Base class of all controls that has DataSource, DisplayMember and ValueMember properties

Question

I am programming in C# WinForms. I want to know, how can I find any controls that has DataSource property, also DisplayMember and ValueMember properties?

What is that controls base class? is it Control class or what? I want to have a method to return a "Control" base object, that has all 3 DataSource, DisplayMember and ValueMamber properties.

So I'll can assign a ComboBox or ListBox to that return object. For example:

public myReturnType GetControl()
{
    //Some Code Here
     ...

    return myReturnType;
}

ComboBox a = GetControl();
ListBox  b = GetControl();
...

After that assignment, both a and b controls, has desire DataSourse, DisplayMember and ValueMember properties.

Answer 1

Usually they are derived from base class ListControl which has all three properties defined in Base. So you can check if a control is of type ListControl it will have all three properties.

If you want to investigate such information simply press F12 or use Right click and GoToDefinition for any class and look for base classes and other information for builtin types.