使用Dictionary作为组合框DataSource

时间:2015-11-09 11:33:28

标签: vb.net dictionary combobox

我想从词典源填充组合框。这个字典有一个类值,我想使用组合属性值的类属性。

示例类

Public Class Customer
    Public ID As Integer
    Public Name As String
    Public Address As String
    Public City As String

    Public Sub New(ByVal newID As Integer, ByVal newName As String, ByVal newAddress As String, ByVal newCity As String)
        ID = newID
        Name = newName
        Address = newAddress
        City = newCity
    End Sub
End Class

示例表格

Public Class Form1
    Dim Customers As New Dictionary(Of Integer, Customer)

    Private Sub Form1_Load(sender As System.Object, e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
        Customers.Add(341, New Customer(341, "Michael", "Street 52", "New York"))
        Customers.Add(149, New Customer(149, "Susan", "Street 12", "Los Angelos"))
        Customers.Add(721, New Customer(721, "Bill", "Street 98", "Houston"))
        Customers.Add(958, New Customer(958, "Jeff", "Street 54", "Washington"))

        ComboBox1.DataSource = Customers 'What to use as a datasource??
        ComboBox1.DisplayMember = "Name"
        ComboBox1.ValueMember = "ID"
    End Sub

    Private Sub Button1_Click(sender As System.Object, e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
        MsgBox(ComboBox1.SelectedValue)
    End Sub
End Class

如何设置ComboBox1属性,以便我可以将客户名称视为DisplayMember,并将其ID标识为ValueMember

1 个答案:

答案 0 :(得分:2)

绑定到Dictionary时,事情变得有点......'间接'。

List(Of T)不同,字典没有用作DataSource所需的接口。为此,您需要使用BindingSource

' NVP is a NameValuePair class I had on hand
Private NamedPairs As New Dictionary(Of Integer, NVP)
...
NamedPairs.Add(341, New NVP("Michael", 341))
NamedPairs.Add(149, New NVP("Susan", 149))
NamedPairs.Add(721, New NVP("Bill", 721))
NamedPairs.Add(958, New NVP("Jeff", 958))

ComboBox1.DataSource = New BindingSource(NamedPairs, Nothing)
ComboBox1.DisplayMember = "Value"
ComboBox1.ValueMember = "Key"

与列表不同,列表中有Customer个项目,字典内部是一组KeyValuePair(Of TK, TV)。这就是您用于DisplayMemberValueMember属性的内容。

最后一步是改变你的Customer课程以控制显示的内容。由于您无法映射到实际/特定Customer属性,因此默认显示可能类似于WindowsApp17.Foo.Customer。要显示更有价值的内容,您需要覆盖ToString()

Class Customer
    ...
    Public Overrides Function ToString() As String
        Return Name
    End Function

您可以随意显示:

Return String.Format("{0} ({1})", Name, Value.ToString)
' or
Return String.Format("{0} from ({1})", FirstName, City)

Private Sub ComboBox1_SelectedIndexChanged(sender ...
    Console.WriteLine("SelectedValue: {0}  ", ComboBox1.SelectedValue)
End Sub

输出:

  

SelectedValue:721

SelectedItem将是Object的整个KVP,因此请将其退回:

Dim kvp As KeyValuePair(Of Int32, Customer) = CType(cbo1.SelectedItem,
                 KeyValuePair(Of Int32, Customer))
Dim thisCust As Customer = kvp.Value