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Extending the ListViewItem

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14 May 2009CPOL6 min read 50.8K   927   28  
How to extend the ListViewItem to hold an object for a row, and map it to the columns in the ListView control.
namespace ListViewExtendedItem
{
    partial class mainForm
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Required designer variable.
        /// </summary>
        private System.ComponentModel.IContainer components = null;

        /// <summary>
        /// Clean up any resources being used.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="disposing">true if managed resources should be disposed; otherwise, false.</param>
        protected override void Dispose(bool disposing)
        {
            if (disposing && (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.objectList = new System.Windows.Forms.ListView();
            this.objectPropGrid = new System.Windows.Forms.PropertyGrid();
            this.btnNew = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
            this.btnAdd = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
            this.btnUpdate = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
            this.colID = new System.Windows.Forms.ColumnHeader();
            this.colName = new System.Windows.Forms.ColumnHeader();
            this.colDate = new System.Windows.Forms.ColumnHeader();
            this.SuspendLayout();
            // 
            // objectList
            // 
            this.objectList.Anchor = ((System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles)((((System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Top | System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Bottom)
                        | System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Left)
                        | System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Right)));
            this.objectList.Columns.AddRange(new System.Windows.Forms.ColumnHeader[] {
            this.colID,
            this.colName,
            this.colDate});
            this.objectList.FullRowSelect = true;
            this.objectList.HideSelection = false;
            this.objectList.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(12, 12);
            this.objectList.MultiSelect = false;
            this.objectList.Name = "objectList";
            this.objectList.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(283, 261);
            this.objectList.TabIndex = 0;
            this.objectList.UseCompatibleStateImageBehavior = false;
            this.objectList.View = System.Windows.Forms.View.Details;
            this.objectList.SelectedIndexChanged += new System.EventHandler(this.objectList_SelectedIndexChanged);
            // 
            // objectPropGrid
            // 
            this.objectPropGrid.Anchor = ((System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles)(((System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Top | System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Bottom)
                        | System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Right)));
            this.objectPropGrid.BackColor = System.Drawing.SystemColors.Control;
            this.objectPropGrid.HelpVisible = false;
            this.objectPropGrid.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(301, 12);
            this.objectPropGrid.Name = "objectPropGrid";
            this.objectPropGrid.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(240, 232);
            this.objectPropGrid.TabIndex = 1;
            this.objectPropGrid.ToolbarVisible = false;
            // 
            // btnNew
            // 
            this.btnNew.Anchor = ((System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles)((System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Bottom | System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Right)));
            this.btnNew.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(301, 250);
            this.btnNew.Name = "btnNew";
            this.btnNew.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(75, 23);
            this.btnNew.TabIndex = 2;
            this.btnNew.Text = "New";
            this.btnNew.UseVisualStyleBackColor = true;
            this.btnNew.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.btnNew_Click);
            // 
            // btnAdd
            // 
            this.btnAdd.Anchor = ((System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles)((System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Bottom | System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Right)));
            this.btnAdd.Enabled = false;
            this.btnAdd.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(385, 250);
            this.btnAdd.Name = "btnAdd";
            this.btnAdd.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(75, 23);
            this.btnAdd.TabIndex = 3;
            this.btnAdd.Text = "Add";
            this.btnAdd.UseVisualStyleBackColor = true;
            this.btnAdd.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.btnAdd_Click);
            // 
            // btnUpdate
            // 
            this.btnUpdate.Anchor = ((System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles)((System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Bottom | System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Right)));
            this.btnUpdate.Enabled = false;
            this.btnUpdate.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(466, 250);
            this.btnUpdate.Name = "btnUpdate";
            this.btnUpdate.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(75, 23);
            this.btnUpdate.TabIndex = 4;
            this.btnUpdate.Text = "Update";
            this.btnUpdate.UseVisualStyleBackColor = true;
            this.btnUpdate.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.btnUpdate_Click);
            // 
            // colID
            // 
            this.colID.Text = "ID";
            // 
            // colName
            // 
            this.colName.Text = "Name";
            this.colName.Width = 116;
            // 
            // colDate
            // 
            this.colDate.Text = "Date";
            this.colDate.Width = 98;
            // 
            // mainForm
            // 
            this.AutoScaleDimensions = new System.Drawing.SizeF(6F, 13F);
            this.AutoScaleMode = System.Windows.Forms.AutoScaleMode.Font;
            this.ClientSize = new System.Drawing.Size(553, 285);
            this.Controls.Add(this.btnUpdate);
            this.Controls.Add(this.btnAdd);
            this.Controls.Add(this.btnNew);
            this.Controls.Add(this.objectPropGrid);
            this.Controls.Add(this.objectList);
            this.Name = "mainForm";
            this.Text = "ListViewExtendedItem Demo";
            this.ResumeLayout(false);

        }

        #endregion

        private System.Windows.Forms.ListView objectList;
        private System.Windows.Forms.PropertyGrid objectPropGrid;
        private System.Windows.Forms.Button btnNew;
        private System.Windows.Forms.Button btnAdd;
        private System.Windows.Forms.Button btnUpdate;
        private System.Windows.Forms.ColumnHeader colID;
        private System.Windows.Forms.ColumnHeader colName;
        private System.Windows.Forms.ColumnHeader colDate;
    }
}

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