How to bind a list of POCO objects to Windows Forms DataGrid

Question

I've not really done any windows forms before, and I am attempting to create a simple app for me to view my message logging service.

I thought the simplest way to do this would be with a DataGridView control. How do you bind a simple list of objects to it and have the column headings etc auto generated?

I have done this so far and it creates the columns with headings but no rows/data.

List<Log> logs = loggingRepo.LoadAll();

logGrid.DataSource = logs;

I would have expected there to be a logGrid.DataBind() method like list views in ASP.NET but there doesn't seem to be one.

Answer 1

There's no databind, the setting of DataSource takes place immediately.

Binding to POCOs isn't great though, you end up with a less than optimal experience for the user. I'd wrap the logs collection in a BindingList, that should enable some basic sorting and filtering.