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WPF MenuItem.Command binding to ElementName results to System.Windows.Data Error: 4 : Cannot find source for binding with reference

I have the following XAML: <UserControl x:Class="EMS.Controls.Dictionary.TOCControl" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation" xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml" xmlns:vm="clr-namespace:EMS.Controls.Dictionary.Models" xmlns:diagnostics="clr-namespace:System.Diagnostics;assembly...

WPF CustomControl and Image binding

Hi all, I am really getting mad since 2 days with a stupid problem. I already have asked the question here but seem like my question in lost where nobody will see it again. So here is my simple problem : I have a project containing a CustomControl (a library project), this custom control code is inherited from the Window control. So it...

Why won't my WPF XAML Grid TranslateTransform.X ?

I'm able to change the width/height of the grid using this, so why won't it work when I use (Grid.RenderTransform).TranslateTransform.X as such: <Window.Triggers> <EventTrigger RoutedEvent="Button.Click" SourceName="button"> <BeginStoryboard> <Storyboard> <DoubleAnimation Storyboard.TargetProperty="(Grid.RenderTrans...

Bind to a markup externsion property

Hi, I have written a markup extension which stores amongst others a help text. This help text is shown on the right side of the main window. This works fine. Now, I want to add a tooltip for every control. The content of the tooltip should be same as for the helptext extension. The XAML code: <ListView ctrl:ListViewLayoutManager.Enab...

WPF Richtextbox XamlWriter behaviour

I am trying to save some c# source code into the database. Basically I have a RichTextBox that users can type their code and save that to the database. When I copy and paste from the visual studio environment, I would like to preserve the formating etc. So I have chosen to save the FlowDocuments Xaml to the database and set this back to...

How to use ContentPresenter on Window?

I've got a ResourceDictionary file that contains a bunch of resources to define elements of my UI. Including one for my DialogWindows, which will just be Windows. <Style x:Key="DialogWindow" TargetType="{x:Type Window}" > <Setter Property="OverridesDefaultStyle" Value="True"/> <Setter Property="WindowStyle" Value="None" /> ...

How does XAML set readonly CLR properties?

I am trying to create an application bar in code for WinPhone7. The XAML that does it goes like this: <PhoneApplicationPage.ApplicationBar> <shellns:ApplicationBar Visible="True" IsMenuEnabled="True"> <shellns:ApplicationBar.Buttons> <shellns:ApplicationBarIconButton IconUri="/images/appbar.feature.search.rest.pn...

How to highlight search results in WPF treeview?

I am developing an app ( A database file system ). I am using WPF treeview in its GUI.The treeview items are directly extracted from my apps database. I want to search and highlight the treeview items as I type. To understand the question better, consider the keyword search results shown in browsers. How do I achieve that in my con...

Animating WPF buttons from inside a style

Hello. I'm currently trying to make buttons on my forms animate using WPF - this is part of a University course, so it's all about demonstrating knowledge rather than looking good. We've been shown how to animate per-button, but since I want the animation to be the same on every button I'm using a style - something we've not been taugh...

Item rendered via a DataTemplate with any Background Brush renders selection coloring behind item.

I have a ListBox which uses a DataTemplate to render databound items. The XAML for the datatemplate is as follows: <DataTemplate x:Key="NameResultTemplate"> <WrapPanel x:Name="PersonResultWrapper" Margin="0" Orientation="Vertical" Background="{Binding Converter={StaticResource NameResultToColor}, Mode=OneWay}" > ...

ListBoxItem.Parent returns nothing, unable to get it thru VisualTreeHelper.GetParent either

How do I extract the parent container of a ListBoxItem? In the following example I can go till the ListBoxItem, higher than that I get Nothing: <ListBox Name="lbAddress"> <ListBox.ItemTemplate> <DataTemplate> <Button Click="Button_Click"/> </DataTemplate> </ListBox.ItemTemplate> </ListBox> Private Sub Button_Click(...

Is there an IronRuby lib for generating concrete CLR classes?

I want to expose a class to CLR classes. The reason I have is Xaml. I want to write WPF custom controls in Ruby, then use xaml to style and provide templates for them. Last time I tried, Xaml couldn't look up IronRuby types. class NavBar < TreeView ... end <ControlTemlate TargetType={x:Type MyNamspace:NavBar}> ... </ControlT...

WPF TexBox TwoWay Binding Problem when ValidationRules used

I seem to have a problem with TwoWay DataBinding - my application has a window with a bunch of textboxes that allow to edit values of the properties they are bound to. Everything works well except for textboxes that also have a validation rule defined, in which case no text is displayed in the textbox when the window opens (binding back-...

WPF Customized TabControl

I have to develop a customized tab control and decided to create it with WPF/XAML, because I planned to learn it anyway. It should look like this when it's finished: I made good progress so far, but there are two issues left: Only the first/last tab item should have a rounded upper-left/bottom-left corner. Is it possible to modify t...

Sitecore. I want to insert color picker control intro Sheer UI App

I need to insert color picker in my sitecore Sheer UI Application. Any ideas how to do it? ...

Using xml to feed a silverlight application

Hey! I am building a Silverlight application that should get it's elements from XML defined objects, but I am kinda stuck: how should I feed the Silverlight application with the data in the XML? Example: get data from the following XML to display it in silverlight dynamically: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> <item> 0 item...

WPF - copy/paste selection with custom font family

I have a custom font family embedded in my WPF application which I can reference by specifying a base URI and font family name. new FontFamily(new Uri("pack://application:,,,/Fonts/"), "./#My Custom Font Family"); However, when I copy a selection which uses this font the xaml on the clipboard resembles the following <Run Text="Foo" ...

How Do I Bind a "selected Item" in a Listbox to a ItemsControl in WPF?

LowDown: I am trying to create a Document Viewer in WPF. It will allow the user to preview selected documents and if they want, compare the documents in WPF. So they can view them side by side. The layout is this: Left side is a full list box. On the right side is a Collection or an Items control. Inside the items control will be a co...

Add an extra row in a ListBox with XAML.

I have a ListBox with radiobutton on the horizontal line. Number of radiobuttons is optional. The text for each radiobutton is taken from a list of the model. Which radiobutton that is selected will be determined by the property SelectedOption. If none is select it shall be set to -1. The problem is that I wish that in addition to the ch...

Is there any way to create a dynamic list of strings (based on language) in XAML (Silverlight)?

Just wondering if it is possible to dynamically create a list of strings in XAML based on language/culture? Say if user logs in as an English user it shows Client Name, Order Number... and if user logs in as a Polish user it shows Nazwa klienta, Numer zamówienia instead? I only know the hardcoded one like below: <System_Collec...