UserControl having binding that propagates to inner control - c#

This is probably not a rocket science question, so forgive me for being a newcomer!
I have a UserControl that is for setting the name of a person (simple for test purposes).
PersonNameControl.xaml:
<UserControl x:Class="BindingPropagationTest.Controls.PersonNameControl"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
mc:Ignorable="d" Width="120" Height="23" Margin="0,0,0,0"
>
<TextBox Name="TextBox" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" VerticalAlignment="Stretch" />
</UserControl>
and as you can see, it contains a TextBox that is the "real" textbox. The code behind looks like this.
PersonNameControl.xaml.cs:
using System.Windows.Controls;
using System.Windows;
using System.Diagnostics;
namespace BindingPropagationTest.Controls
{
public partial class PersonNameControl : UserControl
{
public static DependencyProperty nameProperty
= DependencyProperty.Register("PersonName", typeof(string), typeof(PersonNameControl));
public string PersonName
{
get
{
Debug.WriteLine("get PersonNameControl.PersonName = " + TextBox.Text);
return TextBox.Text;
}
set
{
Debug.WriteLine("set PersonNameControl.PersonName = " + value);
TextBox.Text = value;
}
}
public PersonNameControl()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
}
}
I use the usercontrol in MainWindow.xaml:
<Window x:Class="BindingPropagationTest.MainWindow"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:my="clr-namespace:BindingPropagationTest.Controls"
xmlns:items="clr-namespace:BindingPropagationTest.ComboBoxItems"
Title="Testing binding in UserControl"
Width="179" Height="310">
<Canvas Height="241" Width="144">
<Label Canvas.Left="11" Canvas.Top="10" Content="Name" Height="28" Padding="0" />
<my:PersonNameControl x:Name="nameControl"
Width="120" Height="23"
HorizontalAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Top"
PersonName="{Binding name}"
Canvas.Left="11" Canvas.Top="28" />
<Label Canvas.Left="11" Canvas.Top="57" Content="Address" Height="28" Padding="0" />
<TextBox Canvas.Left="11" Canvas.Top="75" Width="120" Text="{Binding address}"></TextBox>
<Label Canvas.Left="11" Canvas.Top="103" Content="Age" Height="28" Padding="0" />
<TextBox Canvas.Left="11" Canvas.Top="122" Height="23" Name="textBox1" Width="120" Text="{Binding age}" />
<ComboBox Canvas.Left="11" Canvas.Top="173" Height="23"
Name="comboBox1" Width="120" SelectionChanged="comboBox1_SelectionChanged">
<items:PersonComboBoxItem age="41" name="Donald Knuth" address="18 Donut Street" Height="23" />
<items:PersonComboBoxItem age="23" name="Vladimir Putin" address="15 Foo Street" Height="23" />
<items:PersonComboBoxItem age="32" name="Mike Hammer" address="10 Downing Street" Height="23" />
</ComboBox>
</Canvas>
</Window>
together with some normal TextBoxes as you can see.
In the code behind for MainWindow
MainWindow.xaml.cs:
using System.Windows;
using System.Windows.Controls;
using BindingPropagationTest.ComboBoxItems;
namespace BindingPropagationTest
{
public partial class MainWindow : Window
{
public MainWindow()
{
InitializeComponent();
DataContext = new Person();
}
private void comboBox1_SelectionChanged
(object sender, SelectionChangedEventArgs e)
{
updateForm();
}
private void updateForm()
{
var item = (PersonComboBoxItem)comboBox1.SelectedItem;
DataContext = new Person()
{ age = item.age, name = item.name, address = item.address };
}
}
}
you see that I set DataContext to a "person".
Person.cs:
namespace BindingPropagationTest
{
public class Person
{
public string name {get; set; }
public int age { get; set; }
public string address { get; set; }
}
}
and as you notice I have invented an own ComboBoxItem like this.
PersonComboBoxItem.cs:
using System.Windows.Controls;
using System.Diagnostics;
namespace BindingPropagationTest.ComboBoxItems
{
public class PersonComboBoxItem : ComboBoxItem
{
private string _name = "";
public string name
{
get
{
return _name;
}
set
{
_name = value;
Content = _name;
}
}
public int age { get; set; }
public string address { get; set; }
public override string ToString()
{
Debug.WriteLine("name: " + name);
return name;
}
}
}
Running this application gives you this window:
And selecting a combobox item gives you this:
and as you can see, the name will not be filled in.
