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WPF: If Carlsberg did MVVM Frameworks: Part 6 of n

by Sacha Barber

It would probably be like Cinch, an MVVM framework for WPF.

ListBox Styling (Part 3 - Additional Templates) in Expression Blend and Silverlight

by Alan Beasley

Explanation and examples of Additional Templates and Generated Content of a ListBox. Covering Layout, Transitions, and Animation.

An extensible ExifReader class with customizable tag handlers

by Nish Nishant

An ExifReader class in C# that supports custom formatting and extraction. StyleCop compliant code, with demos for WPF and Windows Forms.

Silverlight DataTrigger is the Answer to View Model / MVVM Issues

by defwebserver

How using the Silverlight DataTrigger allows you to run a process and then raise another when using View Model (MVVM)

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ChatGPT API in C# WPF / XAML / MVVM

by Peter Sun (247)

Implement ChatGPT API in C# WPF with GPT3.5-turbo

Angular Signals Ported to .NET and C#

by Federico Alterio

Description of a library that allows to use a porting of Angular Signals in .NET MVVM Frameworks

Blazing.Mvvm - Blazor Server, WebAssembly, & Hybrid using Mvvm Community Toolkit

by Graeme_Grant

MVVM made simple via Blazing.Mvvm Library using the Microsoft Community Toolkit

VB.NET MVVM Toolkit Demo

by Jo_vb.net

How to get started using the MVVM Toolkit

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MVVM

" WPF DataGrid Practical Examples " is giving error

10 Dec 2013 by Member 8920414

Here is the link to this articles WPF DataGrid Practical Examples Ran the code with Visual Studio 2012 after installing the WPF Toolkit from add refrences. It compiles, and appears to run, but the buttons do not all work correctly. That buttons that crashes the program are listed...

'No Record Found' DataGrid in MVVM WPF

17 Sep 2014 by sureshsankar

how to display " No Record Found" Message in RowDetailsTemplate of WPF datagrid, if there is no record in itemSource? I am using following code in MVVM structure

(Hybrid Smart Client) RSS Media Player

9 Mar 2009 by Paul_Wade

A WPF application for viewing RSS video feeds. Built using the MVVM pattern.

.net MVVM application and design-time data

8 May 2013 by koleraba

HiI have a more theoretical than a "hands on" question regarding the "design-time" data for WPF applicatons which use the MVVM pattern. Lately I use two kinds of view-models in my applications. The "runtime" view-models which are used at runtime and "design-time" view-models which are...

.net MVVM application and design-time data

8 May 2013 by _Maxxx_

Interesting question.I'm not a big IOC user so what I offer may not be applicable.in my mvvm 'framework' my design time data (essentially view models) inherit from the run time view models.I initially put them in the view project with the views - but I just had a quick try and moved...

.net MVVM application and design-time data

8 May 2013 by Mohammed Hameed

Hi,,,I support your last solution only because I think thats the most effective one in your scenario.I suggests you to give it a name something like XYZ.Common (instead of XYZ.Interfaces). By this I mean dont tie it only for defining Interfaces but also other types as well which are meant...

200% Reflective Class Diagram Creation Tool

20 Feb 2014 by Sacha Barber

WPF: Version II of my 100% Reflective class diagram creation tool.

3 tier architecture with mvvm

21 Oct 2015 by 1234ctk

I need to do a project with 3-tieras I understand the 3 tier architecture work like that:I have the view-the UI of the user,I have the BLL that have the business logic and the DAL+Model-(I want to use in entity framework)-these three are different projects on the same solution and for...

3 tier architecture with mvvm

21 Oct 2015 by phil.o

We cannot decently answer to your question, it is too vague.You may need to follow several tutorials around WPF, WCF, MVVM or not, to get a closer idea of what you are going to need, and which tool will be the most useful for you. We cannot do that for you, deciding with which technology you...

