NameValueList checkboxlist binding

You create one CslaDataSource per object-to-which-you-want-to-bind.

Or you use the dynamic binding statements in your ASPX markup (that allows you to bind to arbitrary values, call methods, etc).

Personally I go for the first option and create one CslaDataSource per object.

Rocky

thanks for your reply, i was wondering on a similar issue how you bind to a selected property of a business object if it is a nested property within the class

e.g.

customer.address.streename

i know is is a problem with ojectdatasource in terms of two way binding at least, is this still an issue when using csladatasource?

Sorry, misunderstood what you were asking.

The answer is to create a UI “helper” object that reshapes the data from your business object into a form that matches what the UI is looking for. This helper object would merely delegate all its calls to the real object, but would expose properties as needed by the UI.

Public Class CustomerReshaper

  Private _original As Customer

  Public Sub New(original As Customer)

    _original = original

  End Sub

  Public ReadOnly Property Name() As String

  Get

    Return _original.FirstName & “ “ & _original.LastName

  End Get

  End Property

  ‘ …

End Class

That sort of thing.

Rocky

Sorry to be stupid, but not sur i follow what you mean, if i am trying o bind a complex object to a databound control (checkboxlist or otherwise) how do i assign a child property of the object to the control with a seperate csladatasource, how would i link the two datasources together? wouldn't this have to be done in the databinding event? as i would want each row to access this property not just rows that are being edited

thanks