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WPF: Databinding and Combo Boxes

I have two classes Company CompanyKey CompanyName Person FirstName LastName CompanyKey The list items on the combo box is bound to a collection of CompanyObjects. How to I databind the selected item property of the Combobox to the Person.CompanyKey property? ...

Change userSettings during MSI installation

Hi, I am trying to modify the userSettings section (Properties.MyApp.Default) in the MyApp.exe.config file during the installatio of my WPF application using an MSI installer. I basically implemented it like in this excellent article: http://raquila.com/software/configure-app-config-application-settings-during-msi-install/ The differe...

WPF Datagrid set the column values only when the row is left

Hello I have a simple class. When I use it in winforms binding, whenever I change a value of a cell and leave the cell, the property immediately get changed. Using WPF Datagrid, whenever i change a value of a cell, the property gets set only after I leave the row. That is problematic for me. What am I doing wrong? Here is my code: p...

How to determine if an item is the last one in a WPF ItemTemplate?

Hi everyone, I have some XAML <ItemsControl Name="mItemsControl"> <ItemsControl.ItemTemplate> <DataTemplate> <TextBox Text="{Binding Mode=OneWay}" KeyUp="TextBox_KeyUp"/> </DataTemplate> </ItemsControl.ItemTemplate> </ItemsControl> that's bound to a simple ObservableCollection private ObservableCo...

How do you replace an entire xaml element?

<ListView> <ListView.Resources> <DataTempalte x:Key="label"> <TextBlock Text="{Binding Label}"/> </DataTEmplate> <DataTemplate x:Key="editor"> <UserControl Content="{Binding Control.content}"/> <!-- This is the line --> </DataTemplate> </ListView.Resources> <ListView.Vie...

User defined top level control in XAML

A normal UserControl looks like this in XAML: <UserControl x:Class="mynamespace.foo" ...namespaces...> <!-- content --> </UserControl> I'd like to be able to define my own top level object, along the lines of: <MyControl x:Class="mynamespace.mycontrol" ...namespaces...> <!-- content --> </UserControl> Where MyControl derives from a...

WPF + Communicate between multiple application instances

Hi, I need to grab information between two instances of my WPF app (the contents of a public collection, to be precise). Any help? ...

LineChart in WPF

I havo to implement a custom control in WPF which contains a line chart. This control should permit to an user to define, with a control template, the number of grids, the font family and the font size of axis labels and other parameters. I'm wondering if one of you can address me to an example or give me some advice. Thank you in advanc...

Is WPF a good choice for developing line of business user interfaces?

We're debating whether our future Windows UI development should be WinForms or WPF. How have some of you made this decision? Most of our applications are LOB applications, and I'm not sure I see a clear and overwhelming benefit to WPF for these types of applications. However, my knowledge of WPF is limited. I'm also a little concerned th...

Tough question on WPF, Win32, MFC

Let's suppose you're an IT student with a basic knowledge of C++ and C#. Let's suppose that you want to design apps that: need to deliver some performance like archivers, cryptographic algorithms, codecs make use of some system calls have a gui and you want to learn an Api that will enable you to write apps like those described earli...

How can I handle events within my custom control?

I am not looking to create new events. I need to create a canvas control that optionally fades in or out depending on whether or not the mouse is over it. The code below probably explains what I want to do better than I can. private Storyboard fadeInStoryboard; private Storyboard fadeOutStoryboard; public FadingOptionPan...

WPF ListView ScrollViewer Double-Click Event

Doing the below will reproduce my problem: New WPF Project Add ListView Name the listview: x:Name="lvList" Add enough ListViewItems to the ListView to fill the list completely so a vertical scroll-bar appears during run-time. Put this code in the lvList.MouseDoubleClick event Debug.Print("Double-Click happened") Run the application...

ComboBox wpf not item not being selected

I am trying to bind a combo box to a list of objects, and it works great, besides the selected value, am I missing somethign? <ComboBox ItemsSource="{Binding OrderInfoVm.AllCountries}" SelectedValuePath="country_code" DisplayMemberPath="country_name" SelectedValue="{Binding OrderInfoVm.BillingCountry}" /> Basicall...

WPF: Same line drawn different?

Hello, I have a canvas and in it I'm drawing some lines: for (int i = 1; i >= 100; i++) { // Line LineGeometry line = new LineGeometry(); line.StartPoint = new Point(i * 100, 0); line.EndPoint = new Point(i * 100, 100 * 100); // Path Path myPath = new Path(); myPath.Stroke = Brushes.Black; myPath.StrokeThic...

Whats wrong with my backgroundwork method

I am trying to get a background worker process working in a wpf application. it creates 2 files then crashes. BackgroundWorker worker = new BackgroundWorker(); worker.DoWork += delegate(object s, DoWorkEventArgs args) { CreateFile(i.ToString()); ...

How to pass EventArgument information from view to view model in WPF?

I have ListView control in my application which is binded to the collection of CustomObject List<CustomObject>. The CustomObject has seperate view. This ListView has seperate view model. The collection List _customobject is containted in the ListView ViewModel class. My Query: I want to invoke a view that show properties of custom ob...

Serializing WPF DataTemplates and {Binding Expressions} (from PowerShell?)

Ok, here's the deal: I have code that works in C#, but when I call it from PowerShell, it fails. I can't quite figure it out, but it's something specific to PowerShell. Here's the relevant code calling the library (assuming you've added a reference ahead of time) from C#: public class Test { [STAThread] public static void Main() ...

treeview binding wpf cannot bind nested property in a class

Hi all New to wpf and therefore struggling a bit. I am putting together a quick demo before we go for the full implementation I have a treeview on the left with Continent Country City structure when a user select the city it should populate some textboxes in a tabcontrol on the right hand side I made it sort of work but...

XAML C# WPF Best efficient way to do an ordered sequence of animations

Hi everybody! I would like to do a sequence of animations on a label, for example, first do opacity animations from values 0 to 1 and vice versa and just at the end of opacity animation and not before a foreground animation. I would like to do it in XAML code and then start and finish de animation from C# code. Which is the best and eff...

Wpf Combobox in Master/Detail MVVM

I have MVVM master /details like this: <Window.Resources> <DataTemplate DataType="{x:Type model:EveryDay}"> <views:EveryDayView/> </DataTemplate> <DataTemplate DataType="{x:Type model:EveryMonth}"> <views:EveryMonthView/> </DataTemplate> </Window.Resources> <Grid> <ListBox Margin="12,24,0,35" Name="schedules" ...