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An approach to bind datagrids through ITypedList interface.
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Easily bind a class to .NET data controls like GridView, FormView, etc., and get an updated object or list back in the code-behind effortlessly.
by Umer Qureshi
How to create a Custom Control so it can be used later and how to give access to some of it properties
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Binding Properties of non GUI elements that still implement INotify

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Get rid of all that MVVM boilerplate code just to bind an expression to other properties
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Complex bindings in XAML made almost as simple as in JavaScript frameworks
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12 Mar 2024 by hardover
With guidance from others, I have solved the problem. The key was to use the PropertyChangedCallBack to manage when the SelectTags List was bound. In summary, the solution involves capturing the point at which the actual List binding takes...
6 Mar 2024 by Graeme_Grant
List is not a bindable collection. You need to use the ObservableCollection Class (System.Collections.ObjectModel) | Microsoft Learn[^]. Here is a working solution for a similar question. Create a new project and add this code: 1. Classes: ...
6 Mar 2024 by hardover
Binding not working when Custom Control is used in a DataGridTemplateColumn My charge is to provide a control that can be used to select multiple items from a list of items. The items are classification tags. The object is a Tag. It has three...
16 Jan 2024 by Graeme_Grant
Because it expects a boolean value? Use an IValueConverter for binding conversions. Here is more information: Value conversion with IValueConverter - The complete WPF tutorial[^]
16 Jan 2024 by Sh.H.
Hi guys. I have a String variable which works like a Boolean. The data will be "Male" or "Female". So I Bind RadioButton to it in two way mode. But I don't know it doesn't work! Any Help please? UPDATE: I changed the IsChecked to Visibility. And...
15 Jan 2024 by Sh.H.
I found the answer. I should bind the Text to parent, then bind to the Class.
15 Jan 2024 by Sh.H.
Hi I have a DataGrid. I used TextBox in its cells. I made a ControlTemplate for it. So My problem is when I use controlTemplate, the Binding of TextBox won't work. But if I directly set everything in the DataTemplate, the Binding works perfect....
19 Jun 2023 by tb0rg
The wanted state is like this: There are notoverlaping containers (Borders) placed together on common canvas. When choosen Border is leftclicked, it is zoomed-in by animation and all other Borders are zoomed-out/moved at the same time. All...
2 May 2023 by OriginalGriff
Repost: Deleted. Please do not repost your question; use the Improve question widget to add information or reformat it, but posting it repeatedly just duplicates work, wastes time, and annoys people. I'll delete this one.
2 May 2023 by Graeme_Grant
When I hit an issue, sometimes I like to remove the noise and break out a small project that focuses on the main issue. I have done just that for you. Start a new WPF project with the name WpfDataGridComboBox and drop this code in and you can...
2 May 2023 by mojtabahakimian
Project subject: I had an MS Access 2003 adp VBA project that would connect to SQL Server Database, Now I'm converting that project to C# WPF, and I'm going to save data directly into SQL Server database from DataGrid in C# WPF Detail: I have...
3 Apr 2023 by Member 15758581
I am Working on a Backuptool but now i ran into a problem, all my Items in my ListBox where they were read from an OpenFolderDialog all have checkboxes. Now here is my Problem, I want to get the checked Items into another ListBox called...
3 Apr 2023 by Graeme_Grant
You are using MVVM. You can use DataBinding to track selection. 1. Wrap the Model: public class CheckItemModel : ObservableObject { private bool isChecked; public bool IsChecked { get => isChecked; set => Set(ref...
17 Mar 2023 by Graeme_Grant
With data-binding, you need to implement the PropertyChangedEventHandler to notify the data-binding which property has changed. Here is a base class implementation: public abstract class ObservableObject : INotifyPropertyChanged { protected...
16 Mar 2023 by huynhminh97
I have a DataGrid with 2 column: checkbox column and Permission column. In new mode, when users select checkbox All in header then all child's checkbox is selected and vice versa (This logic is woking now). In edit mode, application will check if...
20 Nov 2022 by ernteSKY
Can somebody help me please? Binding a list into a ComboBox from a Database table with game names. When the user selected one of the list in the ComboBox then save after not storing only this data. Still empty this selected item. The following...
22 Oct 2022 by Member 15061773
Hi there, I have a simple WPF application where a different window will open if I select the last item of a Combo box. my code is working successfully but there some issue on my code. I want some more functionality. Suppose, I select the last...
20 Oct 2022 by Member 15802819
How to bind textbox from DropdownList statically without using database in ASP NET What I have tried: public partial class Pay : System.Web.UI.Page { int a = 600; int b = 500; int c = 800; string ph; protected void...
