I have a gridview that I populate with values I get from a powershell command. For example my powershell command is get-command. I know the command returns the values. Here is my code however my gridview never shows the data.
ArrayList boxesarray = new ArrayList();
foreach (PSObject ps in commandResults)
boxesarray.Add(ps.Properties["Name"].Value.ToString());
boxes.DataSource = boxesarray;
boxes.DataBind();
I know the value is there because I replaced the last two lines with a label and was able to see the value.
boxlabel.text = boxesarray[4];
I must be missing something. Help please.
The GridView requires a collection or IEnumerable of classes which have properties, and the properties are mapped to columns.
An array like yours have value typed objects (strings) which has no roperties, so you can't bind the properties to the columns.
ArrayList boxesarray = new ArrayList();
You could create a simple class like this:
public class PropertyContainer
{
public string Value {get;set;}
}
// NOTE: you can override ToString(); to customize String.Format behaviour
// and to show it in the debugger (althought there's other way for this, using
// DebuggerDisplayAttribute)
And create and populate an array of this class, which will be correctly bound to the datagrid.
foreach (PSObject ps in commandResults)
boxesarray.Add(
new PropertyContainer { Value = ps.Properties["Name"].Value.ToString()});
boxes.DataSource = boxesarray;
boxes.DataBind();
Other option is to convert your array to an array of objects using LINQ. You can even use anonymous object if the data grid columns are set to be automatically created.
// anonymous type
var dataForBinding = boxesArray.select(val => new {Value = val});
// array of the class
var dataForBinding = boxesArray.select(val => new PropertyContainer
{ Value = val });
You can bind this data to your gridview, and it will work perfectly.
You can try
.DataSource = (from ps in commandResults
select { Name:ps.Properties["Name"].Value.ToString() }).ToList();
Or
.DataSource = (from name in yourarraylist
select { Name:name.ToString() }).ToList();
Related
I'm using linq to filling my datagrid view with this method:
public List<HopDongCungCap> XemHopDong()
{
return QL.HopDongCungCaps.ToList();
}
and this is my
Result
My dbo.HopDongCungCap just has 1-4 column
but i dont know why it appears the 5th column
Note that dbo.NhaCungCap has a relationship with dbo.HopDongCungCap
Thank you for watching my question!
A solution would be to project the wanted results with Linq like this:
var result = QL.HopDongCungCaps.Select(x => new
{
MaHD = x.MaHD,
TenHD = x.TenHD,
ThoiHan = x.ThoiHan,
NCC = x.NCC
}).ToList();
Note that I leave 'NhaCungCap' out from the result.
This will create a anonymous type.
But you can create a classobject or DTO(Dummy Transfer Object) and project the result that object. and assign that to the datagridview. (.Select(x=> new YourClassDTO...)
I am fairly new to C#
I am trying to retrieve some information from an external data source and store it in array, once it is in an array I wish to sort it by time.
I know how to do this for just one column in a row, however the information I require has multiple columns.
For example:
foreach (Appointment Appoint in fapts)
{
// Store Appoint.Subject, Appoint.Start, Appoint.Organiser.Name.ToString(), Appoint.Location in an array
}
// Sort my array by Appoint.Start
foreach ( item in myNewArray )
{
//print out Appoint.Subject - Appoint.Start, Appoint.Organiser.Name.ToString() and Appoint.location
}
Many thanks for your help.
EDIT:
I have multiple data sources which pull in this:
foreach (Appointment Appoint in fapts)
{
// Store Appoint.Subject, Appoint.Start, Appoint.Organiser.Name.ToString(), Appoint.Location in an array
}
Hence the need to sort the items in a new array, I know this isn't very efficent but there is no way of getting the information I need in any other way.
You can sort a list using the LINQ sorting operators OrderBy and ThenBy, as shown below.
using System.Linq;
and then...
var appointments = new List<Appointment>();
var sortedAppointments = list.OrderBy(l => l.Subject).ThenBy(l => l.Name).ToList();
This will create a new list of appointments, sorted by subject and then by name.
