//Build fkey combobox
var fKeyCombo = new DataGridViewComboBoxColumn
{
// most of these are frequently string values or constants
HeaderText = "States", // The column header text
DisplayMember = "StateAbbreviation",
// what field from the fkey table to display (list of names)
Name = "state", // will be the name you use when you reference the column in the dataGridView
ValueMember = "Id", // fkey link column typically the column in the foreign key table you join the main table on
DataPropertyName = "stateId" // main table field you are replacing with a comboBox
};
BindingSource fkey1Binding = new BindingSource();
var Fkey1Table = db.getDs().TechObjTypes;
fkey1Binding.DataSource = Fkey1Table; fKeyCombo.DataSource = fkey1Binding;
dataGridView1.Columns.Add(fKeyCombo);
//Add other fkey columns here or just delete below, and use the snippet over again
//Sets up the main Table for dataGridView binding comment out or delete if using multiple fkey snippets //best declared with a larger scope than this function so it can later be submitted to the tableAdapter for updates
var mainTable = DataSet1.mainTable();
var MainBinding = new BindingSource();
MainBinding.DataSource = mainTable;
dataGridView1.DataSource = MainBinding;
//Must call MainBinding.EndEdit(); after updates, so it will update the MainTable
// then you can pass the mainTable to a dataAdapter to do all the updates.
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