Binding to Object Collections in different assembly

Question

Using 10.2.3600 + SP1 (included with VS.Net 2005)
I have read the Tutorial in the Walkthrough on "Connection to Object Collections"
However, I don't see how I can connect to a collection in an assembly that is different
than one the report is in.
Any ideas on to how to do that?

Answer 1

Collection Class: BatchReportCollection
  Inherits CollectionBase
    Implements IBindingList
and has these functions:
    Public Overridable Function GetTable() As DataTable
        If Me.Count > 0 Then
            Dim tbl As DataTable = Utils.CreateTable(Me.Item(0))
            FillTable(tbl)
            Return tbl
        Else
            Return Nothing
        End If
    End Function
    Public Sub FillTable(ByRef tbl As DataTable)
        If Me.Count > 0 Then
            tbl.Clear()
            Me.AppendToTable(tbl)
        End If
    End Sub
    Public Sub AppendToTable(ByRef tbl As DataTable)
        If Me.Count > 0 Then
            Dim propInfo As Reflection.PropertyInfo
            For i As Integer = 0 To Me.Count - 1
                Try
                    Dim dr As DataRow
                    dr = tbl.NewRow
                    For i2 As Integer = 0 To tbl.Columns.Count - 1
                        Try
                            propInfo = Me.Item(i).GetType.GetProperty(tbl.Columns(i2).ColumnName)
                            If propInfo IsNot Nothing Then
                              dr.Item(tbl.Columns(i2).ColumnName) = propInfo.GetValue(Me.Item(i), Nothing)
                            End If
                        Catch
                        End Try
                    Next
                    If dr IsNot Nothing Then tbl.Rows.Add(dr)
                Catch ex As Exception
                  Throw
                End Try
            Next
        End If
    End Sub
Class Utils.CreateTable is defined as:
    Public Function CreateTable(ByVal obj As Object) As DataTable
        If obj Is Nothing Then Return Nothing
        Dim objProps() As Reflection.PropertyInfo = obj.GetType.GetProperties()
        Dim tbl As New DataTable(obj.GetType.Name)
        Dim col As DataColumn
        For Each objProp As Reflection.PropertyInfo In objProps
            For Each att As Object In objProp.GetCustomAttributes(True)
                If TypeOf (att) Is BOCustomAttributes.attTableValue AndAlso  _
                   CType(att, BOCustomAttributes.attTableValue).TableValue = True Then
                    col = New DataColumn(objProp.Name.ToString, _            
                                         System.Type.GetType(objProp.PropertyType.ToString))
                    col.Caption = objProp.Name.ToString
                    tbl.Columns.Add(col)
                End If
            Next
        Next
        Return tbl
    End Function