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Control type as datatype of datacolumn

I've done this in vb.net, but can't seem to get it to work in c#. I'm trying to set the datatype of a new datacolumn to Label (or System.Windows.Forms.Label) so that this datatable can have references to controls on the form for faster indexing. Code snippet:

DataColumn dc = new DataColumn {DataType = System.Windows.Forms.Label, ColumnName = "labelDate"};

is throwing error "'Label' is a type, which is not valid in the given context". Meanwhile, "DataType" requires "Type", so I'm not sure what's wrong here.

Solution

  • Figured it out, leaving the answer here in case it's helpful to anyone

    DataColumn dc = new DataColumn {DataType = typeof(Label), ColumnName = "labelDate"};