Control Choice - Do you use GridView over the CheckedListBox?

In Web we have:

• Grids E.g. http://demos.kendoui.com/web/grid/selection.html

In Windows Forms we have a CheckedListBox. With a CheckedListBox you cannot:

• Sort data - always useful when there are more than about 20 rows
• Contain much information - can only show one field
• DataBind - always costs heaps of code

In Windows Forms, the code of DataGrid databinding is easier than that of CheckedListBox.

ProductsService.Instance.GetAll(Me.ProductsDataSet1) CheckedListBox1.DataSource = Me.ProductsDataSet1.Tables(0) CheckedListBox1.ValueMember = "ProductID" CheckedListBox1.DisplayMember = "ProductName" For i As Integer = 0 To CheckedListBox1.Items.Count - 1 Dim checked As Boolean = CType(ProductsDataSet1.Tables(0).Rows(i)("Discontinued"), Boolean) CheckedListBox1.SetItemChecked(i,checked) Next Figure: 8 lines of code to fill a CheckedListBox ProductsService.Instance.GetAll(Me.ProductsDataSet1) Figure: One line of code to fill a DataGrid But the CheckedListBox is useful if only one field needs displaying.