adding an object to combobox in grid

[Catinat Velmourougan]

hi
if you take a combobox cb,
cb.Items.Add() function allows one to add an object.
I have a combobox embedded on a cell on a grid.
Is it possible to add an object to the combobox on the grid.
I was able to add a list of strings as follows
StringCollection strcol = new StringCollection();
strcol.Add("a");
strcol.Add("b");
this.grid1.ColStyles[2].ChoiceList = strcol;

But strcol.Add() doesnt take an object as parameter.

So how can we associate an item in combo on the grid to an object?

[Administrator]

If you want to display something other than strings in a combobox in a grid cell, then you will need to set that cell to use a DataSource, DisplayMember, ValueMember. Take a look at the \Syncfusion\Essential Studio\3.2.1.0\Windows\Grid.Windows\Samples\CellTypes\ComboboxCells sample. It uses DataTables for the most part, but you can use any IList object as teh DataSource. One convention is that is you set the ValueMember = null, then grid will actually store the objectt from the IList as teh cell value.

[Catinat Velmourougan]

Hi , Consider the following code sample : this.grd.ColStyles[1].BaseStyle = "Heading 1"; this.grd.ColStyles[1].DataSource = this.ColumnSelectView.Items; this.grd.ColStyles[1].DisplayMember = "Text"; I have set the datasource of colstyle to a collection of ListViewItems. I had set the displaymember to text property of the listviewitem. I had set the valuemember to null. But the cell type is combobox. when i select an item on the combobox it displays as shown in image2. I dont want the "ListViewItem:{" to appear in "ListViewItem:{Sedol}".It should be "Sedol". How to do it? image_2_7467.zip

[Administrator]

Text is a public property for the objects in your list, correct? Case matters.

Here is a sample that seems to work as expected in 3.2.1.0.

http://www.syncfusion.com/Support/user/uploads/GC_ComboArrayList_71f44b6a.zip

Does it work for you? If you cannot spot the problem, can you post a sample that show this problem?