18 Oct 2022 by f*rcklift2030
I'm a C# newbie working on a Winforms project and need help retrieving and displaying picture to picturebox. However, I'm getting an error "Unable to Cast object of type String to type byte[]" There are other elements such as Navigation that...
5 Oct 2022 by BabyHai
I am new to WPF development. I've referred to many solutions online but still have no idea. I have a Listbox and a Datagrid. The Listbox loads data and displays selectable items dynamically. The Datagrid shows static table with a checkbox column....
4 Oct 2022 by Gerry Schmitz
The rows / columns of the DataGrid are binding to ExcelDataEntry ... That's where you implement INotifyPropertChanged for the "data items in your data source". When an ExcelDataEntry item is changed, you call "its" OnPropertyChanged handler. If...
18 Sep 2022 by Manojkumar-dll
i want to populate the datas matching with the ddl_Custid into another ddl ddl_Deviceid by using JQuery ajax but it's not working where am i doing mistake please point that and how to make it work Thank You What I have tried: ...
18 Sep 2022 by towaso
I assume you want to display devices for a customer ? In your example you extend the dropdown $("#ddl_Deviceid") with the selected $("#ddl_Deviceid") value. You may want to fill the devices depending on the value of customer. $.ajax({ ...
8 Sep 2022 by jbm417
My app uses EntityFrameWork 6.x in VS 2019 Ver 16.11.18 I bind a datagridview control to a bindingsource expecting all will be good. Problem is the grid allows user to enter more characters than the database table column allows. When this...
8 Sep 2022 by RickZeeland
You can find some suggestions on CodeProject here: How to set max length of datagridview column?[^]
30 Aug 2022 by hardover
I can not work out the binding for UserControl that is in a DataGridTemplateColumn of DataGrid. I built this example to demonstrate the problem. The UC here is trivial and does nothing meaningful. But eventually I want a UC that does. It will...
30 Aug 2022 by hardover
OK, after working through some changes one at a time, I have fixed this problem. The single thing that made the difference was the fact that I was initializing ItemsList in the Constructor public BindList() { //ItemsList = new...
25 Aug 2022 by Graeme_Grant
Have you checked your binding? Here is a quick test showing the binding working: 1. Model: public class DataRecord { public int ID { get; set; } public string? Name { get; set; } public string? Description { get; set; } public...
22 Aug 2022 by hardover
This question has not resulted in a workable solution. It is likely due to poor problem definition/communication on my part. I am closing it. I have made another example and question, a better attempt a problem definition/communication....
22 Aug 2022 by hardover
I can’t make binding work to a UserControl in DataGridTemplateColumn. The UserControl is TagSelect. It works with the first two independent uses in this example. I have confirmed that the DP SelectedTags is not binding when used in the DataGrid....
11 Aug 2022 by Member 12692000
I'm trying to make a simple WPF application where I can do CRUD operations on the selected row of a datagrid and all the related datagrid's and other controls view get updated instantly. In my app there are currently 2 tabitems, in the first...
9 Aug 2022 by Graeme_Grant
1. This is trying to point to a Collection of type Tags on the DataContext of the MainWindow. You have set it to...
6 Aug 2022 by Gerry Schmitz
The ObservableCollection (OC) is a "persistant" data collection that is bound to the "UI". Updates to the OC are reflected in the UI when items are added, removed, etc. In your case, you create a new OC every time it is accessed: public...
25 Jul 2022 by Federico Alterio
Get rid of all that MVVM boilerplate code just to bind an expression to other properties
3 Jul 2022 by Member 12692000
I'm trying to show the column values of the selected row of a wpf datagrid to different textboxes without breaking the mvvm pattern. I'm relatively new to the mvvm. Here is my XAML:
14 Jun 2022 by madQuestions
I'm trying to get a grasp of e, this, binding. In this example, if you press the create new div button you get an elapsed time and start button. If you create multiple divs and press start on each, they are all impacted. I'm trying to make the...
23 May 2022 by User 15393223
I created view model class in another class. So I also created a border which is showing Engine values(temperature, etc.) I have approximately 60 engines. So I dont want to copy-paste that values. I want to create a Datatemplate or...
23 May 2022 by Chris Copeland
Why do you have 60 different MachineX properties instead of just having an ObservableCollection? Having individual fields is going to not only make your code incredibly difficult to maintain, but you're also going to make an incredible...
3 Mar 2022 by Member 7912784
i have list of items this list have another list of items how to bind it to the TreeView public List JobeGroups { get; set; } = new List() { new JobesGroup() { ID=1, ...