It's unclear what your final aim is but:
Use a generic List instead of an array:
See this SO question for more information as to why using a List is prefered.
List<Appointment> appointments = new List<Appointment>();
foreach (Appointment Appoint in fapts)
{
appointments.Add(Appoint);
}
foreach (var item in appointments)
{
Console.WriteLine(item.Subject);
Console.WriteLine(item.Foo);
// Here you could override ToString() on Appointment to print eveything in one Console.WriteLine
}
If the aim of your code is to order by time, try the following:
var sortedAppointments = fapts.OrderBy(a => a.Start); // assuming Start is a DateTime property of `Appointment`.
Consider a Dictionary Object instead of an array if the data is conceptually one row multiple columns.
foreach(KeyValuePair<string, string> entry in MyDic)
{
// do something with entry.Value or entry.Key
}
You already have a list of objects in fpts, sort that list itself:
fpts.OrderBy(x => x.Subject).ThenBy(x => x.Location).ToList();
LINQ is your friend here.
fapts appears to already be a collection so you could just operate on it.
var myNewArray = fapts.OrderBy(Appoint => Appoint.Start).ToArray()
I've used the ToArray() call to force immediate evaluation and means that myNewArray is already sorted so that if you use it more than once you don't have to re-evaluate the sort.
Alternatively if you are only using this once you can just as easily miss the ToArray() portion out and then execution of the sort will be deferred until you try and enumerate through myNewArray.
This solution puts the source objects into the array, but if you are just wanting to store the specific fields you mention then you will need to use a select. You have two choices for the array item type, you can either use an anonymous class which provides difficulties if you are returning this array from a function or define a class.
For anonymous:
var myNewArray = fapts.OrderBy(Appoint => Appoint.Start)
.Select(Appoint => new {
Start = Appoint.Start,
Organiser = Appoint.Organiser.Name.ToString(),
Location = Appoint.Location
}).ToArray();
For named class assuming class is MyClass:
var myNewArray = fapts.OrderBy(Appoint => Appoint.Start)
.Select(Appoint => new MyClass {
Start = Appoint.Start,
Organiser = Appoint.Organiser.Name.ToString(),
Location = Appoint.Location
}).ToArray();
You have a wide range of options. The 2 most common are:
1) Create a class, then define an array or list of that class, and populate that
2) Create a structure that matches the data format and create an array or list of that
Of course, you could put the data into an XML format or dataset, but that's probably more work than you need.
public List<foo> appointments = new List<foo>();
public struct foo
{
public string subject ;
public DateTime start ;
public string name ;
public string location ;
}
public void foo1()
{
// parse the file
while (!File.eof())
{
// Read the next line...
var myRecord = new foo() ;
myRecord.subject = data.subject ;
myRecord.start = data.Start ;
myRecord.name = data.Name ;
//...
appointments.Add(myRecord);
}
}
Enjoy
(Since I can't comment and reply to the comment - it wasn't clear if he had a class, etc. or was just showing us what he wanted to do. I assumed it was just for demonstration purposes since there wasn't any info as to how the data was being read. If he could already put it into a class, than the first answer applied anyway. I just tossed the last 2 in there because they were options for getting the data first.)
Situation:
I am attempting to bind a BindingList<string[]> constructed from a LINQ to SQL query to a DataGridView.
Problem:
I either cannot make modification to the DataGridView after items are generated -or- I get a bunch of unwanted fields in my DataGridView (it depends on which iteration of my code I use) I have googled as hard as I can and tried implementing most of the solutions I have found online to no avail.
I know that string has no public property for its actual value. I am having a difficult time determining how to retrieve that (I believe is part of the problem).
