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WPF validation on Enter Key Up

I'm trying to validate a UI change when Enter key is pressed. The UI element is a textbox, which is data binded to a string. My problem is that the data binding hasn't updated TestText when Enter key is Up. It is only updated when I press the button which brings up a message box. /// <summary> /// Interaction logic for Window1.xaml /...

Setting Icon for wpf application (VS 08)

Hi everyone, Before going much further i'll mention I have tried solutions in following: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/320677/how-do-i-set-the-icon-for-my-application-in-visual-studio-2008 http://stackoverflow.com/questions/198848/set-application-icon-from-resources-in-vs-05 I am trying to set an icon for my application. AFAIK,...

Retrive treeview item

Hi, In y treeview i have text,after i seelcted that,i want to retrive that selected item as string and i need to pass this string to various fucntions. I dont know how to get the selected item.I coded like private void treeview1_SelectedItemChanged(object sender, RoutedPropertyChangedEventArgs<object> e) { TreeViewI...

Binding list of objects to WPF ListView

Hi all, I have a list of objects which i want to bind to a ListView control in my WPF application. The Objects have a DataTemplate already, so no need to define that. The list of objects is a property in the codebehind file in the format list<object> When i add one object programatically, it appears fine. But when i try to bind the ItemS...

Resolve command in WPF. what is the resolve word?

Can someone explain this XAML statement, particularly what is the Resolve? <MenuItem Header="_Load File" Command="{Resolve {Type Commands:LoadFile}}" /> This snippet was taken from NHprof.exe MainMenu.xaml file, using reflector. ...

WPF control not being updated when source is changed

Hi, I have a ListBox which is bound to a list of objects. When the system initializes, the binding is done just fine, When i update the value in one of the fields on the ListBox, the item in the background updates as well, but when i update the value in the background it is not reflected in the ListBox. Does anyone know why this is? ...

Text viewing in a delimited space

I need to visualize a text into a delimited space. If I add a simple TextBlock I have a problem: when the text is longer than the available space, it is cropped at the end. I tried to insert the TextBlock inside a Viewbox: this solution works for a text longer than the available space, but increase the size of the text when it is shorter...

Problems with binding to Window Height and Width

I have some problems when I try to bind the height and width of a window to properties in my view model. Here is a small sample app to illustrate the problem. This is the code in app.xaml.xs public partial class App : Application { protected override void OnStartup(StartupEventArgs e) { base.OnStartup(e); MainWind...

WPF Dragging a window to the desktop

I've seen some nice Adobe AIR demos where a component of the application is dragged outside of the application and dropped onto the desktop and then continues to run in a new window. This seems to be facilitated by the NativeDragManager class. Is there anything similar in WPF? How would you go about implementing this sort of functionali...

How to check clicked item is parent item in Treeview

Hi,To get the child items as string i used the following code private void treeview1_SelectedItemChanged(object sender, RoutedPropertyChangedEventArgs<object> e) { if (treeview1.SelectedItem != null) { Animal bar = (Animal)treeview1.SelectedItem; string str = bar.Name; ...

How do I bind to something outside a datacontext.

I have a listbox in WPF that is in the Layout Root. I also have a Frame that is in the Layout Root as well. The listbox is composed of items that have a string(Name) and a framework element(UI). How do I bind the frame's content to be the UI property of the listbox's selected item property? If you need a codebehind, how would you do ...

Win32 API Programming - Is it worth ?

Now I code win32 api windows explorer . But it seems quite hard to me.I've a month to do it. But through the time I code, I wonder is it worth that I code win32 api ? . When we can create GUI easily with MFC or even easier with C#. What should I do ? 1- Keep coding with win32 api to deeply understand about them. 2- Just learn and cod...

Bind selected item to a text box

Hi can anyone tell ..how to bind selected item in list box to textbox.. I used ElementName= Path=.. But nothing is being displayed... ...

WPF binding Ancestor

Hi Experts, I have problems with bindings. I want to use a UserControl (Intellibox from codeplex) but I only get error messages in the output window. Basically I have window grid ... stuff ... usercontrol (self written) ... stuff ... usercontrol (IntelliBox) In the Output window I get following stuff: System.Windows.Data Erro...

WPF Template: AdornedElement not showing!

I want to add some elements to a TextBox by using a Template with the extra elements and the original TextBox inserted in the right spot. I'm trying to use the AdornedElementPlaceholder just like you would do when making a Validation.ErrorTemplate But the AdornedElement is not showing up. I have simplified the example as much as possible...

how to switch views according to command

I've a main view and many usercontrols. The main view contains a two column grid, with the first column filled with a listbox whose datatemplate consists of a usercontrol and the second column filled with another usercontrol. These two usercontrols have the same datacontext. MainView: <Grid> //Column defs ... <ListView Gri...

WPF Prism Key Event problem

Hi, Im having trouble trying to solve the following problem. i have 2 modules w/views (A & B). on module A i have a listbox with items 1-4. i have a key up event that fires everytime i press the 'Enter' key to open module B, this event is on the grid which contains the listbox. on module B i have a button that closes module B and open...

Pass WPF UserControl reference to another UserControl

I've created two UserControls, a ValidationManager and a ValidationOutput. On a given form there is one ValidationManager and several ValidationOutput controls, one for each control that is validated. The ValidationManager is given a list of validation errors when the form is submitted, I want each ValidationOutput control to look at thi...

Multiple ToggleButton image with different highlight image in WPF

I am very new to WPF and needed some pointers as to why this is not working correctly. I am trying to make a maximize button that will change to a restore button when clicked. I thought a toggle button with 2 different styles that would be changed in the code behind could work. I am first trying to get the maximize button working and ...

Is MEF an all-or-nothing affair?

I've had a few questions about MEF recently, but here's the big one -- is it really all-or-nothing, as it appears to be? My basic application structure is simply an app, several shared libraries that are intended to be singletons, and several different plugins (which may implement different interfaces). The app loads the plugins, and b...