Why not?

You are almost there, a few things you need to change
Dependency properties are used like
public static DependencyProperty NameProperty = DependencyProperty.Register(
"Name",
typeof(string),
typeof(PersonNameControl));
public string Name
{
get
{
return (string)GetValue(NameProperty);
}
set
{
SetValue(NameProperty, value);
}
}
There is a very strict convention that is necessary for dependency properties. It must be called "NameProperty" if the Property is called Name. Also the property just sets and gets the dependency property.
You can them Bind the textbox to the property in the usercontrol like
<UserControl x:Class="BindingPropagationTest.Controls.PersonNameControl"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
x:Name="UserControl"
mc:Ignorable="d" Width="120" Height="23" Margin="0,0,0,0"
>
<TextBox Text="{Binding ElementName=UserControl, Path=Name}" Name="TextBox" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" VerticalAlignment="Stretch" />
</UserControl>
I added the x:Name="UserControl" directive at the top, you could name it anything, as long as it matches the ElementName in the Binding
An extra note on how you are populating your comboBox
You could add a property on your MainWindow
private ObservableCollection<Person> _thePeople;
public ObservableCollection<Person> ThePeople
{
get
{
if (_thePeople == null)
{
List<Person> list = new List<Person>()
{
new Person() { name = "Bob" , address = "101 Main St." , age = 1000 },
new Person() { name = "Jim" , address = "101 Main St." , age = 1000 },
new Person() { name = "Mip" , address = "101 Main St." , age = 1000 },
};
_thePeople = new ObservableCollection<Person>(list);
}
return _thePeople;
}
}
then you can add to your main window the x:Name directive used on the usercontrol say
x:Name="TheMainWindow"
You can then use a datatemplate in your combobox as follows
<ComboBox ItemsSource="{Binding ElementName=TheMainWindow, Path=ThePeople}"
Height="23"
Name="comboBox1" Width="120" >
<ComboBox.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
<TextBlock Text="{Binding name}" />
<TextBlock Text="{Binding address}" />
<TextBlock Text="{Binding age}" />
</StackPanel>
</DataTemplate>
</ComboBox.ItemTemplate>
</ComboBox>
Because ObservableCollection was used in the code-behind the combobox will automatically get items added or removed whenever the code-behind adds or removes items from the "ThePeople" collection. Just call
ThePeople.Add(new Person());
and the combobox will automatically populate with a new entry

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How to Create a Filter in WPF using Datagrid and ComboBox

So here I have a MVVM form. the Form contains a Datagrid which is connected to the Databank. I also have a ComboBox which I want to use as a filter option. The Filter option shoud filter by the "AnlV nr" so when the user selects "01" from the ComboBox the datagrid should refresh and show only that "AnlV nr" that have "01" Below I will share you the code and you can see that i've gotten as far as showing the "AnlV" values in the ComboBox but I now do not know how to do the rest and make the filter work. Below is my Viewmodel and the Xaml code.
If anyone can help me with this I would really apreciate it.
