BUG: A DataGrid control that you bind to an ArrayList class in a Windows Form displays the length of the ArrayList members instead of the ArrayList items (820652)

WORKAROUND

1. Write a class to wrap the members. To do this, follow these steps:
   1. Open your existing project in Microsoft Visual Studio .NET.
   2. Right-click project name.
   3. Point to Add, and then click Add Class.
2. Replace the existing code with the following code:
   
   Microsoft Visual Basic .NET Code
   

      Public Class dimension
         Private m_length As String
         Public Sub New(ByVal str As String)
            m_length = str
         End Sub
   
         Public Property Length() As String
            Get
               Length = m_length
            End Get
            Set(ByVal Value As String)
               m_length = Value
            End Set
         End Property
      End Class

   Microsoft Visual C# .NET Code

   	public class dimension
   	{
   	private string m_length;
   
   		public dimension(string str)
   		{
   			m_length=str;
   		}
   	
   		public string Length
   		{
   			get	
   			{
   				return m_length;
   			}
   			set
   			{
   				m_length=value;
   			}
   		}
   	}

3. Copy the following code to the Form1_Load event:
   
   Visual Basic .NET Code

         Dim al As New ArrayList()
         al.Add(New dimension("one"))
         al.Add(New dimension("two"))
         al.Add(New dimension("three"))
         DataGrid1.DataSource = al

   Visual C# .NET Code

   ArrayList al= new ArrayList();
   
           al.Add(new dimension("one"));
           al.Add(new dimension("two"));
           al.Add(new dimension("three"));
           dataGrid1.DataSource=al;