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| How to: Create a Simple-Bound Control on a Windows Form | 03/30/2017 |
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How to: Create a simple-bound control on a Windows Form
With simple binding, you can display a single data element, such as a column value from a dataset table, in a control. You can simple-bind any property of a control to a data value.
To simple-bind a control
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Connect to a data source. For more information, see Connecting to a Data Source.
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In Visual Studio, select the control on the form and display the Properties window.
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Expand the (DataBindings) property.
The properties most often bound are displayed underneath the (DataBindings) property. For example, in most controls, the Text property is most frequently bound.
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If the property you want to bind is not one of the commonly bound properties, click the Ellipsis button (
) in the (Advanced) box to display the Formatting and Advanced Binding dialog box with a complete list of properties for that control. -
Select the property you want to bind and click the drop-down arrow under Binding.
A list of available data sources is displayed.
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Expand the data source you want to bind to until you find the single data element you want. For example, if you are binding to a column value in a dataset's table, expand the name of the dataset, and then expand the table name to display column names.
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Click the name of an element to bind to.
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If you were working in the Formatting and Advanced Binding dialog box, click OK to return to the Properties window.
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If you want to bind additional properties of the control, repeat steps 3 through 7.
Note
Because simple-bound controls show only a single data element, it is very typical to include navigation logic in a Windows Form with simple-bound controls.