3 Mar 2022 by Member 7912784
Here is solution thanks to thatguy at Stack Overflow - Where Developers Learn, Share, & Build Careers[^]
2 Mar 2022 by Graeme_Grant
I did a quick Google Search:wpf treeview binding[^] And found this for you: TreeView, data binding and multiple templates - The complete WPF tutorial[^]
3 Feb 2022 by Roy Mustang 2022
I am trying to change button's color when it is clicked. But it is not changing color. Here is my code. What I have tried: private SolidColorBrush[] _btnBrush; public SolidColorBrush[] btnBrush { get { ...
2 Feb 2022 by Richard Deeming
You are changing an element within an array. That will not raise any "property changed" events, so the UI has no idea that the binding needs to be updated. Try replacing your array with an ObservableCollection: public...
22 Nov 2021 by Niklas Arabäck
Hi I like to bind a object proberty with a user control proberty. I'v try the folowing code, but it works only when i'm in the actual method, not outside the method. The User Control shall act like a GUI for the Object (diffrent object with same...
22 Nov 2021 by Maciej Los
Well, i'd suggest to move data biding into ucSignGen. Imagine, you can easily set/get an object related with UserControl. All you need to do is to create custom property: partial class ucSignGen { private SignalGenerator SigGen = new...
9 Nov 2021 by DoingWork
Hi Friends I have 2 different user controls i.e. ViewAUserControl.xaml , and ViewBUserControl.xaml . These controls are added dynamically in dynamic tabItems where each tabItem contains any single userControl from availabe 2 UserControls, whom...
9 Nov 2021 by pszyjaciel
In the ViewAUserControl.xaml: xmlns:local="clr-namespace:WpfPractice.ViewModel" In the ViewBUserControl.xaml: ...
6 Oct 2021 by Member 11298827
I'm new to Xamarin Forms, most of my experience is with Windows Forms and C#. The project I'm trying make has a DataGrid using Xamarin.Forms.DataGrid, and a button to use for updating the data and refreshing the DataGrid. The project is based on...
6 Oct 2021 by Member 11298827
Since the time I posted this question I have found a suitable solution. I found a different example that used ListView instead of DataGrid. While I really needed DataGrid, I thought I might be able to use the same technique since the ListView...
26 Aug 2021 by dj4400
Hi Sorry in advance for the long question ... I'm using C# winforms on my app. I have 2 combo boxes (id and type) and 1 textbox (name) that are bind to a data that represents an item in a list Changing the 1st combo box (id) - changes the...
26 Aug 2021 by dj4400
I found a solution: The comboBoxType binding should be declared like that: //Clicking the combo box now shows all the enum values comboBoxType.DataSource = Enum.GetValues(typeof(EnumItemType)); //the selected item of the combo box now...
25 Jun 2021 by Flidrip
Hello! I am very confused. I am building a WPF application, trying to use the MVVM design pattern. It's fascinating and rewarding, even though it seems overly complex at times. I am new to programming, and I've only really dabbled in WinForms...
23 Jun 2021 by Flidrip
Hello! Please see below image for reference: Messed up window — ImgBB[^] This is my WPF window; "LicenseHolderProfileWindow". Something fishy is going on when I'm trying to bind the TextBoxes. I made a phony profile, to show you what's...
21 Jun 2021 by Member 15183001
Hey everyone, I'm wrecking my brain in how to best handle getting this string through a MVVM pattern, which I'm quite new at. C# also isn't my strong point so it could be a very easy solution, I have no idea. English also isn't my first langue,...
21 Jun 2021 by Richard Deeming
Don't try to bind to the list's SelectedItem. Instead, bind to properties on your viewmodel. public IReadOnlyList AllControllers { get; } private int _selectedControllerId; public int SelectedControllerId { get {...
14 Jun 2021 by Richard!i!
I am writing a C# WPF application and following the MVVM pattern. My ViewModel has an object in it called NetworkMain My View has a DataGrid which binds to an ObservableCollection called FlowControls which is inside NetworkMain My DataGrid...
14 Jun 2021 by Richard Deeming
How about naming an element further up the hierarchy:
7 Jun 2021 by Aditya Jain 2021
I want to display multiple DataTables with fixed layout(columns are fixed and same for each table). I am using ItemsControls where ItemTemplate is Grid, and my collection of tables is in Dictionary. My dictionary is dynamic and can change, and...
7 Jun 2021 by Richard Deeming
In the code you've shown, allGroup is a private field. WPF binding only works with public properties. If you check the output window in Visual Studio, you should see at least one binding error telling you that the property allGroup could not be...
