When the control's content is displayed? :confused: - WPF Discussion Boards

Wes Aday17-Jul-08 9:15

Wes Aday

17-Jul-08 9:15

Michael Sync wrote:
this.Startup = new MyView(); in App

Would the Application.MainWindow property work for you?

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Michael Sync17-Jul-08 16:32

Michael Sync

17-Jul-08 16:32

Wes Aday wrote:
Would the Application.MainWindow property work for you?

I just tried but not working. It doesn't show anything on the screen unless we call "Show". But I can't use it "Window" class in Xbap..

I'm not sure why we don't have this.Startup or this.StartUpObject even we have this.StartupUri.

Thanks and Regards,
Michael Sync ( Blog: http://michaelsync.net)

John Ad18-Jul-08 4:02

John Ad

18-Jul-08 4:02

Hi Michael,

You would need to modify app.g.i.cs file.

Then find StartupURI property of application and modify as:

this.StartupUri = new System.Uri("Window1.xaml", System.UriKind.Relative);

Hope this helps.

Vinay
ComponentOne LLC.
www.componentone.com

How to find a particular entity in the listview and color it

Michael Sync18-Jul-08 4:16

Michael Sync

18-Jul-08 4:16

Vinay Srivastava wrote:
this.StartupUri = new System.Uri("Window1.xaml", System.UriKind.Relative);

Actually, we would like to use with Unity framework.. I have successfully ported Unity framework for Silverlight.. I want to use the code below at that startup..

this.Startup = container.Resolve<shell>();

How can I do that?

In Silverlight, we can do like that..

private void Application_Startup(object sender, StartupEventArgs e) {
            IUnityContainer container = new UnityContainer()
                .RegisterType<ILogger, TraceLogger>()
                .RegisterType<IStoplightTimer, RealTimeTimer>();

            //this.RootVisual = new StoplightView();
            this.RootVisual = (UIElement)container.Resolve<StoplightView>();
        }

Ref: http://michaelsync.net/2008/07/11/unity-application-block-unity-for-silverlight-and-stoplight-quickstart[^]

Thanks and Regards,
Michael Sync ( Blog: http://michaelsync.net)

chandra vempati16-Jul-08 4:37

chandra vempati

16-Jul-08 4:37

Hello friends...

i have a listview filled with data in it .
and i have a textbox with some string in it.
how can i find that string in the listview and color that particular cell.
can you help me out..

cheers
chandu

Re: How to find a particular entity in the listview and color it

MIHAI_MTZ16-Jul-08 21:38

MIHAI_MTZ

16-Jul-08 21:38

You could try binding the background brush to the textbox and use a custom converter that receives as a parameter the string from the cell.

Mihai,

Re: How to find a particular entity in the listview and color it

Yajnesh Narayan Behera20-Jul-08 23:27

Yajnesh Narayan Behera

20-Jul-08 23:27

Please follow this link.

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/WPF/WPFHighlightCellListView1.aspx[^]

When the control's content is displayed? :confused:

Ryzhiy16-Jul-08 2:39

Ryzhiy

16-Jul-08 2:39

Good afternoon colleagues:
I have a tricky question, on which even Microsoft's evangelist could not provide a clear solution.

I want to compare performance of WinForms and WPF rendering models.
For that purpose I measure time span between content update event and rendered event.

In WinfForms the operation is very straight forward, cause there is an OnPaint event. But in WPF I cannot find an analog of this event.

Certainly, the rendering model in WPF is totally different, thus refresh of the data is performed somehow in another way.

So, to be more precise, I want to know when actually the content appears on the screen.

I have conducted some research and there is seems to be a Load event, which serves for this purpose, but this event is fired only once on application start up.

Perforator somehow measures rendering time. But it doesn't use WPF for that purpose, but WinAPI.

Thanks!

/LOOM

Re: When the control's content is displayed? :confused:

Mark Salsbery16-Jul-08 7:27

Mark Salsbery

16-Jul-08 7:27

Not an exact answer, but there may be some useful info here:

Windows Presentation Foundation Graphics Rendering Overview[^]

Mark

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Microsoft MVP - Visual C++
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Re: When the control's content is displayed? :confused:

Ryzhiy16-Jul-08 23:34

Ryzhiy

16-Jul-08 23:34

Hi Mark!

I have already seen this document. Probably, need to address it again.

BTW, on the Microsoft's forum I was recommended to use RenderSizeChanged event. Will try it an get back later.

Thanks!

/LOOM

Add Singleton UserControl in WPF

ezazazel15-Jul-08 23:51

ezazazel

15-Jul-08 23:51

Hi again!

I created an UserControl which is a singleton.

public partial class DeepDisplay : UserControl
    {
        private static DeepDisplay instance;
        private static object lockObject = new object();

        private DeepDisplay()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }

        public static DeepDisplay GetInstance()
        {
            lock (lockObject)
            {
                if (instance == null)
                    instance = new DeepDisplay();
            }
            return instance;
        }
     }

What I want to do is to add this UserControl in the XAML Part of the code.

<local:DeepDisplay x:Name="deepDisplay" Width="Auto"></local:DeepDisplay>

Due to the fact that the Constructor is private, I need to call the GetInstance Method instead.
Can this be done easily and if so, can someone be so kind a show me how?

