This tutorial demonstrates how you can manually add information to a list using the AddItem Mode without having to bind C1List to a DataSet.

1. Create a new .NET project and add:

   • One C1List control (C1List1)
   • Three text boxes (TextBox1, 2, 3)
   • Three labels and three buttons (Button1, 2, 3)

   The form should look like the following:

   

2. Set the C1ListBase.DataMode property for the C1List control to AddItem.
3. In the Form_Load event, add the following code:

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   With Me.C1List1 .AddItemTitles("First Name; LastName; Phone Number") .AddItem("Greg;Daryll;412-657-3412") .AddItem("Jane;Lambert;567-123-6785") .AddItem("Allen;Clark;675-345-9087") .AddItem("David;Elkins;564-345-2635") .AddItem("Carl;Ziegler;412-678-2351") .AddItem("William;Yahner;412-980-6754") End With

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   this.c1List1.AddItemTitles("First Name; LastName; Phone Number"); this.c1List1.AddItem("Greg;Daryll;412-657-3412"); this.c1List1.AddItem("Jane;Lambert;567-123-6785"); this.c1List1.AddItem("Allen;Clark;675-345-9087"); this.c1List1.AddItem("David;Elkins;564-345-2635"); this.c1List1.AddItem("Carl;Ziegler;412-678-2351"); this.c1List1.AddItem("William;Yahner;412-980-6754");

4. Add the following code to the Button1_Click event to allow the user to add a record:

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   Me.C1List1.AddItem(Me.TextBox1.Text + ";" + Me.TextBox2.Text + ";" + Me.TextBox3.Text)

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   this.c1List1.AddItem(this.TextBox1.Text + ";" + this.TextBox2.Text + ";" + this.TextBox3.Text);

5. Add the following code to the Button2_Click event to allow the user to delete a record:

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   Try Me.C1List1.RemoveItem(Me.C1List1.SelectedIndex) Catch MessageBox.Show("Select an item from the list first.", "List") End Try

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   try { this.c1List1.RemoveItem(this.C1List1.SelectedIndex); } catch { MessageBox.Show("Select an item from the list first.", "List"); }

6. Add the following to the Button3_Click event to allow the user to clear the list:

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   Me.C1List1.ClearItems()

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   this.c1List1.ClearItems();

Run the program and observe the following:

• When you enter information into the text boxes and click the Add Record button, the information you entered is added to the list.

  

• Selecting a row and clicking Delete Selected will delete the whole row, while clicking Clear All will delete the entire list. 
  Note: For faster data processing, you can use the C1ListBase.AddItem method.
  For example, replace the code in the Form_Load event with the following code:

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  With Me.C1List1 .AddItemTitles("First Name; LastName; Phone Number") .SuspendBinding() .AddItem("Greg;Daryll;412-657-3412") .AddItem("Jane;Lambert;567-123-6785") .AddItem("Allen;Clark;675-345-9087") .AddItem("David;Elkins;564-345-2635") .AddItem("Carl;Ziegler;412-678-2351") .AddItem("William;Yahner;412-980-6754") .ResumeBinding() End With

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  this.C1List1.AddItemTitles("First Name; LastName; Phone Number"); this.C1List1.SuspendBinding(); this.C1List1.AddItem("Greg;Daryll;412-657-3412"); this.C1List1.AddItem("Jane;Lambert;567-123-6785"); this.C1List1.AddItem("Allen;Clark;675-345-9087"); this.C1List1.AddItem("David;Elkins;564-345-2635"); this.C1List1.AddItem("Carl;Ziegler;412-678-2351"); this.C1List1.AddItem("William;Yahner;412-980-6754"); this.C1List1.ResumeBinding();

In this tutorial only a small amount of data was used, so you may not notice a difference in the processing time. For larger amounts of data, use the C1ListBase.AddItem method for a much faster processing time.

This concludes the tutorial.