Ideally, I'd like to have it stay on the item with the error: Private Sub DSHW_FACILITYBindingNavigatorSaveItem_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles FACILITYBindingNavigatorSaveItem.Click
[Code]...
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Apr 21, 2010
Im trying to show data from a Web service in a win form - with the data on various labels. Well.. id like to put the data into a dataset and then bind controls to it...Thing is ive never done this before, the project was started as a little learner project for myself and a web dev friend (who created the service)Showing the data in a webpage is sorted, its using it on a winform that i cant get my head around. Ive added a service ref and then thats about as far as ive got, everything i try to do to call data from the service seems wrong. How do you go about this
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Dec 27, 2010
I currently have a Binding Navigator inserted on a form. I also have various fields from a database which I'm using with my Visual Basic application.In my database I have a field that shows the customers id number. What I am trying to do at the moment is find a way to be able to search for a specific customer id and displays that customers information in a pop-up box as part of the program.
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Oct 18, 2010
binding navigators, datagrid view, binding source are all sql database parts.Will these parts still work if you havent got sql on you pc and your not using an database file (.log and .mfd) and your not coding to them, im using MS Jet/Oledb to code to Excel.What not to put on an Employee evaluation: This employee has hit rock bottom and shows signs of starting to dig.
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Jul 2, 2011
Binding Master Table to TextBox and DateTimePicker and Binding Details Tables to Datagridview then Add / Update / Delete in both
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Jul 8, 2011
I know that there is a method for doing this but I can't find what that would be. In my program I am looking to allow the user to create new elements(with code behind them) by entering a certain keystroke say ctrl+v(doesn't matter) and adds a textbox
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Feb 5, 2011
I have some code that I want to apply to many objects (Pictre Boxes) and I was unable to loop through the objects via a For loop and am currently forced to copy paste the code for each Image Box.
The Pictre Boxes are named compAlien1, compAlien2 ... compAlien9
Is there a way to do something similar to this:
For i = 1 To 10 Step 1
compAlien[i]... #code#
Next i
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Dec 27, 2011
How can i place objects like buttons outside the ClientRectangle and add buttons to the ControlBox?
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