Object ListBox Data Binding 2 : ListBox Data Binding : GUI Windows Form C# Source Code

    

/*
User Interfaces in C#: Windows Forms and Custom Controls
by Matthew MacDonald

Publisher: Apress
ISBN: 1590590457
*/
using System;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Collections;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace DataBinding101
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Summary description for ObjectListBinding2.
    /// </summary>
    public class ObjectListBinding2 : System.Windows.Forms.Form
    {
        internal System.Windows.Forms.ListBox lstCity;
        /// <summary>
        /// Required designer variable.
        /// </summary>
        private System.ComponentModel.Container components = null;

        public ObjectListBinding2()
        {
            //
            // Required for Windows Form Designer support
            //
            InitializeComponent();

            //
            // TODO: Add any constructor code after InitializeComponent call
            //
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Clean up any resources being used.
        /// </summary>
        protected override void Dispose( bool disposing )
        {
            if( disposing )
            {
                if(components != null)
                {
                    components.Dispose();
                }
            }
            base.Dispose( disposing );
        }

        #region Windows Form Designer generated code
        /// <summary>
        /// Required method for Designer support - do not modify
        /// the contents of this method with the code editor.
        /// </summary>
        private void InitializeComponent()
        {
            this.lstCity = new System.Windows.Forms.ListBox();
            this.SuspendLayout();
            // 
            // lstCity
            // 
            this.lstCity.Anchor = (((System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Top | System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Bottom) 
                | System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Left) 
                | System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Right);
            this.lstCity.IntegralHeight = false;
            this.lstCity.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(4, 9);
            this.lstCity.Name = "lstCity";
            this.lstCity.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(248, 216);
            this.lstCity.TabIndex = 3;
            // 
            // ObjectListBinding2
            // 
            this.AutoScaleBaseSize = new System.Drawing.Size(5, 14);
            this.ClientSize = new System.Drawing.Size(260, 234);
            this.Controls.AddRange(new System.Windows.Forms.Control[] {
                                                                          this.lstCity});
            this.Font = new System.Drawing.Font("Tahoma", 8.25F, System.Drawing.FontStyle.Regular, System.Drawing.GraphicsUnit.Point, ((System.Byte)(0)));
            this.Name = "ObjectListBinding2";
            this.Text = "ObjectListBinding2";
            this.Load += new System.EventHandler(this.ObjectListBinding2_Load);
            this.ResumeLayout(false);

        }
        #endregion

        [STAThread]
        static void Main() 
        {
            Application.Run(new ObjectListBinding2());
        }

        private void ObjectListBinding2_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
        {
            City2[] cityChoices = {new City2("Seattle", "U.S.A."), 
                                     new City2("New York", "U.S.A."), new City2("Tokyo", "Japan"), 
                                     new City2("Montreal", "Canada")};

            lstCity.DataSource = cityChoices;

        }
    
    }

    public class City2
    {
        private string name;
        private string country;

        public string Name
        {
            get
            {
                return name;
            }
            set
            {
                name = value;
            }
        }

        public string Country
        {
            get
            {
                return country;
            }
            set
            {
                country = value;
            }
        }

        public City2(string name, string country)
        {
            this.Name = name;
            this.Country = country;
        }

        public override string ToString()
        {
            return Name + ", " + Country;
        }

    }

}