The BindingComplete event will only get called if a certain parameter is set
to true (the constructor with the 4th parameter as a boolean is the one).
That said, it will fire a LOT, so its not a good place.
I would put it right after I actually added the databindings for the grid.
If they are happening automatically, you should be able to do it after the
InitializeComponent call and they should be there, I would think.
-Rick
"David Veeneman" <davidv@nospam.com (domain is my last name)> wrote in
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[quoted text, click to view] > How do I set delegates for the Format and Parse events of design-time
> bindings in .NET 2.0?
>
> I have a grid that is data-bound to a custom object through a binding
> source control:
>
> dataGridView1 ---> bindingSource1 ---> WidgetList
>
> WidgetList is a List<WidgetItem>. WidgetItem has two properties, Date and
> Text.
>
> I need to do some custom formatting in the grid's Date column, so I need
> to declare delegates to handle the Format and Parse events for the 'Date'
> data binding. Here's the code that sets the delegates to handle the
> events:
>
> dataGridView1.DataBindings["Date"].Format += new
> ConvertEventHandler(Date_Format);
> dataGridView1.DataBindings["Date"].Parse += new
> ConvertEventHandler(Date_Parse);
>
> My question is: Where do I put this code?
>
> First, I tried putting it in the constructor, then in the Form_Load
> handler. The binding hadn't been created yet, so the code threw a null
> object exception in both places.
>
> Then, I tried putting the code in a bindingSource1_BindingComplete
> handler, but that handler never got called by my code.
>
> At this point, I'm scratching my head. Where should the delegate
> declarations go? Thanks in advance.
>
> --
> David Veeneman
> Foresight Systems
>