Xaml Code:
<Window x:Class="QBondsFrontend.Views.Input.AnlVTexteView"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
xmlns:local="clr-namespace:QBondsFrontend.Views.Input" xmlns:input="clr-namespace:QBondsFrontend.ViewModels.Input" d:DataContext="{d:DesignInstance Type=input:AnlVTexteViewModel}"
mc:Ignorable="d"
Title="AnlVTexteView"
Width="800"
MinHeight="400"
Height="490"
MinWidth="1010"
MaxWidth="1010"
UseLayoutRounding="True">
<Grid Background="#A8A8A8" >
<StackPanel VerticalAlignment="Top" Background="#A8A8A8" Orientation="Horizontal" Height="57">
<Label
Content="AnlV Nr.:" Height="35" FontSize="12"/>
<ComboBox Background="LightGray" Height="20" Width="70" ItemsSource="{Binding lstAnlVTexte}" SelectedItem="{Binding Search}">
<ComboBox.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<TextBlock Text="{Binding AnlVPara}"/>
</DataTemplate>
</ComboBox.ItemTemplate>
</ComboBox>
<Button Height="18" Width="68" Margin="5, 0"
Content="Filter löschen" FontSize="11" Style="{StaticResource STL_ButtonStandard}"
x:Name="filterlöschen"
Command="{Binding icdFilterDelete}"/>
</StackPanel>
<StackPanel Background="LightGray" VerticalAlignment="Top" Height="177" Margin="0,57,0,0">
<DataGrid x:Name="datagridXAML"
Height="177"
ItemsSource="{Binding lstAnlVTexte, Mode=TwoWay}"
Style="{StaticResource STL_DataGridReporting}"
CellStyle="{StaticResource STL_DataGridCellReporting}"
ColumnHeaderStyle="{StaticResource STL_DataGridColumnHeaderReporting}"
AlternatingRowBackground="#A8A8A8"
CanUserResizeColumns="False"
>
<DataGrid.Columns>
<DataGridTextColumn Header="AnlV-Nr"
Binding="{Binding AnlVPara}"
Width="60"/>
<DataGridTextColumn Header="gültig ab"
Binding="{Binding TextGueltigAb}"
Width="68"/>
<DataGridTextColumn Header="Text"
Binding="{Binding ParaText}"
Width="750"/>
<DataGridTextColumn Header="Info"
Binding="{Binding Info}"
Width="*"/>
</DataGrid.Columns>
</DataGrid>
</StackPanel>
<StackPanel Background="#A8A8A8" HorizontalAlignment="Center" Margin="10,268,0,141" Width="1010" >
<Label Content="Bearbeitungsbereich" FontWeight="Bold" FontSize="12" Height="33" />
</StackPanel>
<StackPanel>
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal" Background="#A8A8A8" HorizontalAlignment="Center"
Width="1010" Margin="0,294,0,0" Height="31">
<Label Height="25" Width="60" Margin="20, 0, 0, 0" Content="AnlV-Nr.:" />
<ComboBox IsEditable="True" Background="gray" Height="22" Width="69" ItemsSource="{Binding AnlVPara}">
<ComboBox.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<TextBlock Text="{Binding lstAnlVTexte}"/>
</DataTemplate>
</ComboBox.ItemTemplate>
</ComboBox>
<CheckBox Height="15" Margin="10, 0, 0, 0" />
<Label Height="26" Width="122" Content="Editierwarnungen" />
<StackPanel Height="48" Width="100"/>
</StackPanel>
<StackPanel Height="22" Orientation="Horizontal">
<Label Margin="20, 0, 0, 0" Content="gültig ab:" Height="27" />
<TextBox Background="LightGray" Height="20" Width="100" />
</StackPanel>
<StackPanel Height="50" Orientation="Horizontal">
<Label Content="Text:" Height="27" Width="38" Margin="42,0,0,10" />
<TextBox Background="LightGray" Width="500" Height="43" />
</StackPanel>
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal" >
<Label Content="Info:" Height="27" Width="38" Margin="42,0,0,0" />
<TextBox Background="LightGray" Width="500" Height="20" />
<Button x:Name="BTN_speichern" Width="80" Height="18" Margin="20,0,0,0" Content="Speichern"
Style="{StaticResource STL_ButtonStandard}" Command="{Binding icdSpeichern}"/>
</StackPanel>
</StackPanel>
</Grid>
</Window>
ViewModel:
using Newtonsoft.Json;
using QBondsData.DBModels;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Windows;
using System.Windows.Input;
using System.Linq;
namespace QBondsFrontend.ViewModels.Input
{
public class AnlVTexteViewModel : BaseViewModel
{
#region data
private string _AnlVPara;
private DateTime _TextGueltigAb;
private string _ParaText;
private string _Info;
private List<AnlVhistText> _lstAnlVTexte;
private string _search;
#endregion
#region constructor
public AnlVTexteViewModel()
{
icdFilterDelete = new RelayCommand<object>(parameter => filterdelete(), parameter => true);
