Best way to databind a group of radiobuttons in WinForms

Question

I\'m currently working on databinding some of my existing Windows Forms, and I\'ve ran into an issue figuring out the proper way of databinding a group of radiobutton contro

Answer 1

I know this post is old but in my search for an answer for this same problem I came across this post and it didn't solve my problem. I ended up having a lightbulb go off randomly just a minute ago and wanted to share my solution.

I have three radio buttons in a group box. I'm using a List<> of a custom class object as the data source.

Class Object:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;

namespace BAL
{
class ProductItem
{

    // Global Variable to store the value of which radio button should be checked
    private int glbTaxStatus;
    // Public variable to set initial value passed from 
    // database query and get value to save to database
    public int TaxStatus
    {
        get { return glbTaxStatus; }
        set { glbTaxStatus = value; }
    }

    // Get/Set for 1st Radio button
    public bool Resale
    {
        // If the Global Variable = 1 return true, else return false
        get
        {
            if (glbTaxStatus.Equals(1))
            {
                return true;
            }
            else
            {
                return false;
            }
        }

        // If the value being passed in = 1 set the Global Variable = 1, else do nothing
        set
        {
            if (value.Equals(true))
            {
                glbTaxStatus = 1;
            }
        }
    }

    // Get/Set for 2nd Radio button
    public bool NeverTax
    {
        // If the Global Variable = 2 return true, else return false
        get
        {
            if (glbTaxStatus.Equals(2))
            {
                return true;
            }
            else
            {
                return false;
            }
        }

        // If the value being passed in = 2 set the Global Variable = 2, else do nothing
        set
        {
            if (value.Equals(true))
            {
                glbTaxStatus = 2;
            }
        }
    }

    // Get/Set for 3rd Radio button
    public bool AlwaysTax
    {
        // If the Global Variable = 3 return true, else return false
        get
        {
            if (glbTaxStatus.Equals(3))
            {
                return true;
            }
            else
            {
                return false;
            }
        }

        // If the value being passed in = 3 set the Global Variable = 3, else do nothing
        set
        {
            if (value.Equals(true))
            {
                glbTaxStatus = 3;
            }
        }
    }

// More code ...

Three seperate public variables with get/set accessing the same one global variable.

In the code behind, I have a function called during the Page_Load() setting all the controls databindings. For each radio button I add its own databinging.

radResale.DataBindings.Add("Checked", glbProductList, "Resale", true, DataSourceUpdateMode.OnPropertyChanged, false);
radNeverTax.DataBindings.Add("Checked", glbProductList, "NeverTax", true, DataSourceUpdateMode.OnPropertyChanged, false);
radAlwaysTax.DataBindings.Add("Checked", glbProductList, "Always", true, DataSourceUpdateMode.OnPropertyChanged, false);

I hope this helps someone!!

Answer 2

Set the tag name of your radio buttons to something that represents the value.

Create a string setting, for example, OptionDuplicateFiles, and give it the default value of the tag name for your default radio button.

To save your checked radio button:

Settings.Default.OptionDuplicateFiles = gbxDuplicateFiles.Controls
   .OfType<RadioButton>()
   .Where(b => b.Checked)
   .Select(b => b.Tag)
   .First()
   .ToString();

To load your checked radio button:

(gbxDuplicateFiles.Controls
   .OfType<RadioButton>()
   .Where(b => b.Tag.ToString() == Settings.Default.OptionDuplicateFiles)
   .First())
   .Checked = true;

Tada!

Answer 3

I think I would use my own GroupBox. I would bind the CustomGroupBox to your Model and set the correct RadioButton (using the tag or name properties) from the binded value.