3 tier architecture with mvvm

21 Oct 2015 by Snesh Prajapati

MVVM is a UI layer pattern so obviously must be used in UI layer. As you have BL and DL layer too, In your ViewModel classes of MVVM, you should be using your exiting Models and BL code. And per 3 layer architecture BL would be using DL. For more have a look on...

7MC Gofer

23 Jun 2010 by rudigrobler

7MC Gofer is a Windows Phone 7 based remote control for my Windows Media Center.

A Belly Dance in Holy Lands of MVC, MVP and MVVM Patterns via JavaScript

27 Feb 2018 by Amir Jalilifard

Lets take an exciting travel to the land of MVC, MVP and MVVM patterns with our sexy friend : JavaScript

A Bindable WPF RichTextBox

13 Aug 2010 by David Veeneman

An article about a Bindable WPF RichTextBox

A complete CRUD application using pure MVVM

19 Aug 2015 by Vishal.KumarSingh

Hello, I need a complete CRUD application made in MVVM (C#) which includes basic functionality like connecting to database using Entity framework, have functionality like AddEmployee, EditEmployee , DeleteEmployee and SearchEmployee. It should use Commands.I am having hard time searching...

A complete CRUD application using pure MVVM

19 Aug 2015 by OriginalGriff

We do not do your homework: it is set for a reason. It is there so that you think about what you have been told, and try to understand it. It is also there so that your tutor can identify areas where you are weak, and focus more attention on remedial action.Try it yourself, you may find it...

A Desktop App that Works Unchanged for WPF or WinForms

16 Nov 2020 by Erik Nagel

Usable demo demonstrating some aspects of application architecture

A LINQ Tutorial: WPF Data Binding with LINQ to SQL

11 Dec 2009 by Abby Fichtner (Hacker Chick)

A tutorial and application on using WPF Data Binding with LINQ to SQL classes. This is part 3 of a three-part tutorial on using LINQ to SQL.

SQL-Server-2008

A nice approach for a LOB WPF application

22 Feb 2009 by Raul Mainardi Neto

An implementation of the MVVM Patterns + CommandModel within a WPF LOB application.

A Numeric Up Down Control for WPF

26 Dec 2010 by Inder gujral

A Nmeric Up Down Control for WPF

A Pluggable Architecture for Building Silverlight Applications with MVVM

6 Jul 2011 by Weidong Shen

This article describes building a sample Silverlight application with the MVVM Light toolkit, WCF RIA Services, and a pluggable application architecture using MEF.

A Practical Quick-start Tutorial on MVVM in WPF

21 May 2010 by Dr. Song Li

This article gives a practical quick-start tutorial on MVVM in WPF for application developers.

A Quick Guide to Silverlight Ribbon Controls (Part - 1)

11 Jan 2011 by Kunal Chowdhury «IN»

A Quick Guide to Silverlight Ribbon Controls (Part - 1)

A Sample Silverlight 4 Application Using MEF, MVVM, and WCF RIA Services - Part 1

7 Jul 2011 by Weidong Shen

Part 1 of a series describing the creation of a Silverlight business application using MEF, MVVM Light, and WCF RIA Services.

A Sample Silverlight 4 Application Using MEF, MVVM, and WCF RIA Services - Part 2

8 Jul 2011 by Weidong Shen

Part 2 of a series describing the creation of a Silverlight business application using MEF, MVVM Light, and WCF RIA Services. In this second part, we will go through various topics on how MVVM Light Toolkit is used in our sample application.

A Sample Silverlight 4 Application Using MEF, MVVM, and WCF RIA Services - Part 3

8 Jul 2011 by Weidong Shen

Part 3 of a series describing the creation of a Silverlight business application using MEF, MVVM Light, and WCF RIA Services. In this part, we will discuss how custom authentication, reset password, and user maintenance are implemented in the sample application.