1 Jun 2021 by Member 15183001
I have a dll file that for now uses a .txt file as input that is located in the debug folder of my application. I want to replace this .txt file with text as submitted inside of a textbox within my application. I'm still new to MVVM and WPF, and...
1 Jun 2021 by Richard Deeming
If you want to replace the contents of a text file, use File.WriteAllText[^]. However, your application is probably going to be running from a folder in the "Program Files" path. In that case, a standard user will not have permission to modify...
4 May 2021 by George Swan
Try doing the following. Build a class that the Tree can bind to. The only property is a populated list of parents. The list would be normally populated from a database. public class FamiliesVM { public List FamilyList {...
4 May 2021 by Member 15183001
Hi everyone, I've tried databinding to a treeview for the first time but sadly no succes so far. The other control I've tried, a datagrid control, is fully working so I'm not sure what the bug is here. Was wondering if someone here could help...
17 Apr 2021 by Samir Ibrahim
I have a Datagridview binded to bindingsoure after I do manipulation on the data in bindingsource and refresh the datagridview some cells value is changed, I want to know which cell is changed 'ID Name Age
17 Apr 2021 by Samir Ibrahim
I Solve it using a collection, but I have to loop twice to all datagridview cells Dim dt = GetDataFromSqlServerForTableCustomer() Dim bs As New BindingSource bs.DataSource = dt dgv1.DataSource = bs coll = New Collection ...
15 Feb 2021 by Smart K8
I have a singleton localization class with indexer. You can access it like this: Localize.Current[String key] I also have a custom Binding class that transforms string into a call to this indexer: {Translate MyKey} This will set Mode (OneWay) on...
15 Feb 2021 by Richard Deeming
I haven't tried it, but I suspect the binding is ignoring the params modifier on your indexer parameter. It wants a one-to-one mapping from the PathParameters to the indexer parameters - ie: a single string, and a single string array. Try: ...
6 Feb 2021 by rtksmithjoton123
A multipart request should bind a model, but how asp.net core bind it, with which formatter. Is there a link to this? What I have tried: I find some link of source code, but can not find the relavent formatter.
20 Jan 2021 by DoingWork
Dear C# WPF Gurus I want to design my WPF Form Like this Image Imgur: WPF User Rights Image[^] Where All column names coming from an Enum names as Role. public enum Roles { Manager, Master, Engineer, Guest } What I have tried: Kindly...
20 Jan 2021 by Christian Graus
Once you add a datagrid, you can label the columns anyway you want and it's possible to foreach over an enum foreach (Suit suit in (Suit[]) Enum.GetValues(typeof(Suit))) { }
18 Jan 2021 by john321a
Binding is not working and ui is not updating.i am following MVVM pattern. Xaml ...
18 Jan 2021 by Sandeep Mewara
Seems you have not marked your ViewModel with INotifyPropertyChanged Thus, your property is also not making use of interface making sure the changes can reflect. Please have a look at this to refer: How to: Implement Property Change...
12 Jan 2021 by john321a
SelectedFiles contain an array of string, and I want to display it on Listbox. when I debugg this code. when I hover on SelectedFiles it shows the array but not reflected...
12 Jan 2021 by Richard Deeming
You'll need a custom value converter to bind a list or array of strings to a textbox. For example: public class JoinStringConverter : IValueConverter { public object Convert(object value, Type targetType, object parameter, CultureInfo...
11 Jan 2021 by Chris Copeland
hello(selectedFiles); InitializeComponent(); You're calling hello(selectedFiles); before the UI has been initialized by InitializeComponent();. Try moving the hello(..) below that and see whether it works.
11 Jan 2021 by OriginalGriff
This is one of the most common problems we get asked, and it's also the one we are least equipped to answer, but you are most equipped to answer yourself. Let me just explain what the error means: You have tried to use a variable, property, or a...
22 Jul 2020 by CTurcotte
Hi,I have been searching around without finding a fix so here I go.I have a Windows with a center that contain a UserControl that will fill the general area of my application.I have a TabControl with multiple TabItem. In each TabItem I have to show different controls including...
22 Jul 2020 by Faisal Fagihi
I had the same problem and here is my solution: - Move your DataGrids to the tabcontrol resource as tiggers. ...
15 Jul 2020 by Mike Hankey
I have a WPF app using the MVVM design pattern and am getting a lot of binding errors such as the one below in my UserControls; System.Windows.Data Error: 40 : BindingExpression path error: 'AttachmentTabToolbarClickCommand' property not found...
