Winforms DataGridView databind to complex type / nested property

Question

I am trying to databind a DataGridView to a list that contains a class with the following structure:

MyClass.SubClass.Property

Answer 1

You can add a handler to DataBindingComplete event and fill the nested types there. Something like this:

in form_load:

dataGridView.DataBindingComplete += new DataGridViewBindingCompleteEventHandler(dataGridView_DataBindingComplete);

later in the code:

void dataGridView_DataBindingComplete(object sender,
        DataGridViewBindingCompleteEventArgs e)
{
    foreach (DataGridViewRow row in dataGridView.Rows)
    {
        string consumerName = null;
        consumerName = ((Operations.Anomaly)row.DataBoundItem).Consumer.Name;
        row.Cells["Name"].Value = consumerName;
    }
}

It isn't nice but works.