A Silverlight Expense Report Module using View Model (MVVM)

30 Aug 2010 by defwebserver

This module allows you to easily gather, and process Expense Reports, from users in your DotNetNuke portal

A Silverlight Sample Built with Self-Tracking Entities and WCF Services - Part 1

8 Mar 2011 by Weidong Shen

Part 1 of a series describing creation of a Silverlight business application using Self-tracking Entities, WCF Services, WIF, MVVM Light Toolkit, MEF, and T4 Templates.

A Silverlight Sample Built with Self-Tracking Entities and WCF Services - Part 2

8 Mar 2011 by Weidong Shen

Part 2 of a series describing the creation of a Silverlight business application using Self-tracking Entities, WCF Services, WIF, MVVM Light Toolkit, MEF, and T4 Templates.

A Silverlight Sample Built with Self-Tracking Entities and WCF Services - Part 3

8 Mar 2011 by Weidong Shen

Part 3 of a series describing the creation of a Silverlight business application using Self-tracking Entities, WCF Services, WIF, MVVM Light Toolkit, MEF, and T4 Templates.

A Silverlight Sample Built with Self-Tracking Entities and WCF Services - Part 4

12 Apr 2011 by Weidong Shen

Part 4 of a series describing creation of a Silverlight business application using Self-tracking Entities, WCF Services, WIF, MVVM Light toolkit, MEF, and T4 Templates.

A Simple Silverlight RSS Reader

21 Jun 2010 by Arun Jacob

This is a simple Silverlight RSS Reader which pulls out data from a feed URL.

A Simple Technique for Data-binding to the Position of a UI Element in WPF

23 Dec 2010 by Ashley Davis

Explains how to create a control whose position you can data-bind a property to

A Simple Tutorial on Developing ASP.NET Applications in MVC Pattern

13 May 2010 by Dr. Song Li

This article gives a simple tutorial on developing ASP.NET applications in MVC pattern.

A Simple Windows Phone 7 MVVM Tombstoning Example

24 May 2011 by Colin Eberhardt

This blog post shows how to implement tombstoning within a Windows Phone 7 application that follows the Model-View-ViewModel pattern.

Windows-Phone-7

A Stock Portfolio Application Using KnockoutJS

13 Oct 2012 by Bernardo Castilho

An article that shows how to implement MVVM apps with KnockoutJS and custom controls.

A Totally Simple Introduction to the MVVM Concept with Silverlight

5 May 2011 by Pat Capozzi

In this article, I reduce the use of the MVVM pattern in Silverlight to the absolute minimum lines of code in order to understand the basics.

A Toy Tabbed File Explorer for Prototype and MVVM Exercise

13 Jun 2012 by wim4you

This article describes a Tabbed File Explorer with minimal functionality using only basic MVVM techniques and some attached properties. In a first article I described a MVVM Tabbed Navigation Tree, in this article I add a Tabbed Folderplane.

A Universal WPF Find / Replace Dialog

14 Sep 2013 by Thomas Willwacher

A WPF Find/Replace Manager, usable with most text editors and both SDI and MDI interfaces

A Universal WPF Find / Replace Dialog

27 Apr 2012 by FenRunner

This is an alternative for "A Universal WPF Find / Replace Dialog"

A Windows Phone 7.1 (Mango) MVVM Tombstoning Example

17 Oct 2011 by Colin Eberhardt

A Windows Phone 7.1 (Mango) MVVM Tombstoning Example

Windows-Phone-7

A Wizard Application in WPF with MVVMC Navigation

21 Dec 2018 by Michael Shpilt

Shows how to create two Wizard-type applications using Model-View-ViewModel-Controller navigation framework

Access Non-dependency property's value in MVVM Prism

26 Jul 2013 by hari111r

Hi I am new to MVVM. I am trying to convert my prism application in mvvm pattern. I have a custom datagrid control which has few non dependency property and fuctions. How can I access those properties in my view model.Below are the few properties and fuction i am using in my...

Achieve Loose Coupling with the WPF/Silverlight EventBroker

8 Jun 2010 by David Bobeck

Using attached properties in WPF or Silverlight to loosely couple UI element events to arbitrary code.

