Bill,

Does your Business object inherit from Component or implement IComponent?

>Hi Cathi,
>
>The DataSource property that I added is an object type, with simple get{} and set{} that do nothing more than get and set the private field. I didn't set it to type Employee, because I wanted something more generic.
>
>My goal is to have some code that will read the DataSource and DataMember properties and do the DataBinding automatically.
>
>The problem comes in setting the property via the property sheet. If I type Employee in the property sheet for the DataSource the resultant code in the Form.cs is
>
> this.TextBox1.DataSource = "Employee"
>
>what I would like is
> this.TextBox1.DataSource = oEmployee
>
>I would like to be either to type in the object name and not get the quotes, or have a drop down that shows the available objects. When I used the [TypeConverter("System.ComponentModel.ReferenceConverter")] attribute on the DataSource property, I get a list of all of the components on my form (textbox1, label1, etc). I understand that it is showing all of the controls that implement IControl. I'm trying to do something similar, and I don't know if I have to create my own TypeConverter or not, and if so, how to go about returning the correct value.
>
>thanks,
>bb
>
>>Hi Bill,
>>
>>Can you provide some code for the DataSource property? Did you define the data type for the DataSource property to be Employee type?
>>
>>>Hi Cathi,
>>>
>>>I was hoping you could help me with this or point me in the right direction. I have created a subclass of the TextBox control in order to add a DataSource and DataMember property. When I set the DataSource property to oEmployee in the property sheet it is written to the code as "oEmployee" (with quotes). I would like to have the object reference (without the quotes) rather than a string. I think I need to the a TypeConverter Attribute, but I'm having trouble getting it to work.
>>>
>>>thanks,
>>>bb