Cathi,

It doesn't, but it could. I didn't do that yet because if I did, it would appear in the drop down, but the drop down will also contain all of the other items that implement IControl. I will only have a one (or few) business objects on a form, so it would be nice if the dropdown would display only those. If I could use a TypeConverter (or something) to build a list of all of the objects that are derived from my base business object, that would be great.

bb

>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