Binding Text Boxes to Data source in C#/VB.NET in Visual Studio

How to bind textboxes to data source using Visual Studio

Select the TextBox and from the properties window select (Advanced) from DataBindings

From the list of sources select ‘Add Data Source’

Select Appropriate Data Source


When prompted to Save the connection string accept it

The dialog will get the list of data sources.

From the list select the table you want and the columns

Assign the column to the particular text box

this.textBox1.DataBindings.Add(new System.Windows.Forms.Binding("Text", this.forumUsersBindingSource, "ForumUser", true));