Action Based ViewModel and Model Validation

16 Apr 2009 by Pete O'Hanlon

Action based ViewModel and Model Validation

Add textbox dynamically on MVVM

8 Mar 2017 by Arkadeep De

Hi,I am new in WPF and trying to add textboxes on button click with ViewModel. I am able to add the textboxes but not able to fetch the data.What I have tried:I have tried these..XML ...

Add textbox dynamically on MVVM

8 Mar 2017 by Graeme_Grant

Use an ItemsControl and bind it to an ObservableCollection. The Model's properties are bound in the ItemTemplate.So as you add Models to the collection, the TextBoxes will auto-generate and bind to each Model's property.

Adding WPF window without title bar but need to show it when mouse over in xaml file

11 Oct 2015 by LahD

I tried with removing title bar using WindowStyle="None"But I need to to show and hide the title bar in WPF by mouse over. So how can I proceed to do this in xaml code?

Adding WPF window without title bar but need to show it when mouse over in xaml file

11 Oct 2015 by VR Karthikeyan

Hi,You can achieve this using MouseLeave and MouseEnter events of the WPF Window, But this solution will create a fluctuation when you move cursor near to title bar. So I suggest you to use Mahapps.Metro - a UI toolkit for WPF. It provides extended properties for WPF window. Follow the steps...

An Address Book Application Made in MVVM For Metro Style App in Windows 8

29 May 2012 by santosh_pathak

Hands on developing MVVM Application without any Frameworks

An Address Book Application Made in MVVM For Metro Style App in Windows 8 Part 2

29 May 2012 by santosh_pathak

This is the Second Part XML file as data source in Windows8

An Alternative MVVM Implementation without Binding

3 Dec 2014 by Bruce Greene

An alternative MVVM implementation that employs a set of proxy control classes to act as a sort of "Platonic Ideal" WPF page for interaction with the view model.

An extensible ExifReader class with customizable tag handlers

29 Mar 2010 by Nish Nishant

An ExifReader class in C# that supports custom formatting and extraction. StyleCop compliant code, with demos for WPF and Windows Forms.

An MVVM friendly approach to adding system menu entries in a WPF application

9 Apr 2010 by Nish Nishant

This article shows you how to add menu items to the system menu and attach command handlers in an MVVM compatible fashion

Anatomy of the Windows 7 taskbar – TabbedThumbnail (Part 2)

1 Apr 2010 by rudigrobler

In my “quest” to create thumbnails similar to the ones used in Internet Explorer 8, I hit a couple of snags!

Android Binding - Introduction

1 Apr 2011 by xandytsui

An Introduction to a new Android-java based MVVM Presentation Framework

Angular 2 Tutorial in JavaScript/ES5 - Part 1 to 3

8 Mar 2016 by Konstantin A. Magg

This post presents a JavaScript (ECMAScript 5) version of the Angular 2 tutorial "Tour of Heroes". Learn how to implement the TypeScript examples in JavaScript/ES5. This article covers part 1, 2 and 3 of the original tutorial.

Angular 2 Tutorial in JavaScript/ES5 - Part 4 and 5

5 Mar 2016 by Konstantin A. Magg

This post presents a JavaScript (ECMAScript 5) version of the Angular 2 tutorial "Tour of Heroes". Learn how to implement the TypeScript examples in JavaScript/ES5. This article covers part 4 and 5 of the original tutorial.

Angular JS - Using Directives to Create Custom Attributes

30 May 2018 by DannyStaten

Introduction to Angular's Directives and how you can use them to create your own attributes to define behavior in a highly reusable way

Angular Signals Ported to .NET and C#

26 Dec 2023 by Federico Alterio

Description of a library that allows to use a porting of Angular Signals in .NET MVVM Frameworks

Animation of graph algorithms with WPF 3D

20 Jan 2010 by danielpalme

Overview of data structures and animations.

Application has stopped working when running outside of visual studio.

