Roger, AFAIK there is no default way of setting EF and the selected values with Windows Forms Controls, it needs to be done by hand. Or use WPF instead.
regards Arjang On 16 November 2010 10:02, Roger Ramjet <[email protected]> wrote: > I think I am going stupid. > > I am trying to databind a checkboxlist using entity framework 4.0 and > Winforms (in vs2010) > > > > The database looks like > > > > Student > > StudentID > > StudentName > > Strengths > > StrengthID > > Desc > > StudentStrenghts > > StudentStrenghtID > > StudentID > > StrengthID > > > > What I want to do is display a form that will allow for selecting and > displaying a student’s strengths. > > > > I can bind the checkboxlist to show all StudentStrengths - but I can’t get > it to check the selected ones. > > (this is not the actual code – just an example ) > > > > Dim dc As New StudentEntities > > Dim studentEntity = dc.Students.where(function(x) x.StudentID = > 1).SingleOrDefault > > > > Me.CheckedListBox1.DataSource = dc.StudentStrenghts > > Me.CheckedListBox1.DisplayMember = "Desc" > > > > Me.CheckedListBox1.DataBindings.Add(New Binding("SelectedValue", > studentEntity.StudentStrengths ," StudentID")) > > > > I am thinking it is because the items in the checkboxlist are Strengths, but > the binding is to StudentStrenght, but I have tried everything and just need > help. > > > > Thanks. > > > > > >
