Data Binding With Custom Control in LightSwitch

Jaganathan Bantheswaran

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C#Visual Studio 2010 .net 4.0 Visual Studio LightSwitch 2011Visual Studio LightSwitchData Binding in LightSwitch

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Asfend Yar10y ago
thanks for share
Asfend Yar10y ago
Hard work shows clearly in your article
Asfend Yar10y ago
great effort
Asfend Yar10y ago
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Kiran Boreddy15y agoedited
Hi Jagan, Thanks for your tutorials. Can you help me with this issue : Can we add/modify/delete new/extra controls(like textbox, autofill etc.) in a screen from another screen(like admin user screen)? Thanks in advance.
CT Ewe15y ago
Hi Gamon, there is converters available online. I personally have used http://converter.telerik.com/ which works. Hi Jaganathan, I didn't managed to thank you previously. I actually didn't see the link for the source file. Best regards, CT
- Gamon Savatsomboon15y ago
  Thanks, CT. I will check it out. If any trouble, I would ask for your help. Best regards, Gamon.
- Gamon Savatsomboon15y ago
  Hi Jagan, Alway appreciate your articles. I am also your visitor of your other LS site. Here is my question. Would it be possible to show fields from Table A (Let's say we have fields A1, A2, and A3) and Table B (Let's say we have fields B1, B2, and B3) on an "Editable Grid Screen" (of LightSwitch)? I would like all fields from Table A and Table B to show on the same line from left to right on an Editable Grid Screen (not as two separated groups on an Editable Grid Screen). So, I could export (open) the data as Excel using a build-in Excel command on the Editable Grid Screen once, not twice. Then, I want to do something with it from that one Excel page, not two separated openned Excel pages. By the way, I would try to use a converter from C# to VB. Thank you Gamon
- Jaganathan Bantheswaran15y ago
  Yes we can.. We need to use Join Query as Screen Entity. See my article.
Gamon Savatsomboon15y ago
Hi Jaganathan, Good tutorials, but all in C#. I guess the source codes in VB are not available. Thanks! Gamon
Jaganathan Bantheswaran15y ago
First of all, thanks for your questions. Ans 1: As i have given source code for this article i have mentioned only the functionality of binding i left to mention where you should place the code. So please look into the source code. Ans 2: We specified the data for custom control only, not for the particular property of the custom control. So we are binding the data specified to the particular property called "ContentProperty". Ans 3: Once again, please download the source. Thanks.
CT Ewe15y ago
Hi Jaganatan, Thanks for this tutorial. I have a few questions: 1) In the section "Enabling the Control to bind with Property" above, where do you put both pieces of code? 2) Why is this step necessary if they have already asked to specify the data when adding a custom control? 3) How did you make the colour of your text label red? Many thanks. Best regards, CT