24 Feb 2014 by Pheonyx

Hi Guys,I have a bit of an odd scenario and was wondering if you could shed any light on it.I've written a WPF application that works as a data importer. It uses the MVVM approach and works very nicely.During development I have implemented try catch's for error handling which catch...

Application has stopped working when running outside of visual studio.

24 Feb 2014 by Dave Kreskowiak

It's not that your existing try/catch blocks are not catching the new error. It's the you don't have a try/catch block around the code that is causing the new error. Something in your code is making as assumption that is no longer valid when running outside of the project environment.I...

Applying Data Templates Dynamically by Type in WP7

19 Oct 2010 by Florin Badea

This article presents a way to apply data templates dynamically by type in the Windows Phone 7 platform

Appropriate implementation of MVVM pattern in WPF

31 May 2017 by cobek

Hi all, I created a Simple Chat Application using WPF/WCF and I have doubts if I correctly implemented MVVM pattern in it. The main chat window has underlying view model which is assigned to window DataContext property (standard solution, I guess): class ChatWindowViewModel :...

Appropriate implementation of MVVM pattern in WPF

31 May 2017 by Pete O'Hanlon

Some of what you have is moving towards the correct solution. However you veer suddenly off track when you introduce a hard-coupling in the code behind of the windows where you start to refer directly to methods and behaviours of the ViewModel. Part of the problem I think is that you have a...

Apriori Algorithm

10 Aug 2012 by Omar Gameel Salem

Implementation of the Apriori algorithm in C#.

Articles Archive (Silverlight): March 2010 to August 2010

4 Sep 2010 by Kunal Chowdhury «IN»

Here, I am consolidating all the Silverlight Articles that I posted in my Blog and CodeProject for your further reference. It includes articles of last six months.

ASP.NET Automatic Object to UI Binding

25 Apr 2012 by Razi Syed

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.

ASP.NET MVC 4 with Knockout Js

24 Nov 2013 by K. Naveen. Bhat

Tips to make Asp.Net MVC4 UI development easier with the flavor of knockout js.

ASP.NET MVC Single Page App with Upida/Jeneva (Frontend/AngularJS)

9 Sep 2019 by vladimir husnullin

This article shows how to create a single page web applciation using AngularJS. It will be helpful for people willing to study Angular and MVVM practices.

ASP.NET MVC Single Page App with Upida/Jeneva.Net (Backend)

17 Nov 2015 by vladimir husnullin

MVC/SPA/REST in web development with Jeneva.Net

Assign dynamic text to a label in wpf in mvvm pattern

16 Oct 2013 by nm.nagaraju

Hi,I am working on wpf(mvvm) application where i have a label in one form(view) and i want to assign a text dynamically to the label from viewmodel.Any help?

Assign dynamic text to a label in wpf in mvvm pattern

17 Oct 2013 by Balamurugan1989

Inside the load event u need to write the code..You just tell me what you have tried....

Assign dynamic text to a label in wpf in mvvm pattern

17 Oct 2013 by Punamchand Dhuppad

For this, You have to add one public property inside the your ViewModel and Implement INotifyPropertyChanged. And Lastly Bind that property to your Label control's Content property.For example :1) Inside the ViewModel add property:private List inputString = new...

Assign dynamic text to a label in wpf in mvvm pattern

29 Jan 2014 by Member 10558492

textbox.Text += inp.ToString();StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder;string sep = "";for (int i = 0; i

Async MVVM Modern UI

16 Aug 2012 by Juan Pablo G.C.

Using MVVM with Windows 8 Modern UI.

Async Validation in WPF

29 Aug 2017 by Valerii Tereshchenko

Asynchronous validation for MVVM(WPF)

Asynchronus MVVM... Stop the Dreaded Dead GUI Problem in WPF

9 Nov 2010 by Your Display Name Here

Shows how to implement an asynchronous Model in the MVVM pattern.

