Control Choice - Do you use GridView over the CheckedListBox?
Updated by Brady Stroud [SSW] 1 year ago. See history
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In Web we have: - Grids E.g. http://demos.kendoui.com/web/grid/selection.html In Windows Forms we have a CheckedListBox. With a CheckedListBox you cannot: - Sort data - always useful when there are more than about 20 rows - Contain much information - can only show one field - DataBind - always costs heaps of code <imageEmbed alt="Image" size="large" showBorder={false} figureEmbed={{ preset: "badExample", figure: 'Bad Example - The CheckedListBox is limited', shouldDisplay: true }} src="/uploads/rules/control-choice-do-you-use-gridview-over-the-checkedlistbox/../../assets/UsingCheckedListBox.gif" /> <imageEmbed alt="Image" size="large" showBorder={false} figureEmbed={{ preset: "goodExample", figure: 'Good Example - The DataGrid can show much more information (and if you use a 3rd Party eg. Telerik, then it can be pretty too)', shouldDisplay: true }} src="/uploads/rules/control-choice-do-you-use-gridview-over-the-checkedlistbox/../../assets/UsingDataGrid.gif" /> In Windows Forms, the code of DataGrid databinding is easier than that of CheckedListBox. ProductsService.Instance.GetAll(Me.ProductsDataSet1) CheckedListBox1.DataSource = Me.ProductsDataSet1.Tables(0) CheckedListBox1.ValueMember = "ProductID" CheckedListBox1.DisplayMember = "ProductName" For i As Integer = 0 To CheckedListBox1.Items.Count - 1 Dim checked As Boolean = CType(ProductsDataSet1.Tables(0).Rows(i)("Discontinued"), Boolean) CheckedListBox1.SetItemChecked(i,checked) Next Figure: 8 lines of code to fill a CheckedListBox ProductsService.Instance.GetAll(Me.ProductsDataSet1) Figure: One line of code to fill a DataGrid But the CheckedListBox is useful if only one field needs displaying.