Question

This is the exception that I’m getting when I’m trying to bind to a System.Type.Name.

Here is what I’m doing:

this.propertyTypeBindingSource.DataSource = typeof(System.Type);  /* snip */  this.nameTextBox1.DataBindings.Add(     new System.Windows.Forms.Binding(         'Text',          this.propertyTypeBindingSource,          'Name', true)); 

Is there some trick with binding to System.Type, is it not allowed or is there any workaround? Have no problems with binding to other types.

Answer 1

Found a workaround. Made a class

public class StubPropertyType {     public StubPropertyType(Type type)     {         this.StubPropertyTypeName = type.Name;     }      public string StubPropertyTypeName = string.Empty; } 

created a binding source

this.propertyStubBindingSource.DataSource = typeof(StubPropertyType); 

created an instance of the class and bound the textbox to it.

this.nameTextBox.DataBindings.Add(     new System.Windows.Forms.Binding(         'Text',          this.propertyStubBindingSource,          'StubPropertyTypeName',          true)); 

works exactly as required.