Attached Command for Windows 8 Metro Style in C#

27 Jan 2012 by Jarrey

Attached Command for Windows 8 Metro Style in C#

Attaching a Command to the WP7 Application Bar

22 Feb 2011 by mbcrump

This article describes how to attach a command to the Windows Phone 7 Application Bar.

Windows-Phone-7

Attributes-based Validation in a WPF MVVM Application

28 Jul 2010 by Jeremy Alles

Description of a method which uses attribute to perform user entry validation in a WPF MVVM application

AutoComplete ComboBox for Silverlight

16 Feb 2010 by Syed Mehroz Alam

How to customize an AutoCompleteBox as a type-ahead ComboBox for Line of Business applications.

entity-framework

Automated UI Testing with Guia

1 Jul 2010 by Guia-Project

Unit-Testing of WPF User Controls via UI automation

Automatic Data Binding via Expression Trees

29 Jan 2016 by Member 4027561

Experimenting with C# expression trees for creating data-bound UI's from code.

Automatic Generation of Settings Page

6 Sep 2011 by EmitsorGrp

Automatically generate a Windows Phone 7 settings page.

Automatically validating business entities in WPF using custom binding and attributes

21 Aug 2009 by Sandrino Di Mattia

Validate your business entities in a maintainable way.

AutoPropertyChanged - Type-safe INotifyPropertyChanged Implementation

24 May 2010 by WPFanatic

Typesafe INotifyPropertyChanged implementation without run-time Reflection and without lambda expressions.

AvalonDock and AvalonDockMVVM Sample Application Exception

19 Dec 2011 by jmp26

Starting the (long?) migratory path from MSAccess/VBA to Net web apps, I want to learn about using MVVM with AvalonDock and WPF. Running both of the sample apps for AvalonDock 1.3 and AvalonDockMVVM ( Ashley Davis) under VS2010 with Net 4.0 result in the same error once I start manipulating the...

Await task - how to write a text file meanwhile the progress bar is running

18 Feb 2022 by antobaro

Hi All, Scenario : a process write a textfile and in meantime another with the progress bar show current situation. At the end a messagebox show Done What's wrong ? The code doesn't show the progress situation, and only at the end I can see...

Azure: Upload and Stream Video Content to WPF from Blob Storage

15 Jun 2015 by Sacha Barber

Azure: how to upload and stream video content to WPF from blob storage

Baboon Framework : A Revolutionary WPF Framework that will Save You Time and Effort

31 Mar 2010 by Sacha Barber, Richard E King, Fredrik Bornander

This is true code, what you say

BabyZen - IoT with Azure

30 Mar 2015 by Florian Rappl, Niki Kilbertus

Using Microsoft Azure to add advanced machine learning capabilities with connected IoT devices, which monitor activities of a baby and his or her environment.

Bare Metal MVVM - Where the Code Meets the Road - Part 1

29 Dec 2016 by Pete O'Hanlon

This series of articles covers MVVM from the absolute beginning; no frameworks and no helpers, we're going to learn MVVM from the nuts and bolts.

Bare Metal MVVM - Where the Code Meets the Road - Part 2

5 Jan 2017 by Pete O'Hanlon

Learning MVVM from the nuts and bolts

Bare Metal MVVM - Where the Code Meets the Road - Part 3

23 Feb 2017 by Pete O'Hanlon

Templates and how we can use them to support developing MVVM applications

Based on button click select all the items from listbox using WPF MVVM

14 Jun 2017 by Ram349

Hi All, i am trying to implement SelectAll/UnSelectAll and Multiple items selected from Listbox using Wpf MVVM.but i am getting issue in ViewModel.i written the below code.any one could you please share the solution to me. XAML Code

Based on button click select all the items from listbox using WPF MVVM

14 Jun 2017 by Richard Deeming

Quote: i written the below code. foreach (item i in yourCollection) { i.IsSelected = true; } You clearly didn't write that code. You found some pseudo-code posted somewhere *, and copied it to your project without bothering to understand what it's doing, or what parts you need to replace. ...