A Bindable, Sortable, Autosizing ListView

/**
 * @Name SimpleListviewTest.cs
 * @Purpose A user of the listview
 * @Date 15 May 2005, 16:26:26
 * @Author S.Deckers 
 * @Description The last time I was working on a project where I needed a listview with support
 * for databinding, sorting, and autofit either contents or the columnheader. This article describes
 * the control I came up with
 */

namespace Listview.User
{
	#region -- Using directives --
	using System;
	using System.Drawing;
	using System.Collections;
	using System.ComponentModel;
	using System.Windows.Forms;
	using System.Data;
	#endregion

	/// <summary>
	/// Summary description for SimpleListviewTest.
	/// </summary>
	public class SimpleListviewTest : System.Windows.Forms.Form
	{
		private System.Windows.Forms.Panel panel1;
		private Whoua.Src.bsaListView listView1;
		private System.Windows.Forms.Button button1;
		/// <summary>
		/// Required designer variable.
		/// </summary>
		private System.ComponentModel.Container components = null;

		public SimpleListviewTest()
		{
			InitializeComponent();
			Init( );
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Clean up any resources being used.
		/// </summary>
		protected override void Dispose( bool disposing )
		{
			if( disposing )
			{
				if(components != null)
				{
					components.Dispose();
				}
			}
			base.Dispose( disposing );
		}

		#region Windows Form Designer generated code
		/// <summary>
		/// Required method for Designer support - do not modify
		/// the contents of this method with the code editor.
		/// </summary>
		private void InitializeComponent()
		{
			this.panel1 = new System.Windows.Forms.Panel();
			this.button1 = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
			this.listView1 = new Whoua.Src.bsaListView();
			this.panel1.SuspendLayout();
			this.SuspendLayout();
			// 
			// panel1
			// 
			this.panel1.Controls.Add(this.button1);
			this.panel1.Dock = System.Windows.Forms.DockStyle.Bottom;
			this.panel1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(0, 166);
			this.panel1.Name = "panel1";
			this.panel1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(632, 100);
			this.panel1.TabIndex = 0;
			// 
			// button1
			// 
			this.button1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(24, 56);
			this.button1.Name = "button1";
			this.button1.TabIndex = 7;
			this.button1.Text = "Update ds1";
			this.button1.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.button1_Click);
			// 
			// listView1
			// 
			this.listView1.AllowDrop = true;
			this.listView1.DataTable = null;
			this.listView1.Dock = System.Windows.Forms.DockStyle.Fill;
			this.listView1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(0, 0);
			this.listView1.Name = "listView1";
			this.listView1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(632, 166);
			this.listView1.TabIndex = 1;
			// 
			// SimpleListviewTest
			// 
			this.AutoScaleBaseSize = new System.Drawing.Size(5, 13);
			this.ClientSize = new System.Drawing.Size(632, 266);
			this.Controls.Add(this.listView1);
			this.Controls.Add(this.panel1);
			this.Name = "SimpleListviewTest";
			this.Text = "SimpleListviewTest";
			this.panel1.ResumeLayout(false);
			this.ResumeLayout(false);

		}
		#endregion

		/// <summary>
		/// Application entry
		/// </summary>
		public static void Main()
		{
			Application.EnableVisualStyles( );
			Application.Run( new SimpleListviewTest( ));
		}

		/// <summary date="15-05-2005, 16:05:52" author="S.Deckers">
		/// Create first dataset and setup databinding for the listview
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="sender"></param>
		/// <param name="e"></param>
		private void Init( )
		{
			this.listView1.DataTable = CreateDataTable1( );
			this.listView1.DataBind( );
		}

		/// <summary date="15-05-2005, 16:05:16" author="S.Deckers">
		/// Update first dataset en bind listview to it
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="sender"></param>
		/// <param name="e"></param>
		private void button1_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
		{
			this.listView1.DataTable = this.UpdateData1( this.listView1.DataTable);
			this.listView1.DataBind( );
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Create first datatable
		/// </summary>
		/// <returns></returns>
		private System.Data.DataTable CreateDataTable1( )
		{
			System.Data.DataTable dataTable = new DataTable( "resultset");    

			dataTable.Columns.Add( new DataColumn( "Date of Birth",	typeof( System.DateTime)));
			dataTable.Columns.Add( new DataColumn( "Name",			typeof( string)));
			dataTable.Columns.Add( new DataColumn( "City",			typeof( string)));
			dataTable.Columns.Add( new DataColumn( "ZIP",			typeof( string)));
			dataTable.Columns.Add( new DataColumn( "Employee #",	typeof( int)));
			dataTable.Columns.Add( new DataColumn( "Weight",		typeof( double)));

			System.Data.DataRow dr = null;

			dr = dataTable.NewRow( );
			dr[ "Date of Birth"] = new System.DateTime( 1937, 8, 12);
			dr[ "Name"] = "Jerry Long";
			dr[ "City"] = "Huntsville";
			dr[ "ZIP"] = "AL 35824";
			dr[ "Employee #"] = 123;
			dr[ "Weight"] = 99.1D;
			dataTable.Rows.Add( dr);

			dr = dataTable.NewRow( );
			dr[ "Date of Birth"] = new System.DateTime( 1955, 12, 1);
			dr[ "Name"] = "Daniel Scales";
			dr[ "City"] = "South-Lebanon";
			dr[ "ZIP"] = "OH 45034";
			dr[ "Employee #"] = 788;
			dr[ "Weight"] = 120.5D;
			dataTable.Rows.Add( dr);

			dr = dataTable.NewRow( );
			dr[ "Date of Birth"] = new System.DateTime( 1966, 2, 14);
			dr[ "Name"] = "Stuard (stu) McDonald";
			dr[ "City"] = System.DBNull.Value;
			dr[ "ZIP"] = "-";
			dr[ "Employee #"] = 1323;
			dr[ "Weight"] = 78.50D;
			dataTable.Rows.Add( dr);
			return( dataTable);
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Update data from first table
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="dt"></param>
		/// <returns></returns>
		private System.Data.DataTable UpdateData1( System.Data.DataTable dt)
		{
			if( dt.Rows[ 2][ "City"].ToString() == string.Empty)
			{
				dt.Rows[ 2][ "City"] = "Huntsville/Birmingham AL";
			}
			else
			{
				dt.Rows[ 2][ "City"] = string.Empty;
			}
			return( dt);
		}
	}
}