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Binding Combo Boxes

Combo boxes are complex data-binding controls. Here are the properties you use to bind this control to a data source (for more on these properties, see the In Depth section of this chapter):

• DataSource

• DisplayMember

• ValueMember

You can see an example of data binding with this control in the DataBinding example on the CD-ROM in Figure 21.3, where I've bound a combo box to the authors.au_lname field in the pubs database. For an example using the DisplayMember and ValueMember properties, see "Using the DisplayMember and ValueMember Properties" later in this chapter.