As always thank you in advance,
eza

Re: Add Singleton UserControl in WPF

MIHAI_MTZ16-Jul-08 21:05

MIHAI_MTZ

16-Jul-08 21:05

I'm quite sure that is impossible.

Anyway, a singleton control sounds like a very bad idea. First of all why would you need such a thing? Seccondly, how would you expect it to work when you add a seccond "instance" of the control? I'm asking this because a control can only have one parent, so it can't be in to places at once.

On the other side, if you want to make sure that the control is only used once, you could keep track of the number of instances created in a static variable, and throw an error when another instance has already been created.

Mihai,

How to bind Ilist to Listview of WPF

Aslesh15-Jul-08 6:10

Aslesh

15-Jul-08 6:10

hi,

I have a result set form the database stored in the ILIST. I want to bind this to a listview[in which i use grid view]. Does any one have a solution for this ..if, plz help me

Re: How to bind Ilist to Listview of WPF

Mark Salsbery15-Jul-08 6:31

Mark Salsbery

15-Jul-08 6:31

Data Binding Overview: Binding to Collections[^]

Mark Salsbery
Microsoft MVP - Visual C++
Java | [Coffee]

Routing ComboBox SelectionChanged

Jammer14-Jul-08 11:46

14-Jul-08 11:46

Hi All,

I feel like I should know the answer to this by now but I'm stuck.

I have a number of combo boxes in the UI, the contents of one is dynamic based on the selected item of another. All the comboboxes are bound to OberservableCollections created in a static ComboBoxManager class.

Whats the best way of handling the selection changing in the first combobox in order to populate the second combobox with the correct contents?

How do I get this selection changed event into this other class? Do I have to register a custom event in the ComboBoxManager class? Or can I create a 'Selection' property on the ComboBoxManager class and bind the first comboboxes selected item to it in a two way binding to this property and add a handler to this property to kick off some code when it changes?

Or is this all a bit overkill and I just need to use a RoutedEvent listener in the ComboBoxManager class??

Jammer

Going where everyone here has gone before! Smile | :)

Jammer15-Jul-08 2:57

15-Jul-08 2:57

Hi All,

I've just created a small expample solution showing what I'm trying to do. I want to keep all the code out of the Window1 class basically whilst pointing the comboboxes to the event hander in the ComboBoxManager class. You can get the solution here:

EventRouting.zip[^]

Any input on this would be really appricated.

Jammer

Going where everyone here has gone before! Smile | :)

Pete O'Hanlon15-Jul-08 9:23

15-Jul-08 9:23

Jammer mate. The answer to your problems is here[^].

Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.

Jammer15-Jul-08 9:31

15-Jul-08 9:31

Hey Fella,

Ahhh! Josh Smith ... you know what's crazy thing ...

The application I'm working on for my employer uses Dan Crevier's DM-V-VM models extensively. We've also wrapped up the access to each data model (one per screen in the app) in a plug-in architecture where everything communicates through interfaces making it all really modular. Two developers can work on the contents of two screens without ever going near each others code/implementation. Its a really neat solution.

For my app (of which you are very aware! Wink | ;)

I started out thinking that this was a tad overkill. How wrong was I? I've only scanned this Josh Smith article so far ... methinks I need to down tools and have a rethink ...

Thanks chap.

Jammer

Going where everyone here has gone before! Smile | :)

Pete O'Hanlon15-Jul-08 9:41

15-Jul-08 9:41

If I can give any advice, it's read Josh's article on MVC and his Podder series. When you get your head round those, you finally say - "Damn it. I get it now. Now I know why I should be doing things this way in WPF." The MVC article, for me in particular, was the missing piece - the bit I needed to get it all working in my head (well, that and thinking about WPF from an ASP.NET point of view - take a look at my article on WPF if you want to see what I mean).

Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.

Jammer15-Jul-08 9:43

15-Jul-08 9:43

Josh rocks ... will do fella!

Jammer

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Pete O'Hanlon15-Jul-08 9:49

15-Jul-08 9:49

Jammer wrote:
Josh rocks

That's why he's the RockStar.

Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.

Jammer15-Jul-08 9:50

15-Jul-08 9:50

Indeed!! Now get back to your beta testing! Wink | ;)

Jammer

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Pete O'Hanlon15-Jul-08 9:53

15-Jul-08 9:53

Yes boss - although I might just wait for the new loose coupled, MVC SampleSort.

Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.

Jammer15-Jul-08 10:00

15-Jul-08 10:00

Oooh ... imagine ... a slide out search criteria panel ...

I feel all slinky just thinking about it! It makes so much sense when I think about it ...

You know, I think what put me off it all for SS was that I started reading Dan's DM-V-VM blog when a new contractor started at work, at that time I had been looking at/using C# for all of two weeks and WPF for about 3 days (this was back in Feb) and it so confused me at the time. To be completely honest I wasn't even aware of the issues/limitations/obstacles that it was addressing let alone be in a position to really appreciate why such a pattern was at all beneficial.

After working with FoxPro for so long prior to that I was still getting my head around where my data was!!!! Wink | ;)

But, but ... where are the tables goddammnit!!!!

Oh ... fond memories ...

Jammer

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Pete O'Hanlon15-Jul-08 10:06

15-Jul-08 10:06

Hey - I've been coding for nigh on 30 years. Don't worry about it, there's still shedloads for me to learn in WPF. That's the beauty of it.

Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.