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PowerShell WPF DataGrid: Exception thrown commiting emtpy row

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This seems to be a bug in the Microsoft WPF DataGrid. You should definitely report it through Microsoft Connect, if you haven't already done so.

As a workaround, you could use a value converter on your bindings, to stop NULL values on the binding target from being transferred to the binding source, which will cause the NullReferenceException. Here is an example of such a converter:

// NullToUnsetConverter.cs    

using System;
using System.Windows;
using System.Windows.Data;
using System.Globalization;

namespace MyProject.Controls.Converters
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Converts <c>null</c> values to <see cref="DependencyProperty.UnsetValue"/>.
    /// <remarks>
    /// This converter is intented for use in situations when the binding target
    /// does not correctly handle <c>null</c> values. This is the case for example
    /// with some WPF UI controls.
    /// </remarks>
    /// </summary>
    public class NullToUnsetConverter : IValueConverter
    {
        public object Convert(object value, Type targetType, object parameter, CultureInfo culture)
        {
            if (value == null)
            {
                return DependencyProperty.UnsetValue;
            }
            else
            {
                // No conversion applied
                return value;
            }
        }

        public object ConvertBack(object value, Type targetType, object parameter, CultureInfo culture)
        {
            // No conversion applied
            return value;
        }
    }
}

In order to apply the converter to your bindings, you'll have to modify your XAML like this:

<Window
  xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
  xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
  xmlns:cnv="clr-namespace:MyProject.Controls.Converters"
  xmlns:sys="clr-namespace:System;assembly=mscorlib"
  xmlns:dg="clr-namespace:Microsoft.Windows.Controls;assembly=WpfToolkit"
  >

  <Window.Resources>
    <x:Array x:Key="people" Type="sys:Object" />
    <cnv:NullToUnsetConverter x:Key="NullToUnsetConverter" />
  </Window.Resources>

  <StackPanel>
    <dg:DataGrid ItemsSource="{DynamicResource people}" CanUserAddRows="True" AutoGenerateColumns="False">
      <dg:DataGrid.Columns>

        <dg:DataGridTextColumn Header="First" Binding="{Binding First, Converter={StaticResource NullToUnsetConverter}}" />
        <dg:DataGridTextColumn Header="Last" Binding="{Binding Last, Converter={StaticResource NullToUnsetConverter}}" />

      </dg:DataGrid.Columns>
    </dg:DataGrid>
  </StackPanel>
</Window>

Alternatively, you could modify the NullToUnsetConverter.Convert method to return an empty string when the input value is a string, like in your case.

Enrico Campidoglio 2009-04-06 09:40:30

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