What Is Data Binding?

Simple binding is a method of binding the properties of a user interface element (control) to a property on a type (object) instance. For example, if a developer has an instance of the Customer type, he can bind the "Name" property of the Customer to the "Text" property of a TextBox. After "binding" these two properties, changes to the TextBox's Text property will "propagate" to the Customer's Name property, while changes to the Customer's Name property will also "propagate" to the TextBox's Text property. Windows Forms' simple data binding supports binding to any public or internal level of the .NET Framework properties. You can also use the database to simply bind a single property of a page control.