Todd710
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What is the best practice for updating a WinForm from another class?
I have a MainForm with a Listbox on it. I have another separate class that is doing a process that I want the Listbox to report on. What would be the best way to do this? An example would be great. Sorry to be vague but I am working on the concept and I do not have much more than that. Feel free to ask me any questions you may think of. Thanks for any help!
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The custom event model is the right answer for what I need but an example would have been nice.
namespace WindowsFormsApplication1
{
public partial class Form1 : Form
{
public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
//Create a dataset to receive your data in
DataSet dsMaster;
//Call the data function from the class your
//working with and place it in your master dataset
dsMaster = getDataForList.getMyData()
//update your list box
listBox1.DataSource = dsMaster.Tables[0];
}
}
public static class getDataForList
{
public static DataSet getMyData()
{
DataSet ds = new DataSet();
//Do your SQL lookup ETC and place it into the DataSet called DS
return ds;
}
}
}