15 Jul 2020 by Azyrox
Hello everyone, someone has an idea how I can bind the tag property of the textblock ("tbHeader") in the ContentTemplate of a DataGridColumnHeader Style to the SortMemberPath property of the DataGridTextColumn!?
5 Jul 2020 by communicore
a million years later... I'm a vb.net developer so if Ctype/Trycast have different implementations in C# just ignore me!I wonder if it had anything to do with your use of "as" casting (trycast in vb) which obviously returns null and is a better...
5 Jul 2020 by lukeer
Hi folks,in effect, I need to have a dictionary that user can edit and that's stored in app.config.app.config doesn't like generics, it seems. At least I couldn't create a setting with a generic as its type. Not even by typing the fully qualified name instead of searching through the...
4 Jun 2020 by greatoceansoftware
Sorry for the trouble. Found the solution: The ResourcesView used to populate the list was in use in other places in the application, and was synching all controls bound to it. So setting the IsSynchronizedWithCurrentItem=False on all the...
4 Jun 2020 by greatoceansoftware
I have the following data bound ComboBox, and it insists on automatically selecting the last item when loaded. Anyway to get it to load with nothing selected?
2 Jun 2020 by RickZeeland
Maybe the answer here will be helpful: How to bind code behind variables in WPF[^] And also: User control binding in wpf[^]
2 Jun 2020 by martinx
I add to my main Window several User Controls Code Mainwindow.xaml.vb Dim u1 As UserControl = New CTRL_Engine(Brushes.Brown) u1.Height = 100 u1.Width = 100 u1.Name = "Test1" CTRL_Visu.Children.Add(u1) ...
13 May 2020 by Eliza Maria
Hi!I have a project in Xamarin.Forms and I am using MVVM.The problem is that when I start the android emulator and the page is initializing,I get an error System.Reflection.TargetInvocation where I set the BindingContext in the view:...
12 May 2020 by Richard Deeming
You can't create a RegistrationPage instance without creating a RegistrationViewModel instance first. The only way you can create a RegistrationViewModel instance without creating a RegistrationPage instance first is by calling the parameterless...
14 Apr 2020 by Maciej Los
Quote: how we can show calendar data from the database to calender in c# winform. Take a look here: Select a Range of Dates in MonthCalendar Control - Windows Forms | Microsoft Docs[^] Display Specific Days in Bold with MonthCalendar Control -...
14 Apr 2020 by Member 14192879
I have created a database with columns cal_id, event name, event start time, event finish time, event date. but i am getting the point how we can retrieve or show that data in the calendar control. as in asp.net, we use calender1_dayRender() to...
13 Apr 2020 by Manisha Tambade
mvc model returning Subject Test- (' 1) for input textbox- Subject Test- ('1) when im attaching model field to textbox in one of the function. any idea to fix it. What I have tried: @Html.Raw(HttpUtility.HtmlDecode(@Model.property)); and ...
13 Apr 2020 by Bohdan Stupak
You've confused it with System.Web.HttpUtility.HtmlEncode which will escape single quote.
7 Apr 2020 by Patrick Skelton
I'm puzzled by the Binding RelativeSource functionality. My question is in several parts: I want to bind to the data context of the whole window from a control buried deep in the visual tree 1. How do I determine the AncestorLevel? 2. Why...
31 Mar 2020 by Patrick Skelton
This seems to do the trick. What I do is use a template column instead of a plain text column. Now I can swap templates for each individual cell based on properties to which that row in the grid are bound. So I then simply have one editable...
31 Mar 2020 by Patrick Skelton
This is probably easier to show in code than to ask in English. I have a list in my view-model, something like this: public class CostItems { public string Name { get; set; } ""; public double UnitCost { get; set; } = 0.0; public bool...
11 Mar 2020 by chimmansrikanth
For Example Student { Name List } Subject { GroupName SubjectName Grade } DataGrid/ListView be like Subject Student1 Student2 Student3 ..... Student n...
11 Mar 2020 by Richard MacCutchan
Data binding overview - WPF | Microsoft Docs[^]
19 Jan 2020 by User 11060979
You need to implement INotifyPropertyChanged in your Customer class. Here you find an example how to do it: INotifyPropertyChanged Interface (System.ComponentModel) | Microsoft Docs[^]
19 Jan 2020 by Mohammad Abdullaha
I am working on a small WinForm project in VS 2010 C#, I created a Customer class with two properties (CusID & CusNm). And, I drew a ComboBox and a TextBox on a panel container drawn on the Form, (ComboBox for CusNm & TextBox from the CusID). I used two binding objects to bind the...