Hi, Kevin-
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> private static string _DataSource;
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>When I drop 'ccTextBox' on any form, I see the new property 'DataSource' in the property sheet. Problem is that when I specify a data source for any one textbox, ALL the textbox controls wind up containing the same datasource name!
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>So if I specify 'firstname' on the first textbox, all 10 controls wind up having 'Firstname' as the datasource property.
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>Thinking that maybe because I had used a keyword as a prop name, I changed the property name to something else, but to no avail.
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>What am I missing?
I think just the fact that you're using a static.