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XtraTreeList: Which element in my IList<> is selected?

1. August 2008 in .NET | No comments

Let us look at some common means that different frameworks use to deliver a result to this question.

As I mentioned before, I mostly used the standard .NET components or VCL controls. Data-based VCL controls can be bound to TDataSource (and derivatives due to polymorphism). If an item is being selected, the cursor in the source moves accordingly. Thus, there is no difficulty to determine which row in the dataset it… Continue reading

XtraTreeView: Display a tree structure easily (Binding to an IList<> data source)

31. July 2008 in .NET | 4 comments

Today I found yet another example that most blog posts do not need to describe something extremely complicated to be helpful. I was talking to a co-worker at University about the fact that the standard TreeView control that is being delivered with the .NET libraries is a bit unusual to use. Especially, binding data to it is not an easy thing to do.

I immediately thought of XtraTreeView by DevExpress, which… Continue reading