C#
int item = (from p in CurrentConversion.Companies[lbCompanies.SelectedIndex].Modules
where p.ModuleName.Equals(clbModules.SelectedItem)
select p.ModuleId)
.FirstOrDefault();
BindingList<string[]> Data = new BindingList<string[]>((
from p in CurrentConversion.Companies[lbCompanies.SelectedIndex].QuestionAnswers
where p[2].Equals(item)
select new string[] { p[0].ToString(), p[3].ToString() })
.ToList());
dgvQuestions.DataSource = Data;
dgvQuestions.Refresh();
Unwanted Behavior:
This occurs after binding
Question:
Why is this happening?
How do I fix it?
Additional Information:
I am not sure what additional information may be need but I will supply what is requested.
Also if I switch to my other code iteration:
int item = (from p in CurrentConversion.Companies[lbCompanies.SelectedIndex].Modules where p.ModuleName.Equals(clbModules.SelectedItem) select p.ModuleId).FirstOrDefault();
var Data = new BindingList<object>((from p in CurrentConversion.Companies[lbCompanies.SelectedIndex].QuestionAnswers where p[2].Equals(item) select new {Question = p[0].ToString(), Answer = p[3].ToString() }).Cast<object>().ToList());
dgvQuestions.DataSource = Data;
dgvQuestions.Refresh();
dgvQuestions.Columns[1].ReadOnly = false;
I can see the data properly but I cannot edit the column I would like to.
You are binding to a list of string arrays, and you are getting the properties form the array. Most likely you want something like the following:
var Data = new BindingList<object>((
from p in CurrentConversion.Companies[lbCompanies.SelectedIndex].QuestionAnswers
where p[2].Equals(item)
select new {
Val1 = p[0].ToString(),
Val2 = p[3].ToString()
}).ToList());
The reason you're seeing those fields in the Grid is that you're binding each row to a string[]. So it is automatically displaying the properties of string[] as the columns. There is no built-in logic for the grid to parse an array and use the contents of the array as columns.
In order to get the DataGrid to display your data correctly, you should bind it to a custom type, and it will use the public properties of the type as columns.
I have the following object:
CrossTabDataObject
{
string RowName{get;set;};
int RowId{get;set;}
List<string> CellContents = new List <string>();
//Constructor..... etc.
}
I'm building a dynamic crosstab grid using GridView in asp.net 3.5
I wish to bind to CellContents[0] for dynamic column 1, CellContents[1] for dynamic column 2 (dynamic column 0 is the RowName field from the CrossTabDataObject) etc. I am using:
object boundValueObj = null;
Control ctrl = (Control)sender;
IDataItemContainer dataItemContainer = (IDataItemContainer)ctrl.NamingContainer;
boundValueObj = DataBinder.Eval(dataItemContainer.DataItem, strSelectedID);
This code is in the InstantiateIn function of the gridview as I'm creating drop down list templates in each cell of the crosstab.
I have code (not shown) that sets strSelectedID depending on the column being created.
When strSelectedID is equal to "RowName" for dynamic column [0] the DataBinder.Eval function works fine and sets boundValueObj as expected. The problem comes when strSelectedID is set to "CellContents[n]" where n is the Column Index.
DataBinder.Eval only works with properties and fields of objects. How do I get around this?
Thanks,
Rich.
OK - stupid mistake by me!
Changing:
CrossTabDataObject
{
string RowName{get;set;};
int RowId{get;set;}
List<string> CellContents = new List <string>();
//Constructor..... etc.
}
to:
CrossTabDataObject
{
string RowName{get;set;};
int RowId{get;set;}
List<string> CellContents{get;set;}
//Constructor
public CrossTabDataObject()
{
CellContents = new List<string>();
}
}
made all the difference. In other words I made CellContents a property of the class.
Rich.
I'm using a DataGridView binding its datasource to a List, and specifying the properties for each column.
