"kzoltan" <kzoltan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I am trying to determine the name of the datatable that a control is bound
> to using code. For example: I have a textbox which is bound to a
> bindingsource. The bindingsource is either bound to a dataset's datatable
> or
> another bindingsource and a relation (typical master detail setup). How
> can
> I determine the name of the underlying datatable that the control is bound
> to?
>
> Scenario 1: textbox, bound to bindingsource, bindingsource datasource is
> a
> dataset, datamember is a datatable.
> Scenario 2: textbox is bound to a bindingsource, bindingsource is bound
> to
> another bindingsource - datasource is binding source, datamember is a
> relation such as master_detail.

>
> Thank you very much for your help.

"Bart Mermuys" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> "kzoltan" <kzoltan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:DCBAB43C-BF75-4A29-BFBE-974580484DF5@microsoft.com...
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am trying to determine the name of the datatable that a control is bound
> > to using code. For example: I have a textbox which is bound to a
> > bindingsource. The bindingsource is either bound to a dataset's datatable
> > or
> > another bindingsource and a relation (typical master detail setup). How
> > can
> > I determine the name of the underlying datatable that the control is bound
> > to?
> >
> > Scenario 1: textbox, bound to bindingsource, bindingsource datasource is
> > a
> > dataset, datamember is a datatable.
> > Scenario 2: textbox is bound to a bindingsource, bindingsource is bound
> > to
> > another bindingsource - datasource is binding source, datamember is a
> > relation such as master_detail.
>
> You can get the BindingSource from a Control property binding like this:
>
> BindingSource bs = (BindingSource)
> someTextBox.DataBindings["Text"].DataSource;
>
>
> Once you have the BindingSource you can get the name of the underlying
> DataTable:
>
> Console.WriteLine( bs.GetListName(null) );
> -or-
> Console.WriteLine( ((DataView)bs.List).Table.TableName );
>
>
> HTH,
> Greetings
>
>
> >
> > Thank you very much for your help.
>
>