icdSpeichern = new RelayCommand<object>(parameter => speichern(), parameter => true);
GetData();
}
#endregion
#region members
public ICommand icdFilterDelete { get; set; }
public ICommand icdSpeichern { get; set; }
private string Search
{
get { return _search; }
set
{
_search = value;
OnPropertyChanged("Search");
}
}
public string AnlVPara
{
get
{
return _AnlVPara;
}
set
{
_AnlVPara = value;
OnPropertyChanged("AnlVPara");
}
}
public DateTime TextGueltigAb
{
get
{
return _TextGueltigAb;
}
set
{
_TextGueltigAb = value;
OnPropertyChanged("TextGueltigAb");
}
}
public string ParaText
{
get
{
return _ParaText;
}
set
{
_ParaText = value;
OnPropertyChanged("ParaText");
}
}
public string Info
{
get
{
return _Info;
}
set
{
_Info = value;
OnPropertyChanged("Info");
}
}
public List<AnlVhistText> lstAnlVTexte
{
get { return _lstAnlVTexte; }
set
{
_lstAnlVTexte = value;
OnPropertyChanged("lstAnlVTexte");
}
}
#endregion
#region methods
private void filterdelete()
{
}
private void speichern()
{
}
private async Task GetData()
{
HttpResponseMessage Response = await Globals.SendRequest("AnlVTexte/GetAnlVTexte"
, "GET");
if (Response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
{
lstAnlVTexte = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<List<AnlVhistText>>
(await Response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync());
}
else
{
lstAnlVTexte = new List<AnlVhistText>();
Application.Current.Dispatcher.Invoke((Action)delegate
{
Globals.CloseReportByHash(this.GetHashCode()
, "Fehler! (HTTP Status " + Response.StatusCode + ")." +
"Kontaktieren Sie den Support.");
});
}
}
#endregion
}
}
When you change the type of lstAnlVTexte to ICollectionView you get two events CurrentChanged and CurrentChanging which you can handle in your viewmodel. From the ICollectionView you can get the CurrentItem.
Like this:
private List<AnlVhistText> _anlVTexte = new List<AnlVhistText>();
public AnlVTexteViewModel()
{
[...]
lstAnlVTexte = new CollectionView(_anlVTexte);
lstAnlVTexte.CurrentChanged += SelectionChanged; // raised after the current item has been changed.
lstAnlVTexte.CurrentChanging += SelectionChanging; // raise before changing the current item. Event handler can cancel this event.
}
private void SelectionChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
var selectedItem = lstAnlVTexte.CurrentItem;
}
private void SelectionChanging(object sender, CurrentChangingEventArgs e)
{
}
private ICollectionView _lstAnlVTexte;
public ICollectionView lstAnlVTexte
{
get { return _lstAnlVTexte; }
set
{
_lstAnlVTexte = value;
OnPropertyChanged("lstAnlVTexte");
}
}
Here's a sample using the community toolkit mvvm and linq.
If you're not familiar, the toolkit does code generation.
This is a simple scenario to illustrate the approach.
Mainwindowviewmodel.
public partial class MainWindowViewModel : ObservableObject
{
[ObservableProperty]
private int selectedFilterInt = -1;
partial void OnSelectedFilterIntChanged(int newValue)
{
FilteredList = new ObservableCollection<MyItem>(FullList.Where(x=>x.Category == selectedFilterInt).ToList());
}
public List<int> FilterOptions { get; set; } = new List<int> {1,2,3};
private List<MyItem> FullList= new List<MyItem>
{
new MyItem{ Category = 1},
new MyItem{ Category = 1},
new MyItem { Category = 1 },
new MyItem { Category = 2 },
new MyItem { Category = 2 },
new MyItem { Category = 3 }
};
[ObservableProperty]
private ObservableCollection<MyItem> filteredList = new ObservableCollection<MyItem>();
public MainWindowViewModel()
{
FilteredList = new ObservableCollection<MyItem>(FullList);
}
}
There's a full list of all the items.
But a filtered list is going to be bound to the itemssource of my listbox ( equivalent to your datagrid ).
Due to the code generated, when selectedFilterInt changes, OnSelectedFilterIntChanged will be called. It's got a handler listening for property changed of SelectedFilterInt if you dug into the generated code.
That method uses a linq where to filter the full list into filtered list.
Setting that filtered list property raises property changed and the view re reads the new collection.
