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System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture.DateTimeFormat.FullDateTimePattern;

OleDbConnection theConnection = new OleDbConnection("provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;data source=c:\\test.xls;Extended Properties=Excel 8.0;");
            theConnection.Open();
            OleDbDataAdapter theDataAdapter = new OleDbDataAdapter("SELECT * FROM [Sheet1$]", theConnection);
            DataSet ds = new DataSet();
            DataTable dt = new DataTable();
            theDataAdapter.Fill(dt);
            dataGrid1.DataSource = dt.DefaultView;

CaptainSeeSharp wrote:

I forgot that I can't even do a simple comparison between two of the same generic types. There has got to be a way don't you think?

class CellMap<TCell> where TCell : IEquatable<TCell>
{
    public void SetMap(TCell[][] newMap, bool redrawAll)
    {
        // ...
       /if (newMap[x][y].Equals(bufferMap[x][y])) continue;
        // ...
    }
}

class CellMap<TCell> where TCell : class
{
    public void SetMap(TCell[][] newMap, bool redrawAll)
    {
        // ...
        if (newMap[0][0] == newMap[0][1]) continue;
        // ...
    }
}

class CellMap<TCell> where TCell : CellBase
{
    public void SetMap(TCell[][] newMap, bool redrawAll)
    {
        // ...
        if (newMap[0][0] == newMap[0][1]) continue;
        // ...
    }
}
class CellBase
{
    // ...
}

class TCell
{
   int field1;
   string field2;

   // override equals...   
   override public bool Equals(object other)
   {
      if (!(other is TCell)) return false;
      return (field1 == other.field1 && field2 == other.field2);
   }

   // or overload the operator..
   static public bool operator ==(TCell x, TCell y) 
   {
      return (x.field1 == y.field1 && x.field2 == y.field2);
   }
}

dojohansen wrote:

I don't understand where generics enter into the problem at all. You want to compare two TCell instances, and TCell is apparently not the generic type

dojohansen wrote:

Just overriding Equals or the equals operator should suffice.

N a v a n e e t h wrote:

TCell is a generic type in the example shown by OP.

N a v a n e e t h wrote:

ou may need to override GetHashCode() as well.

class TCell<T>
{
    int n;
    string s;

    public TCell(int n, string s)
    {
        this.n = n;
        this.s = s;
    }

    public bool Equals<T2>(TCell<T2> obj)
    {
        return (obj != null && obj.n == this.n && obj.s == this.s);
    }

    public override int GetHashCode()
    {
        return s.GetHashCode();
    }
}