How to databind a CheckedListBox control

[abhishk2001 yahoo com]

First let me thank you guys, for sharing your knowledge and for responding. I am a newbie learning .NET, so plz bear with me. my question is, how to bind a CheckedListBox control in a WinForm. I did the binding, but it is not showing any values, it's not giving any error either, I wanted the CheckedListBox control to be populated at the FormLoad Event. my code is given below. I tried different ways, but still its not working. lstFacilityType is a CheckedListBox control. First, I tried this. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- lstFacilityType.DataBindings.Add(new Binding("Text",ds,"FacilityType")); ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Second, I tried the code given below, it is returning the table in the dataset. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ lstFacilityType.DataBindings.Add(new Binding("Text",ds.Tables[0],"FacilityType")); ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks, for ur help. abhi

[Heath Stewart]

If you're trying to bind the actual list, you need to need to fill the Items property manually. Binding the Text only binds the Text property. You should read about the DataBindings property and the BindingManagerBase class in the .NET Framework SDK. The code you're doing above needs to bind to the Text property of the control for which the Binding is added (i.e., lstFacilityType). The rest of your expressions won't work, however, because the Binding only works for PropertyManager, not to bind to an IListSource or IList, of which DataSet and DataTable are (respectively). When you bind to a data-bound control like a DataGrid, it nows how to use the DataSource and, optionally, the DataMember to enumerate the collection and bind a UI element to that row. Binding how you're doing it is not the same. The results you're getting are to be expected since you're binding against an object, not its value. This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. Software Design Engineer Developer Division Sustained Engineering Microsoft [My Articles]