MainWindow. ( I did mention this is simplified )
<Window.DataContext>
<local:MainWindowViewModel/>
</Window.DataContext>
<Grid>
<StackPanel>
<ComboBox SelectedItem="{Binding SelectedFilterInt}"
ItemsSource="{Binding FilterOptions}"/>
<ListBox ItemsSource="{Binding FilteredList}">
<ListBox.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<StackPanel>
<TextBlock Text="{Binding Category}"/>
<TextBlock Text="{Binding Comment}"/>
</StackPanel>
</DataTemplate>
</ListBox.ItemTemplate>
</ListBox>
</StackPanel>
</Grid>
</Window>
and MyItem
public partial class MyItem : ObservableObject
{
[ObservableProperty]
private int category = 0;
[ObservableProperty]
private string comment = "Some test string";
}
Which is a bit underwhelming visually but works:
In your code you need to get all the data into a collection.
Call that FulList.
You then need another collection which will be the filtered data.
Call this FilteredList.
Bind itemssource to FilteredList
Initially, you presumably want FilteredList to be = FullList
Then when the user selects something in the combobox you need to react to that.
You could bind selecteditem to a property and act in the setter or handle propertychanged like my code does.
However you do it, you get a new integer.
You then use that to filter FullList into a new collection which will replace the bound FilteredList.
You also need to somehow have one entry per AnlV nr whatever that is in your combobox.
AnlV nr isn't going to work as a property name since it's got a space but it is the equivalent to Category in my sample.
You will use that selected value in the linq.
Substitute the name of that property for Category. Substitute the type of whatever your collection is. Maybe that's AnlVhistText. I'm not sure.

WPF MVVM ComboBox data binding

I am trying to create a simple WPF application and bind data to combobox but I am not having any luck. My PeriodList is getting populated fine but is not getting bind to the combobox. Do I need to set the DataContext in XAML or in code behind? Please help, I am very confused.
Here is my XAML
<UserControl x:Class="FinancialControlApp.KeyClientReportView"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
xmlns:local="clr-namespace:FinancialControlApp"
mc:Ignorable="d"
d:DesignHeight="300" Width="630">
<UserControl.Resources>
<!-- DataTemplate (View) -->
<DataTemplate DataType="{x:Type local:KeyClientReportModel}">
</DataTemplate>
</UserControl.Resources>
<DockPanel Margin="20">
<DockPanel DockPanel.Dock="Top" VerticalAlignment="Center">
<TextBlock Margin="10,2" DockPanel.Dock="Left" Text="Start Period" VerticalAlignment="Center" />
<ComboBox Name="cmbStartPeriod" Margin="10,2" Width="112" VerticalAlignment="Center" ItemsSource="{Binding PeriodList}">
</ComboBox>
<TextBlock Margin="10,2" DockPanel.Dock="Left" Text="End Period" VerticalAlignment="Center" />
<ComboBox Name="cmbEndPeriod" Margin="10,2" Width="112" VerticalAlignment="Center" ItemsSource="{Binding PeriodList}" />
<!--<Button Content="Save Product" DockPanel.Dock="Right" Margin="10,2" VerticalAlignment="Center"
Command="{Binding Path=SaveProductCommand}" Width="100" />-->
<Button Content="Run" DockPanel.Dock="Left" Margin="10,2"
Command="{Binding Path=GetProductCommand}" IsDefault="True" Width="100" />
</DockPanel>
<!--<ContentControl Margin="10" Content="{Binding Path=PeriodName}" />-->
<ContentControl Margin="10"></ContentControl>
</DockPanel>
</UserControl>
Here is my model
namespace FinancialControlApp
{
public class KeyClientReportModel : ObservableObject
{
private string _periodName;
public string PeriodName
{
get { return _periodName; }
set
{
if (value != _periodName)
{
_periodName = value;
OnPropertyChanged("PeriodName");
}
}
}
List<KeyClientReportModel> _periodList = new List<KeyClientReportModel>();
public List<KeyClientReportModel> PeriodList
{
get { return _periodList; }
set
{
_periodList = value;
OnPropertyChanged("PeriodList");
}
}
}
}
And here is my ViewModel
namespace FinancialControlApp
{
public class KeyClientReportViewModel : ObservableObject, IPageViewModel
{
private KeyClientReportModel _currentPeriod;
private ICommand _getReportCommand;
private ICommand _saveReportCommand;
public KeyClientReportViewModel()
{
GetPeriod();
}
public string Name
{
get { return "Key Client Report"; }
}
public ObservableCollection<KeyClientReportModel> _periodName;
public ObservableCollection<KeyClientReportModel> PeriodName
{
get { return _periodName; }
set
{
if (value != _periodName)
{
_periodName = value;
OnPropertyChanged("PeriodName");
}
}
}
private void GetPeriod()
{
DataSet ds = new DataSet();
DataTable dt = new DataTable();
Helper_Classes.SQLHelper helper = new Helper_Classes.SQLHelper();
ds = helper.getPeriod();
dt = ds.Tables[0];
PeriodName = new ObservableCollection<KeyClientReportModel>();
foreach (DataRow dr in dt.Rows)
{
var period = dr["Period"].ToString();
if (period != null)
{
PeriodName.Add(new KeyClientReportModel { PeriodName = period });
}
//p.PeriodName = dr["Period"].ToString();
}
}
}
}
UPDATE: So I attach a Value Converter to Break into the Debugger and here is what I see. I see
I see 5 items in the list
Change
ItemsSource="{Binding KeyClientReportModel.PeriodList}"
To:
ItemsSource="{Binding PeriodList}"
Make sure your ViewModel is set to the DataContext property of your view.
