Re: listbox property "bound field" in gridcontrol

Hi Peter,

> there are at least two ways to show data from another table in a 
> gridcontrol: either a table or a select statement.
> 
> Assuming the first column in the other table is an id (foreign key in my 
> gridcontrol table), the second column is the value I want to show in the 
> gridcontrol:
> 
> Is it the correct that:
> 
> * this is not possible with using a table,  whatever value is set to
>    the property bound field.
>    The table shows always the value of the first column.
> * this is only possible with a select statement, if the the first
>    column is specified as that one I want to see in my gridcontrol.

that's correct. That's one of the history quirks of the list box - the
"display column" is always the first column of the result set which is
used to fill the list.

Ciao
Frank

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