I have implemented the SortableSearchableList class found at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa480736.aspx and have added a Sort method to it as follows:
public void Sort(PropertyDescriptor prop, ListSortDirection direction)
{
ApplySortCore(prop, direction);
}
This class works when sorting my DataGridView by clicking on any of the column headers, but I need to be able to programmatically call the Sort method for a specified column (using a sortButton control in this example). The few code examples I've found online suggest obtaining the PropertyDescriptor for the column and passing it along to the ApplySortCore method. I have yet to get that to work. I can get the PropertyDescriptorCollection properties of either my DataGridView or SortableSearchableList, but can't seem to get the Find method to obtain the PropertyDescriptor for my specified column/member. Here's the rest of my code:
namespace SortableBindingListTest
{
public partial class Form1 : Form
{
private SortableSearchableList<Tags> alarms = new SortableSearchableList<Tags>();
public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
alarms.Add(new Tags("some text", "1"));
alarms.Add(new Tags("more text", "2"));
alarms.Add(new Tags("another one", "3"));
dataGridView1.AutoGenerateColumns = false;
dataGridView1.AllowUserToAddRows = true;
dataGridView1.EditMode = DataGridViewEditMode.EditOnEnter;
dataGridView1.RowHeadersVisible = false;
dataGridView1.AutoSizeColumnsMode = System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewAutoSizeColumnsMode.Fill;
DataGridViewTextBoxColumn alarmColumn = new DataGridViewTextBoxColumn();
alarmColumn.DataPropertyName = "Alarm";
alarmColumn.Name = "Alarm";
alarmColumn.HeaderText = "Alarm";
DataGridViewTextBoxColumn messageColumn = new DataGridViewTextBoxColumn();
messageColumn.DataPropertyName = "Message";
messageColumn.Name = "Message";
messageColumn.HeaderText = "Message";
dataGridView1.Columns.Add(alarmColumn);
dataGridView1.Columns.Add(messageColumn);
dataGridView1.DataSource = alarms;
}
private void sortButton_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
// try getting properties of BindingList
PropertyDescriptorCollection listProperties = TypeDescriptor.GetProperties(alarms);
PropertyDescriptor alarmProp = listProperties.Find("Alarm", false);
// prop is null at this point, so the next line fails
alarms.Sort(alarmProp, ListSortDirection.Ascending);
// try getting properties of DataGridView column
PropertyDescriptorCollection dgvProperties = TypeDescriptor.GetProperties(dataGridView1);
PropertyDescriptor columnProp = dgvProperties.Find("Alarm", false);
// columnProp is null at this point, so the next line also fails
alarms.Sort(columnProp, ListSortDirection.Ascending);
}
}
public class Tags : INotifyPropertyChanged
{
private string _alarm;
private string _message;
public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;
public Tags(string alarm, string message)
{
_alarm = alarm;
_message = message;
}
public string Alarm
{
get { return _alarm; }
set
{
_alarm = value;
this.NotifyPropertyChanged("Alarm");
}
}
public string Message
{
get { return _message; }
set
{
_message = value;
this.NotifyPropertyChanged("Message");
}
}
private void NotifyPropertyChanged(string name)
{
if (PropertyChanged != null)
PropertyChanged(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(name));
}
}
}
Any help would be greatly appreciated.