How do I convert a List(Of T) to an ObservableCollection(Of T) in VB.NET?

Question

Is there a way to do this without iterating through the List and adding the items to the ObservableCollection?

Answer 1

I'm late but I want to share this interesting piece for converting a list into a ObservableCollection if you need a loop:

public static ObservableCollection ToObservableCollection(this IEnumerable coll)
{
    var c = new ObservableCollection();
    foreach (var e in coll) c.Add(e);
    return c;
}

You could pass an collection to the ObservableCollection constructor:

List myProds = ......
ObservableCollection oc = new ObservableCollection(myProds);

Now you have to translate these to VB.NET :)