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When adding a new item via a BindingNavigator, how can I populate several fields of the new item with values from the previously selected item?

Note: On BindingNavigatorAddNewItem.Click, the BindingNavigator already has the new item loaded and the controls cleared to default values.

Steven
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The BindingNavigator has to be bound to a data source. For it to share the same as a DataGridView, for instance, it needs to use a BindingSource. So the added item is actually added to your underlying BindingSource.DataSource.

There are two ways I can see to solve your issue.

Once both the DataGridView and BindingNavigator are bound, even though you click on the BindingNavigator.AddNewItem button, a call to BindingSource.AddNew() method is made and the position of the CurrencyManager updates changes for your newly added item's position, so does the BindingSource.Current property by returning an instance of your newly added object, or else, the BindingSource.CurrencyManager.Current does the same.

1 - Use the BindingSource.Current

Type cast the BindingSource.Current object, assign your values, and you're done!

2 - Subscribe to the BindingSource.AddingNew event

By doing so, you may access your instance through the BindingSource.AddignNewEventArgs, and use the AddignNewEventArgs.NewObject property to type cast it and assign your own default values to it.

Will Marcouiller
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  • The following results in `InvalidCastException`: `SomeDataSet.HelloWorldRow newRow (SomeDataSet.HelloWorldRow) HelloWorldBindingSource.Current;` – Steven Apr 30 '14 at 00:55
  • This seems to be the right answer (the `BindingSource.AddingNew` event). However, I cannot seem to populate `AddingNewEventArgs.NewObject` with the correct type. I created a separate question for that issue: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23378421/customize-stronglytyped-bindingsource-item-addition – Steven Apr 30 '14 at 02:05