Use List of custom Business Objects as ComboBox datasource

Question

I have class like this:

class MyClass     {
    public string FirstProperty { get; set; }

    public int SecondProperty { get; set; }

public MyClass(int i, string s)
{
    FirstProperty = s;
    SecondProperty = i;
}   

        }

and a Winform with code like this:

List<MyClass> myList = new List<MyClass>();
myList.Add(new MyClass(1, "ABC"));
myList.Add(new MyClass(2, "ZXC"));

comboBox1.DataSource = myList;
comboBox1.ValueMember = "FirstProperty";
comboBox1.DisplayMember = "SecondProperty";

When I execute this code it fauls with "Cannot bind to new display member". This has worked for me in the past. What am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

public class MyClass
{
    public string FirstProperty { get; set; }
    public int SecondProperty { get; set; }
}

Then:

var myList = new List<MyClass>
{
    new MyClass {SecondProperty = 1, FirstProperty = "ABC"},
    new MyClass {SecondProperty = 2, FirstProperty = "ZXC"}
};

comboBox1.DataSource = myList;
comboBox1.ValueMember = "FirstProperty";
comboBox1.DisplayMember = "SecondProperty";

I hope it helps.