The following documentation page:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.forms.checkedlistbox.datasource%28it-it%29.aspx

states that DataSource is overloaded!!!
How can it be possible.
Moreover documentation states that CheckedListBox shouldn't be databound but if I declare
ListControl checkedList = new CheckedListBox();
I can see the DataSource property and it actually works (well it works even if the variable type is CheckedListBox itself).
What's the problem with CheckedListBox databinding or how should we implement it.
From google and msdn I could not find an actual answer.

Hi,

CheckedListbox control inherits from ListBox. So it will get the parent properties. I test on my side. You can write the setting datasource code and this can be compiled even though the datasource property is not show in intelisense list.

checkedListBox1.DataSource = dt01;

checkedListBox1.DisplayMember = "col01";

checkedListBox1.ValueMember = "col02";

By the way, you can expend the base CheckedListBox control with the datasource property.

The following tells about that. Hope this helps.

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/combobox/ExCheckedListBox.aspx

Best regards,

Ling Wang

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Hi Ling,
Thank you for your kind answer.
Actually what I would like to know is why is DataSource hidden and why the documentation states that we should not use it.
Moreover it sounds strange to me hearing about property overloading in C# so I didn't understand why that article
defined the property as overloaded.
Could you explain me the meaning of these two things?

Thank you very much

Matteo Tontini