passing own created dropdownlist to existing dropdownlist

[Borry]

Hello,



I've created a class which contains a dropdownlist property.

Right now, I want to pass this dropdownlist to an existing one

in my class:
    Public ReadOnly Property HoofdNummer() As DropDownList
        Get
            FillList
            Return _HoofdNummer
        End Get
    End Property
 
This is on my page :
Dim oMachine As New Uitrusting
 
me.ddlExisting= oMachine.HoofdNummer

This seems to work if I look in debug mode, my ddlExisting receives all the values but once it's on the page, I don't see any values in the list.

Has anyone got a clue ?

Thx,

Bjorn

[VBCrazyCoder]

I think a better approach is to pass back from your class something that is bindable to the forms listbox, instead of passing the UI control. - This is often bad design and limits your UI.

[Borry]

Thx for your answer.

I know what you mean but what should I pass back for a combobox ? I don't want to pass back my datatable, cause then I still need to point the valuemember etc.

I just want to databind something which is immediately ready for my combobox.