create a class that will lopad values to a combobox or a datagrid

Creating a class that is used as a datasource is not that difficult.  It really just depend on the control you want to use to display the data.

For Example:

using System;

namespace CSharpExample
{
	/// <summary>Class Person.</summary>
	public class Person
	{
		/// <summary>The first name field</summary>
		private string fFirstName = string.Empty;
		/// <summary>The last name field</summary>
		private string fLastName = string.Empty;
		/// <summary>The birthday field</summary>
		private DateTime fBirthday = DateTime.MinValue;
		/// <summary>The gender field</summary>
		private Gender fGender = Gender.None;

		/// <summary>Gets or sets the first name.</summary>
		/// <value>The first name.</value>
		public string FirstName
		{
			get { return fFirstName; }
			set
			{
				if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(value) && !value.Equals(fFirstName))
					fFirstName = value;
			}
		}

		/// <summary>Gets or sets the last name.</summary>
		/// <value>The last name.</value>
		public string LastName
		{
			get { return fLastName; }
			set
			{
				if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(value) && !value.Equals(fLastName))
					fLastName = value;
			}
		}

		/// <summary>Gets or sets the birthday.</summary>
		/// <value>The birthday.</value>
		public DateTime Birthday
		{
			get { return fBirthday; }
			set
			{
				if (!value.Equals(fBirthday))
					fBirthday = value;
			}
		}

		/// <summary>Gets or sets the gender.</summary>
		/// <value>The gender.</value>
		public Gender Gender
		{
			get { return fGender; }
			set
			{
				if (!value.Equals(fGender))
					fGender = value;
			}
		}

		/// <summary>Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="Person"/> class.</summary>
		public Person() { ;}

		/// <summary>Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="Person"/> class.</summary>
		/// <param name="FirstName">The first name.</param>
		/// <param name="LastName">The last name.</param>
		public Person(string FirstName, string LastName) : this(FirstName, LastName, DateTime.MinValue, Gender.None) { ;}

		/// <summary>Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="Person"/> class.</summary>
		/// <param name="FirstName">The first name.</param>
		/// <param name="LastName">The last name.</param>
		/// <param name="Birthday">The birthday.</param>
		public Person(string FirstName, string LastName, DateTime Birthday) : this(FirstName, LastName, Birthday, Gender.None) { ;}

		/// <summary>Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="Person"/> class.</summary>
		/// <param name="FirstName">The first name.</param>
		/// <param name="LastName">The last name.</param>
		/// <param name="Birthday">The birthday.</param>
		/// <param name="Gender">The gender.</param>
		public Person(string FirstName, string LastName, DateTime Birthday, Gender Gender)
		{
			this.FirstName = FirstName;
			this.LastName = LastName;
			this.Birthday = Birthday;
			this.Gender = Gender;
		}

		/// <summary>Returns a <see cref="System.String" /> that represents this instance.</summary>
		/// <returns>A <see cref="System.String" /> that represents this instance.</returns>
		public override string ToString()
		{
			if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(FirstName) && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(LastName))
				return string.Format("{0} {1}", FirstName, LastName);
			else
				return "Uninitialized Person";
		}
	}

	public enum Gender : int
	{
		None = 0,
		Male = 1,
		Female = 2,
		Declined = 3
	}
}

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Now you could create a new List of people and put them into a datagrid or combobox (dont forget to add them to the form):

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace CSharpExample
{
	public partial class Form1 : Form
	{
		private List<Person> People = new List<Person>() 
		{ 
			new Person("John", "Doe", DateTime.Now, Gender.Male), 
			new Person() 
			{ 
				FirstName = "Jane", 
				LastName = "Doe", 
				Birthday = DateTime.Parse("01/01/1989"), 
				Gender = Gender.Female 
			} 
		};

		public Form1()
		{
			InitializeComponent();
			People.Add(new Person("Bigfoot", "Henderson", Convert.ToDateTime("01/06/1961"), Gender.Declined));
		}

		private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
		{
			comboBox1.DataSource = People;
			dataGridView1.DataSource = People;
		}
	}
}

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The above produces the following output:
-saige-

I just want to populate the properties of the combobox1 for example.

this is what the class would have in it.

with combobox1
.comboname = "combobox1"
.datasource  = "dataset1"
.displaymember = "columnname"
.valuemember  = "columnname"

end with

then in the main form i want to do this

namespace.program.loadcombo(string comboname, string dsource, string dmember, string vmember);

when I make this call in the main form load section it will pull the data from the database that I want.

then i can use the same code and modify it to use for the datagrid and filter off of the combobox selected value to trigger the rows to retrieve for the datagrid.

thank you

I would like to learn how to do this in a class rather than a function.

in the first example i get this.


Error      1      Type expected            7      32      WindowsApplication2
Error      2      Identifier expected, 'string' is a keyword            7      55      WindowsApplication2
Error      3      Identifier expected, 'object' is a keyword            7      75      WindowsApplication2
Error      4      Identifier expected, 'string' is a keyword            7      94      WindowsApplication2
Error      5      Identifier expected, 'string' is a keyword            7      118      WindowsApplication2
Error      6      ; expected            7      141      WindowsApplication2
Error      7      Invalid token '=' in class, struct, or interface member declaration      9      17      WindowsApplication2
Error      8      Invalid token ';' in class, struct, or interface member declaration      9      30      WindowsApplication2
Error      9      Invalid token '=' in class, struct, or interface member declaration      10      23      WindowsApplication2
Error      10      Invalid token ';' in class, struct, or interface member declaration      35      WindowsApplication2
Error      11      Class, struct, or interface method must have a return type            11      9      WindowsApplication2
Error      12      Identifier expected            11      33      WindowsApplication2
Error      13      ; expected            11      34      WindowsApplication2
Error      14      Invalid token '=' in class, struct, or interface member declaration      27      WindowsApplication2
Error      15      Invalid token ';' in class, struct, or interface member declaration      12      39      WindowsApplication2
Error      16      Invalid token '.' in class, struct, or interface member declaration      13      15      WindowsApplication2
Error      17      Class, struct, or interface method must have a return type            13      16      WindowsApplication2
Error      18      Identifier expected            13      41      WindowsApplication2
Error      19      ; expected            13      42      WindowsApplication2
Error      20      Invalid token '=' in class, struct, or interface member declaration      14      25      WindowsApplication2
Error      21      Invalid token ';' in class, struct, or interface member declaration      14      38      WindowsApplication2
Error      22      Expected class, delegate, enum, interface, or struct            17      17      WindowsApplication2
Error      23      Type or namespace definition, or end-of-file expected            25      1      WindowsApplication2

Please provide the code that you are using.  Please be sure to include the desinger file code as well.

-saige-

CSharpExample.Extensions.Configure(comboBox1, "comboBox1"  , dataSet1, "dbobject.dbtable", "dbobject.dbtable");  
           
 dbobjectTableAdapter.Fill(this.dataSet1.dbobject);


I have it working now.  

going to try the datagrid now

thank you

I felt  good about the code that was shown, which i just needed to adjust to my environment and it worked fine.  I am thankful for having to have it work 90% so i could learn the 10% that was needed to make it work in my solution.  

Great!