How do I bind a GridView to a custom object?

Question

If I have the following ASP.NET code (it\'s not complete - obviously there\'s a lot missing, but none of it matters):

Answer 1

Just set the datasource of the gridview to your object.

MyGridView.DataSource = myList
MyGridView.DataBind()

Here's a very similiar post:

Binding a method that returns List to a gridview

Looks like you are using a list in vb.net. Remember lists can hold integers, strings, dates, objects (these include user defined types (your object)). So you can bind a gridview to a list object by setting the datasource property to your list.

In the above example, myList, might hold a ton of employee objects, etc. So assign it to the datasource and .DataBind() and voila a gridview with each row containing your object.