To be fair the problem is not with the entity framework, my problem with EF, is that there seems to be a lack of comprehendable yet informative documentation, and a lack of decent samples.
The problem is with the grids, that don't really seem to do anything sensible in this context, I think in general they are too coupled to the concept of displaying datatables etc, or just a bit poor e.g. my problem with the datagridview is that the grid tries to use the formattedvalue of the data to retrospectively look back and work out what the underlying value is, so in my case the ParseFormattedValue is failing...the basic problem is the assumption that the displayed string value can be uniquely and easily mapped back to the underlying value...which in general is not correct. I can bodge it....and will have a go, and see what happens. I do though accept that a value of the EF is considerably undermined by the lack of vanilla UI elements that can easilz show the data. =================================== This list is hosted by DevelopMentor® http://www.develop.com View archives and manage your subscription(s) at http://discuss.develop.com
