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Table Adapters

Started by Josef1994 , Mar 29 2012 11:15 AM

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#1 Josef1994

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Posted 29 March 2012 - 11:15 AM

Hi, I'm developing a program in c# and cannot find a way to refresh a table adapter of a main form from a different form. Does anyone know how to solve this kind a problem?
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Posted 29 March 2012 - 11:24 AM

What kind of table adapter are you talking about? Linq-to-SQL? Entity Framework? Your own custom bit?
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Posted 29 March 2012 - 11:32 AM

Sorry forgot to mention. Thanks for the reply!

A table adapter that is linked to an SQL Database.

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Posted 29 March 2012 - 11:33 AM

Yes, a SQL database would be the point of a table adapter. But what kind of table adapter? (What library is providing the table adapter? There are several included with .NET so we need to know which one you're talking about)
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Posted 29 March 2012 - 11:44 AM

Not really sure what you're talking about. How can I find out?

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Posted 29 March 2012 - 12:59 PM

Just tell us where you got the table adapter from.

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Posted 29 March 2012 - 02:55 PM

After setting up a data source to a datagridview.

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Posted 29 March 2012 - 03:00 PM

Sorry, but that's not entirely helpful either. The docs for that parameter say:

The DataGridView class supports the standard Windows Forms data-binding model. This means the data source can be of any type that implements one of the following interfaces:

  • The IList interface, including one-dimensional arrays.
  • The IListSource interface, such as the DataTable and DataSet classes.
  • The IBindingList interface, such as the BindingList(Of T) class.
  • The IBindingListView interface, such as the BindingSource class.


Each of these data sources have different semantics. What are you setting the data source to?

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Edited by Billy O'Neal, 29 March 2012 - 03:01 PM.

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Posted 29 March 2012 - 03:10 PM

Ok, I will explain to you how I;m populating the data grid view. On the top right of the grid view there is a small icon and I just clicked on it and set up a data source with a table from the SQL database and so on form load the gridview will just populate itself with the contents of the table from the database. So I have another form which I need to refresh the gridview of the other form after an update.

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Posted 29 March 2012 - 03:20 PM

Hmm... it looks like you should be able to call DataGridView.ResetBindings on the DataGridView and the control will automatically repopulate itself.

Edited by Billy O'Neal, 29 March 2012 - 03:21 PM.

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Posted 29 March 2012 - 03:23 PM

No, I have two forms, and the datagridview is in the main form. And In a different form I want a button that when I click on it, the datagridview from the main form repopulates itself.

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Posted 29 March 2012 - 03:26 PM

Ah, well pass a reference to the first form to the second form when you create the second form. Then expose some method on the first form which calls DataGridView.ResetBindings on the control in question on that form.

What language are you using (C# or VB.NET)? I'll whip up a quick example for ya...

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Posted 29 March 2012 - 03:31 PM

C# mate, and thanks for the help!

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Posted 29 March 2012 - 03:37 PM

This should get you the idea:

public partial class Form1 : Form
{
    public Form1()
    {
        InitializeComponent();
    }

    private void ShowSecondForm()
    {
        // Pass a reference to the current form to the second form
        var form2 = new Form2(this);
        form2.Show();
    }

    public void UpdateDataGrid()
    {
        //Code that calls DataGridView.ResetBindings
    }
}

public partial class Form2 : Form
{
    /// <summary>
    /// A reference to the form with the datagrid we want to update.
    /// </summary>
    Form1 parentDataViewForm;

    // Note that we changed the constructor to require a "Form1"
    public Form2(Form1 dataViewForm)
    {
        parentDataViewForm = dataViewForm;
        InitializeComponent();
    }

    private void ForceDatagirdUpdateOnForm1()
    {
        parentDataViewForm.UpdateDataGrid();
    }
}

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Posted 01 April 2012 - 07:44 AM

Thanks! Works Perfectly!

Though, I have found out that the program is skipping my breakpoints. It's saying that it can't hit breakpoints...
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