Set the combobox DisplayMemberPath to the property Name of your KeyClientReportViewModel class.
Or alternatively override the .ToString() method inside the KeyClientReportViewModel class in order to provide the Combobox item display text.
This can help you
------View
<Window x:Class="WpfApp1.MainWindow"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
<!-- To get the ViewModel -->
xmlns:viewmodels="clr-namespace:WpfApp1.ViewModels"
Title="MainWindow">
<Window.DataContext>
<!-- Assigning the ViewModel to the View -->
<viewmodels:MainWindowViewModel />
</Window.DataContext>
<DockPanel VerticalAlignment="Center"
DockPanel.Dock="Top">
<TextBlock Margin="10,2"
VerticalAlignment="Center"
DockPanel.Dock="Left"
Text="Start Period" />
<ComboBox Name="cmbStartPeriod"
Width="112"
Margin="10,2"
VerticalAlignment="Center"
ItemsSource="{Binding PeriodName}" // Items in the ViewModel
DisplayMemberPath="Name"/> // Property to display
</DockPanel>
</Window>
------- ViewModel
public class MainWindowViewModel
{
public MainWindowViewModel()
{
var items = new List<KeyClientReportModel>
{
new KeyClientReportModel
{
Name = "First",
Value = 1
},
new KeyClientReportModel
{
Name = "Second",
Value = 1
}
};
PeriodName = new ObservableCollection<KeyClientReportModel>(items);
}
// You don't need to notify changes here because ObservableCollection
// send a notification when a change happens.
public ObservableCollection<KeyClientReportModel> PeriodName { get; set; }
}
public class KeyClientReportModel
{
public int Value { get; set; }
public string Name { get; set; }
}

Unable to programmatically read an updated user control property from within MainWindowViewModel

I've following code in my WPF app.I'm dynamically rendering the user control in MainWindow using ContentPresenter control on change of SelectedAccountType combobox value.
I enter some value in MyProperty textbox in UI and click on Save button on MainWindow.But I dont see this value in the MainWindowViewModel.cs in the Save method(i.e. on click of Save button).
All my ViewModels extend this abstract class:
public abstract class ViewModelBase : INotifyPropertyChanged, IDisposable
What am I missing here please?
Thanks.
