WPF

Karl Shifflett wrote:

Josh & I have classes together over there will be a great time!

public class Event
{
    public string Summary { get; set; }
    public DateTime Start { get; set; }
    public DateTime End { get; set; }
}

<ListBox ItemsSource="{StaticResource Events}">
    <ListBox.ItemTemplate>
        <StackPanel
            Grid.Row="{Binding Path=Start, Converter={StaticResource HourToRowConverter}}"
            Grid.Column="{Binding Path=Start, Converter={StaticResource DayToColumnConverter}}"
            Grid.RowSpan="{Binding Converter={StaticResource DurationToRowSpanConverter}}">
	        <TextBlock Text="{Binding Path=Summary}" />
                <!-- Other stuff -->
        </StackPanel>
    </ListBox>
    <ListBox.ItemsPanel>
        <!-- Grid Goes here -->
    </ListBox.ItemsPanel>
</ListBox>

<Window
  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/2006" 
  xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006" 
  mc:Ignorable="d"
  x:Class="OutlookWeekView.Window1"
  x:Name="Window"
  Title="Window1"
  Width="640" Height="480" Activated="Window_Activated">

  <Window.Resources>
    <XmlDataProvider x:Key="SummaryData" d:IsDataSource="True" 
                         Source="D:\wpf\OutlookWeekView\Events.xml"/>
    <DataTemplate x:Key="EventTemplate">
      <Grid>
         <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
            <ColumnDefinition/>
            <ColumnDefinition/>
         </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
        <Grid.RowDefinitions>
          <RowDefinition/>
          <RowDefinition/>
        </Grid.RowDefinitions>
        <TextBlock Padding="2" 
                           Grid.Column="1" 
                           Grid.RowSpan="2" 
                           Text="{Binding Mode=OneWay, XPath=Summary}"/>
        <TextBlock Grid.Row="0" Padding="2" 
                           Grid.Column="0" Text="{Binding Mode=OneWay, XPath=Start}"/>
        <TextBlock Grid.Row="1" Padding="2" 
                           Grid.Column="0" Text="{Binding Mode=OneWay, XPath=End}"/>
      </Grid>
    </DataTemplate>
  </Window.Resources>

  <Grid x:Name="LayoutRoot">
    <ListBox ItemTemplate="{DynamicResource EventTemplate}" 
                 ItemsSource="{Binding Mode=Default, 
            Source={StaticResource SummaryData}, 
            XPath=/Events/Event}"/>
  </Grid>
</Window>

<TextBlock Grid.Row="{Binding Path=Start,Converter={StaticResource DateToRowConverter}}"
                Grid.Col="{Binding Path=Start,Converter={StaticResource DateToColConverter}}" Text="{Binding Path=Summary}" />

Pete O'Hanlon wrote:

Potentially you could do this by setting the Grid.Row and Grid.Column in the converters.

[ValueConversion(typeof(DateTime), typeof(int))]
public class ColDateFormatter : IValueConverter
{
    #region IValueConverter Members

    public object Convert(object value, Type targetType, 
        object parameter, System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture)
    {
        DateTime startDate = DateTime.Today; // This is just a test to get a date to compare to.
        TimeSpan off = startDate.Subtract(DateTime.Parse(value as string));

        return off.Days + 1;
    }

    public object ConvertBack(object value, Type targetType, object parameter,
        System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture)
    {
        throw new NotImplementedException();
    }

    #endregion
}

<TextBlock Grid.Row="0" Padding="2" 
           Grid.Column="{Binding XPath=Start, Converter={StaticResource ColDateFormatter}}" 
           Text="{Binding Mode=OneWay, XPath=Start, Converter={StaticResource Formatter}, ConverterParameter='dd-MMM-yy'}"/>

Pete O'Hanlon wrote:

The problem that you have is that you are returning the wrong type of value here

public class DateToRowConverter : IValueConverter
{
    public object ConvertTo(object value, Type targetType, object parameter, CultureInfo culture)
    {
       // No checking for simplicity
        return ((DateTime)value).Hour - 8; // Grid starts at 08:00 for example so this provides the necessary offset
    }
    // Rest of class...
}

<Style TargetType="{x:Type ListItem}">
  <Setter PropertyName="Grid.Row" Value="{Binding Path=Start, Converter={StaticResource DateToRowConverter}}" />
  <Setter PropertyName="Grid.Column" Value="{Binding Path=Start, Converter={StaticResource DateToColConverter}}" />
</Style>

<DataTemplate>
  <TextBlock>
    <TextBlock Text="{Binding Path=...}" />
    <TextBlock Text="{Binding Path=...}" />
  </TextBlock>
</DataTemplate>