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Is it possible to copy Business objects to pure dotnet table?

Raymond Lo — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:12:24 GMT

Dear All,

I need to implement the Infragistics ultragrid to my application. So I need to bind the datasource to donet table or dataset. So my question is: Can I copy the business object to dotnet standalone table (copy the structure and the data) ? like as businessobject.CopyFrom function.

Thanks.

RE: Is it possible to copy Business objects to pure dotnet table?

Raymond Lo — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:12:24 GMT

Hi Trent & Paul ,

Thank you very much.

Paul's coding is what I need.

RE: Is it possible to copy Business objects to pure dotnet table?

Paul Chase — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 10:21:07 GMT

Trent is right that the business binding source is what ya want to bind a BO to a grid.

However there may be times or reasons etc to where you will need to load data from a bo to a data table or dataset.

[codesnippet]

Datatable.Load(BusinessObject.CurrentView.ToTable.CreateDataReader)

Dataset.Tables(BusinessObject.TableName).Load(BusinessObject.CurrentView.ToTable.CreateDataReader)

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RE: Is it possible to copy Business objects to pure dotnet table?

Trent L. Taylor — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:01:47 GMT

You will want to just use the BusinessBindingSource to bind to a grid. It implements the IBindingList interface which a grid needs in order to bind. You can get more information on this in the documentation. But in short, just drop the BBS on the form where your BO instance resides, select the BBS and set the BusinessObject property to the instance you wish to wrap. At this point you will be able to bind to the grid.