Unable to get a Profile custom (object) collection to bind to GridView,etc (IList objects)?

[kloepper]

Q. Unable to get a Profile custom (object) collection to bind to GridView,etc (IList objects)? This is my first custom object so I may be doing something rather simple, wrong, or it may be something else to do with the Profile object. Either way, I need help :) Here's a brief description of the code---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) I have a custom object: "School.Teachers" (see below) 2) which is used as a Profile object data type in the web.config file: 3) I'm setting the value of a Profile object (ASP.NET 2.0) equal to the custom object: School.Teachers tlTeachers = new School.Teachers(); tlTeachers.Add(new School.Teacher("Buck")); Profile.Teachers = tlTeachers; 4) Code like this works: Label1.Text = Profile.Teachers.Count.ToString(); // The number of items in the profile object Label1.Text = Profile.Teachers[1].FirstName.ToString(); // The value of an item at a particular index position 5) But this does not: GridView1.DataSource = Profile["Teachers"]; // Populate the GridView1 from the Profile Object GridView1.DataBind(); The custom object: "School.Teachers"--------------------------------------------- [Serializable()] public class Teachers : CollectionBase { public Teachers() {} public Teacher this[int index] { set { List[index] = value; } get { return (Teacher)List[index]; } } public int Add(Teacher value) { return List.Add(value); } public int IndexOf(Teacher value) { return List.IndexOf(value); } public void Insert(int index, Teacher value) { List.Insert(index, value); } public void Remove(Teacher value) { List.Remove(value); } public bool Contains(Teacher value) { return List.Contains(value); } } -- modified at 14:35 Friday 10th February, 2006