Binding to a DevExpress ListBox

example

   Erturkcevik, 

Here is an example of how to write a DataBinder for a DevExpress ListBoxControl. Use at your own risk. The actual data binding code can get complicated depending on the objects being bound and what the list box does, so I left that out. 

  public class DevExListBoxDataBinder : ControlDataBinder {
    public override Type ControlType {
      get { return typeof(BaseListBoxControl); }
    }
    protected override double GetBaseFitness(IDataConverter pConverter) {
      return pConverter is ListConverter ? UIFitness.ModeratelyHigh : UIFitness.None;
    }
    public override String BindingPropertyName {
      get { return "SelectedValue"; }
    }
    public override void InitializeControl(Control pControl, ViewDescriptor pDescriptor) {
      base.InitializeControl(pControl, pDescriptor);
      ListConverter converter = pDescriptor.DataConverter as ListConverter;
      BaseListBoxControl control = pControl as BaseListBoxControl;
      // Sorting (if needed) is performed on the list ahead of time
      control.DataSource = converter.List;
      control.DisplayMember = converter.DisplayMember;
      control.ValueMember = converter.ValueMember;
    }
  }

 // Somewhere during application initialization
 void AppInit() {
  ...
  ...
  ControlBinderMap.Instance.UpdateMap(typeof(DevExListBoxDataBinder));
  ...
  ...
 }

Best wishes,
Mark