Question

Is there any way bind textboxes to the row of a dataset that is selected in a combobox? For example I have a dataset with 2 columns, one called name (this is the primary key) and the other is called author. I would like to set up databinding so that when the user selects the name in the combobox the corresponding author appears in the text of a textbox.

Specifically I want to know if this can be done through databinding or if it will require code for the selecteditemchanged event, or if it should be done using a value converter.

I think it would be possible to do with a value converter, but I was hoping it could be accomplished entirely in XAML.

This turned out to be a good tutorial to follow for building the appropriate code using the visual studio wizards for all the data stuff.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd547149.aspx

Answer 1

Try this:

<TextBox Text="{Binding ElementName=comboboxName, Path=SelectedItem.author}" />

comboboxNameis Name attribute of your ComboBox
.author is field name