An example would be:
DataGridViewTextBoxColumn colConcept = new DataGridViewTextBoxColumn();
DataGridViewCell cell4 = new DataGridViewTextBoxCell();
colConcept.CellTemplate = cell4;
colConcept.Name = "concept";
colConcept.HeaderText = "Concept";
colConcept.DataPropertyName = "Concept";
colConcept.Width = 200;
this.dataGridViewBills.Columns.Add(colConcept);
{... assign other colums...}
And finally
this.dataGridViewBills.DataSource=billslist; //billslist is List<Bill>
Obviously Class Bill has a Property called Concept, as well as one Property for each column.
Well, now my problem, is that Bill should have and Array/List/whateverdynamicsizecontainer of strings called Years.
Let's assume that every Bill will have the same Years.Count, but this only known at runtime.Thus, I can't specify properties like Bill.FirstYear to obtain Bill.Years[0], Bill.SecondYear to obtain Bills.Years[1]... etc... and bind it to each column.
The idea, is that now I want to have a grid with dynamic number of colums (known at runtime), and each column filled with a string from the Bill.Years List. I can make a loop to add columns to the grid at runtime depending of Bill.Years.Count, but is possible to bind them to each of the strings that the Bill.Years List contains???
I'm not sure if I'm clear enough.
The result ideally would be something like this, for 2 bills on the list, and 3 years for each bill:
--------------------------------------GRID HEADER-------------------------------
NAME CONCEPT YEAR1 YEAR2 YEAR3
--------------------------------------GRID VALUES-------------------------------
Bill1 Bill1.Concept Bill1.Years[0] Bill1.Years[1] Bill1.Years[2]
Bill2 Bill2.Concept Bill2.Years[0] Bill2.Years[1] Bill2.Years[2]
I can always forget the datasource, and write each cell manually, as the MSFlexGrid used to like, but if possible, I would like to use the binding capabilities of the DataGridView.
Any ideas? Thanks a lot.
I recently ran into this same problem. I ended up using DataGridView's virtual mode instead of binding to a data source. It doesn't have exactly the same features as binding, but it's still a lot more powerful than populating each cell manually.
In virtual mode, the DataGridView will fire an event whenever it needs to display a cell, which essentially means you can populate the cell however you please:
private void my_init_function() {
datagridview.VirtualMode = true;
datagridview.CellValueNeeded += new System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewCellValueEventHandler(datagridview_CellValueNeeded);
}
private void datagridview_CellValueNeeded(object sender, DataGridViewCellValueEventArgs e)
{
e.Value = get_my_data(e.RowIndex, e.ColumnIndex);
}
You could use reflection to set up and fill the DataGridView. I've done this with a single type, but I don't see why it couldn't be extended to your data structure.
To set up the DataGridView:
// Create the columns based on the data in the album info - get by reflection
var ai = new AlbumInfo();
Type t = ai.GetType();
dataTable.TableName = t.Name;
foreach (PropertyInfo p in t.GetProperties())
{
// IF TYPE IS AN ARRAY (OR LIST) THEN ADD A COLUMN FOR EACH ELEMENT
var columnSpec = new DataColumn();
// If nullable get the underlying type
Type propertyType = p.PropertyType;
if (IsNullableType(propertyType))
{
var nc = new NullableConverter(propertyType);
propertyType = nc.UnderlyingType;
}
columnSpec.DataType = propertyType;
columnSpec.ColumnName = p.Name;
dataTable.Columns.Add(columnSpec);
}
dataGridView.DataSource = dataTable;
Then to populate the DataGridView:
// Add album info to table - add by reflection
var ai = new AlbumInfo();
Type t = ai.GetType();
// WOULD NEED TO INCREASE BY LENGTH OF ARRAY
var row = new object[t.GetProperties().Length];
int index = 0;
foreach (PropertyInfo p in t.GetProperties())
{
// IF TYPE IS AN ARRAY (OR LIST) THEN ADD EACH ELEMENT
row[index++] = p.GetValue(info, null);
}
dataTable.Rows.Add(row);
This is just the code I used, so you'll have to modify the code to handle your year array/list.