Exactly! Thanks,
Shawn Wildermuth [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Original Message----- > From: dotnet discussion [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > On Behalf Of Peter Stephens > Sent: Monday, April 15, 2002 9:10 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [DOTNET] updating dataset and dataform > > > Why don't you just bind the controls on the panel to the > dataset? You should be able to use the same currency manager > so that when the current record is changed in the grid, the > panel's controls will automatically refresh. When the user > makes changes via the controls, the data will automatically > be sent to the DataSet. Finally when you want to save the > data to the database, just use a DataAdapter.Update(). The > dataset maintains enough information to know what has changed > and so will only send changed records to the database. > > >From your descriptions, it seems that you are not binding any of your > controls to the dataset, but are instead manually moving data > around your user interface... Control binding does work and > it provides a reasonable amount of automation. > > -- > Peter > > > Bob Edwards spake > > > > Yes, except that the user is not updating through the grid. > The user > > is interacting through a form that represents the data that > is in the > > grid. > > > > Imagine you have orders/details. The grid shows an order, > and you can > > click the plus sign to see the details. In my program, when > you click > > on an order, > > a form opens with all the details together. You can then > change anything > > through the form, and both the order and the detail will be > updated. That > > update is not in the dataset (should it be somehow?) and > thus the update > > must be applied both to the dataset and to the back end database. > > > > You can read messages from the DOTNET archive, unsubscribe > from DOTNET, or > subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at http://discuss.develop.com. > You can read messages from the DOTNET archive, unsubscribe from DOTNET, or subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at http://discuss.develop.com.