Here's my code:
MainWindow.xaml:
<Window
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:MainViewModel="clr-namespace:Test.ViewModel"
xmlns:ViewModel="clr-namespace:Test.ViewModel.AccountTypes"
xmlns:View="clr-namespace:Test.View" x:Class="Test.MainWindow"
xmlns:Views="clr-namespace:Test.View.AccountTypes"
xmlns:v="clr-namespace:Test.View.AccountTypes"
xmlns:vm="clr-namespace:Test.ViewModel.AccountTypes"
Title="{Binding DisplayName, Mode=OneWay}" ResizeMode="CanResize" WindowStartupLocation="CenterScreen">
<Window.DataContext>
<MainViewModel:MainWindowViewModel/>
</Window.DataContext>
<Grid>
<StackPanel Grid.Row="0" HorizontalAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Top" Orientation="Horizontal" Height="28" Width="auto" Margin="5,0,0,0">
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Mode=TwoWay}" TabIndex="0" />
</StackPanel>
<ContentPresenter Content="{Binding CurrentViewModel}">
<ContentPresenter.Resources>
<DataTemplate DataType="{x:Type ViewModel:AC1ViewModel}">
<Views:AC1View/>
</DataTemplate>
<DataTemplate DataType="{x:Type ViewModel:AC2ViewModel}">
<Views:AC2View/>
</DataTemplate>
</ContentPresenter.Resources>
</ContentPresenter>
</Grid>
MainWindowViewModel.cs
public object CurrentViewModel
{
get
{
return m_currentViewModel;
}
set
{
m_currentViewModel = value;
OnPropertyChanged("CurrentViewModel");
}
}
public AccountType SelectedAccountType
{
get
{
return m_selectedSearchAccountType;
}
set
{
m_selectedSearchAccountType = value;
if (SelectedAccountType.Code == "AC1")
{
CurrentViewModel = new AC1ViewModel();
}
else if (SelectedAccountType.Code == "AC2")
{
CurrentViewModel = new AC2ViewModel();
}
}
}
public void Save()
{
Type sourceType = CurrentViewModel.GetType();
PropertyInfo[] sourcePI = sourceType.GetProperties();
Type destinationType = securityDetails.GetType();
PropertyInfo[] destinationPI = destinationType.GetProperties();
string propertyName = string.Empty;
object propertyValue = null;
foreach (var pinfo in sourcePI)
{
propertyName = pinfo.Name.Trim();
propertyValue = pinfo.GetValue(CurrentViewModel)
}
}
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AC1ViewModel.cs
public class AC1ViewModel
{
private string m_myProperty = "";
public AC1ViewModel()
{
}
public string MyProperty
{
get
{
return m_myProperty;
}
set
{
m_myProperty = value;
}
}
}

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<Window x:Class="H7_oef1_listBinding.MainWindow"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
Title="MainWindow" Height="517.164" Width="733.955">
<Grid>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="457*"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="60*"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ListBox ItemsSource="{Binding}" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Height="299" Margin="10,10,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="128">
<ListBox.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
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</StackPanel>
</DataTemplate>
</ListBox.ItemTemplate>
</ListBox>
<TextBlock HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="295,31,0,0" TextWrapping="Wrap" VerticalAlignment="Top" Text="{Binding Path=Name}"/>
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</Grid>
</Window>
This is my Person class:
class Person : INotifyPropertyChanged
{
string name;
string street;
public string Name
{
get { return name; }
set
{
name = value;
OnPropertyChanged();
}
}
public string Street
{
get { return street; }
set
{
street = value;
OnPropertyChanged();
}
}
public static ObservableCollection<Person> GetPersons()
{
var persons = new ObservableCollection<Person>();
persons.Add(new Person() { Name = "name1", Street = "street1", City = "city1", State = "state1", Zip = "1111", Phone = "1111", Cell = "111" });
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return persons;
}
public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;
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{
if (PropertyChanged != null)
{
PropertyChanged(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(caller));
}
}
}
Main:
public partial class MainWindow : Window
{
public MainWindow()
{
InitializeComponent();
DataContext = Person.GetPersons();
}
}
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<!-- ... -->
</ListBox>
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XAML:
<Window x:Class="GridTest.Window1"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:Controls="clr-namespace:Microsoft.Windows.Controls;assembly=WPFToolkit"
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<Controls:DataGrid.Columns>
<Controls:DataGridTextColumn
Header="Name"
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<TextBox Text="{Binding Path=Age}" />
</DataTemplate>
</Controls:DataGridTemplateColumn.CellTemplate>
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<DataTemplate>
<TextBox Text="{Binding Path=Age}" />
</DataTemplate>
</Controls:DataGridTemplateColumn.CellEditingTemplate>
</Controls:DataGridTemplateColumn>
</Controls:DataGrid.Columns>
</Controls:DataGrid>
</StackPanel>
</Window>
Code behind:
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Windows;
namespace GridTest
{
public partial class Window1 : Window
{
public Window1()
{
InitializeComponent();
dataGrid.ItemsSource = new List<Person>(
new Person[]
{
new Person("Bob", 30),
new Person("Sally", 24),
new Person("Joe", 17)
});
}
}
public class Person
{
public String Name { get; set; }
public int Age { get; set; }
public Person(String name, int age)
{
Name = name;
Age = age;
}
}
}

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