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hi, i have a Mainwindow.Xaml(wpf form) and 2x UserControl(EventPage.xaml and dashboard.xaml) inside this MainWindow.xaml i have a textbox and a button and i using this code to switch between my forms(EventPage.Xaml and Dashboard.Xaml) inside this Grid:
<Grid x:Name="myContainer">
                        <Local:EventPage x:Name="eventpage" Visibility="Collapsed"></Local:EventPage>
                        <Local:Dashboard x:Name="dashboard" Visibility="Collapsed"></Local:Dashboard>       
                    </Grid>

now i wanna pass my textbox.text to my Dashboard.Xaml with this code:

public partial class MainWindow : Window
   {
       public string Searchtext;


       public MainWindow()
       {
           InitializeComponent();


       }
private void SearchBtn_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
       {
           Searchtext = txtSearch.Text;
           Dashboard dashPage = new Dashboard(Searchtext);
       }

and in my usercontrol.xaml(Dashboard.Xaml) i have this code to recive my Searchtext :

public partial class Dashboard : UserControl
   {
       string searchtxt;

       public Dashboard(string searchtext)
       {
           InitializeComponent();

           searchtxt = searchtext;
       }

but i getting this error from Mainwindows.xaml in this line:
<Local:Dashboard x:Name="dashboard" Visibility="Collapsed"></Local:Dashboard>

first Error: Type 'Dashboard' is not usable as an object elemenct becuase it is not public or does not define a public parameterless constructor or a type converter.
second Error: the type 'Dashboard' cannot have a Name attribute.Value types without a default constructor can be used as items within a ResourceDictionary.

What I have tried:

i tried make my
string Searchtext
as
Public string Searchtext
and i set
x:FieldModifier="public"
into my DataGrid insid my Dashboard.xaml but none of them did't worked :(
Posted
Updated 8-Feb-23 11:04am
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[no name] 8-Feb-23 14:50pm    
Control "names" are only visible to the containing class; if you want to reference them as a "public property:, you need to add a public reference; e.g. public Dashboard Dashboard => this.dashboard.

(Use a "naming convention" for control names so you can keep then separate from "other names")
Max Speed 2022 8-Feb-23 15:14pm    
Hi,i think it's not about name of controls,when i trying to pass an string value to another form,s that's happen :(

1 solution

Why are you trying to pass a string in the constructor of the user control? This will only work if you are manually initializing the UserControl and adding to the main window - a one-shot deal.

A UserControl is just a class with UI functionality included, so it has the same rules of usage.

If you want to pass a value to a UserControl, add a public property or Method. Then you can pass values from the MainWindow to the UserControl - at any time for the life of the UserControl.

Here is a little demo for you.

NOTE: This is not how I would normally do this. However, I feel that this is as simple as I can make it for you.

The MainWindow has two UserControls:
* SearchWidget holds the search input functionality
* DashboardWidget Takes the Search and applies it.

The two controls communicate via the MainWindow.

1. DashboardWidget UserControl:
XML
<UserControl x:Class="WpfControlBasicsDemo.DashboardWidget"
             xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
             xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml">
    <Grid>
            <TextBlock x:Name="SearchText"
                       FontSize="32"
                       HorizontalAlignment="Center"
                       VerticalAlignment="Center"/>
    </Grid>
</UserControl>

and the code-behind:
C#
public partial class DashboardWidget : UserControl
{
    public DashboardWidget()
    {
        InitializeComponent();
    }

    public void DoSearch(string searchText)
    {
        // do a search....
        SearchText.Text = searchText;
    }
}

I have exposed a method to take the search text and do something with it.

2. SearchWidget UserControl:
XML
<UserControl x:Class="WpfControlBasicsDemo.SearchWidget"
             xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
             xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml">
    <Grid Margin="10">
            <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
                <ColumnDefinition Width="Auto" />
                <ColumnDefinition />
                <ColumnDefinition Width="Auto" />
            </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
        <Label Content="Search:"
               FontWeight="Bold"
               Margin="0 0 10 0"/>
        <TextBox Grid.Column="1"
                 x:Name="txtSearch" />
        <Button Grid.Column="2"
                Margin="10 0 0 0"
                Content="Search"
                Click="ButtonBase_OnClick"/>
    </Grid>
</UserControl>

and the code-behind:
C#
public partial class SearchWidget : UserControl, INotifyPropertyChanged
{
    private string searchText;

    public SearchWidget()
    {
        InitializeComponent();
    }

    private void ButtonBase_OnClick(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
    {
        SearchText = txtSearch.Text;
    }

    public string SearchText
    {
        get => searchText;
        set
        {
            if (value == searchText) return;
            searchText = value;
            OnPropertyChanged();
        }
    }

    public event PropertyChangedEventHandler? PropertyChanged;

    protected virtual void OnPropertyChanged([CallerMemberName] string? propertyName = null)
    {
        PropertyChanged?.Invoke(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(propertyName));
    }
}

Here I do two things:
1. When the button is pressed, I set the public property
2. The public property fires an OnPropertyChanged event.

3. MainWindow
This will host the two UserControls and pass the search text from one to the other:
XML
<Window x:Class="WpfControlBasicsDemo.MainWindow"
        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/2008"
        xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
        xmlns:local="clr-namespace:WpfControlBasicsDemo"
        mc:Ignorable="d" Title="MainWindow" Height="450" Width="800">
    <Grid>
        <Grid.RowDefinitions>
            <RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
            <RowDefinition/>
        </Grid.RowDefinitions>

        <local:SearchWidget x:Name="SearchWidget"/>
        <local:DashboardWidget x:Name="DashboardWidget" Grid.Row="1"/>
    </Grid>
</Window>

and the code-behind:
C#
public partial class MainWindow : Window
{
    public MainWindow()
    {
        InitializeComponent();
        SearchWidget.PropertyChanged += SearchWidget_PropertyChanged;
    }

    private void SearchWidget_PropertyChanged(object? sender, System.ComponentModel.PropertyChangedEventArgs e)
    {
        DashboardWidget.DoSearch(SearchWidget.SearchText);
    }
}

I listen for the PropertyChanged event from the SearchWidget UserControl and pass the text to the DashboardWidget UserControl via the public method DoSearch.
 
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Max Speed 2022 8-Feb-23 18:08pm    
@Graeme_Grant bro I was very confused, what's [question mark] in OnPropertyChanged?feature 'nullable refernce types' sis not avilable in c#
i won't a host between to usercontrol, i just wanna pass a string from mainwindow to a usercontrol :(
thank your for attention bro <3
Graeme_Grant 8-Feb-23 18:41pm    
Yes, Nullable. You do not need to use the '?', you can instead use:
if (PropertyChanged != null)
{
    PropertyChanged.Invoke(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(propertyName));
}


The purpose of the demo code is to show you 2 methods:
1. Using a Property
2. Using a method

I suspect what you need is the second - pass by method. Look at the DashboardWidget UserControl and how it is used from the MainWindow code.

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