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DataGridViewComboBoxColumn and data binding

Asked by mservidio in .NET Framework 2.x, .NET Framework 3.x versions, Programming for ASP.NET

Tags: .net, c#, DataGridViewComboBoxColumn

I am having trouble binding data to a DataGridViewComboBoxColumn. I am able to populate the DataGridViewComboBoxColumn with a list of values, but I am having trouble having the value be selected from this list upon binding it to a datasource.

The DataSource (ApplicationData.DataTypes) is populating the ComboBoxList with the values: Date, String, Number. However, when the datagrid does not set the value for the DataType. IE: see the one test record I've added to the bindingSource:

bindingSourceColumn.Add(new ColumnData("test",ApplicationData.DataTypes[0]));

I initially did not have column.DataPropertyName set. I just added this and set it to:
column.DataPropertyName = "DataTypeID"; as well set the column.ValueMember = "DataTypeID";. Now the proper value is selected when the grid is bound. However, now the ComboBox seems as though it's readonly, and there are no values in the list, accept for the selected value of 'Date'.
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public struct DataType
        {
            private int datatypeId;
            private string description;
 
            public DataType(int DataTypeID, string Description)
            {
                this.datatypeId = DataTypeID;
                this.description = Description;
            }
 
            public int DataTypeID { get { return datatypeId; } }
            public string Description { get { return description; } }
        }
        public static List<DataType> DataTypes;
 
        private static List<DataType> BindDataTypes()
        {
            List<DataType> list = new List<DataType>();
            list.Add(new DataType(1,"Date"));
            list.Add(new DataType(2,"String"));
            list.Add(new DataType(3, "Number"));
 
            return list;
        }
 
public static void InitializeApplicationData()
        {
            DataTypes = BindDataTypes();
        } 
 
 
private BindingSource bindingSourceColumn = new BindingSource();
bindingSourceColumn.Add(new ColumnData("test",ApplicationData.DataTypes[0]));
                    
 
DataGridViewComboBoxColumn column = new DataGridViewComboBoxColumn();
column.DataSource = ApplicationData.DataTypes; //This is a List<DataTypes>.
column.DataPropertyName = "DataTypeID";
column.ValueMember = "DataTypeID";
column.DisplayMember = "Description";
column.Name = "Data Type";
 
datagridview.DataSource = bindingSourceColumn;
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Zones: .NET Framework 2.x, .NET Framework 3.x versions, Programming for ASP.NET
Tags: .net, c#, DataGridViewComboBoxColumn
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Solution Provided By: mservidio
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Solution Grade: B
 
 
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