Firing an ICommand from a Style? - WPF Discussion Boards

Jason Gleim1-Mar-13 7:43

1-Mar-13 7:43

The guys associated with the prism project released a book called 'Developer's Guide to Microsoft Prism'. It was released as a free PDF so don't pay for it unless you want the hardcopy. (Look in the table at the 'Downloads' section on http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg406140.aspx[^]) I suggest you read it even if you don't end up doing anything with Prism.

Prism is the ultimate MVVM toolbox. It has everything which makes it much heavier than something like MVVM Light. Which is why you should read the book and understand the advantages and disadvantages of the framework. In short, where something like MVVM Light is designed to help you build an application that follows the MVVM pattern by providing resources that make the task easier, Prism is designed for building composite applications using the MVVM pattern. That is an important difference.

Like many other frameworks and patterns, you can pick and choose what you want to include so while the whole shooting match is pretty big, you don't have to use all of it. I like it, especially for large projects where the ability to break the resulting app into modules that are located and loaded at runtime provides a big advantage. But I also use MVVM Light a lot as well when I don't need the horsepower Prism provides and I just want the MVVM pattern.

Regardless of whether you ultimately end up using it, you should probably learn about it. At least then you would be able to recognize on your own when it could/should be used rather than relying on the infamous 'I have heard...' decision making process.

Re: Prism

Kevin Marois1-Mar-13 7:47

Kevin Marois

1-Mar-13 7:47

Wow,. Fantastic response. Thank you!!!

If it's not broken, fix it until it is

C# combobox in datagrid filling

Member 975714928-Feb-13 0:07

Member 9757149

28-Feb-13 0:07

The code used in populating combobox is as <DataGridTemplateColumn > <DataGridTemplateColumn.CellTemplate> <DataTemplate >
<ComboBox x:Name="dd" DisplayMemberPath="district" ItemsSource="{Binding Source={StaticResource districtViewSource}}" ></ComboBox> </DataTemplate> </DataGridTemplateColumn.CellTemplate>
</DataGridTemplateColumn>
THE PROBLEM IS THAT WHEN I SELECT A PARTICULAR ITEM IN COMBO EVERY COMBOBOX IN ABOVE COLUMN IE IN ALL ROWS AUTOMATICALLY SELECTS THAT ITEM. WHILE IT MUST BE ANOTHER ITEM FOR REMAINING ROWS.

Re: C# combobox in datagrid filling

Mycroft Holmes1-Mar-13 12:00

Mycroft Holmes

1-Mar-13 12:00

All caps is the equivalent of shouting - very rude!

You are using the same collection districtViewSource for all the combos, create a copy of the collection and a selecteditem for each combo.

Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH

Cannot Integrate Silverlight Control with aspx web page

Pilu00727-Feb-13 19:23

Pilu007

27-Feb-13 19:23

Hello All,

I have created a webpage and trying to integrate a Silverlight control with it. Unfortunately I am getting an error.

XML

<%@ Page Title="" Language="C#" MasterPageFile="~/MasterPage.Master" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeBehind="Home.aspx.cs" Inherits="OnlineEntertainment.Web.WebForm1" %>

<%@ Register Assembly = "System.Web.Silverlight" Namespace="Syste.Web.UI.SilverlightControls" TagPrefix="asp" %>
<%@ Register Assembly = "AjaxConrolToolkit" Namespace="AjaxControlToolkit" TagPrefix="cc1" %>

<asp:Content ID="Content1" ContentPlaceHolderID="head" runat="server">
</asp:Content>
<asp:Content ID="Content2" ContentPlaceHolderID="ContentPlaceHolder1" runat="server">
<asp:ScriptManager ID="ScriptManager1" runat="server">
</asp:ScriptManager>
<asp:Silverlight ID="Silverlight1"
Source="C:\Users\Hunter\Documents\Visual Studio 2010\Projects\OnlineEntertainment\OnlineEntertainment.Web\ClientBin"
runat="Server" Height="805px" Width="623px"> </asp:Silverlight>
</asp:Content>

Element 'Silverlight' is not a known element. This can occur if there is a compilation error in the Web site, or the web.config file is missing.

Is there any specific reason ? I have tried to search for the reference System.Web.Silvelrlight.DLL but it was not present.
I am using Silverlight 5 and Visual Studio 2010.

Thanks and Regards
Anurag

Re: Cannot Integrate Silverlight Control with aspx web page

Jason Gleim1-Mar-13 7:50

Jason Gleim

1-Mar-13 7:50

Right off the bat I see that you aren't passing in the name of the xap file for the source. The source parameter must point to the SL xap file you want the runtime to load. But I think you might be declaring the SL runtime object incorrectly. You might review this blog post:
http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/uploadfile/nipuntomar/using-silverlight-controls-in-Asp-Net/[^]
You will probably find it very helpful.

Re: Cannot Integrate Silverlight Control with aspx web page

Pilu0071-Mar-13 20:42

Pilu007

1-Mar-13 20:42

Hello Jason,

I understood your point and tried to modify the source path. However I am wandering that when I am trying to Register the System.Web.Silverlight why I am getting that warning and error. Element Silverlight is not a known element. Web.Config File Missing and all those stuffs.
What I have understood from the link you provided earlier is that there are two controls already shipped with Silverlight 2 SDK. i.e.
Meadia Control and Silverlight Control.

Since this Silverlight Control is not shipped by default with Silverlight 5 SDK I was thinking of that way out. Can you suggest about modifying the web.config file ?

My Modified Code

XML

<%@ Page Title="" Language="C#" MasterPageFile="~/MasterPage.Master" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeBehind="Home.aspx.cs" Inherits="OnlineEntertainment.Web.WebForm1" %>
<%@ Register Assembly = "System.Web.Silverlight" Namespace="System.Web.UI.SilverlightControls" TagPrefix="asp" %>
<%@ Register Assembly = "AjaxConrolToolkit" Namespace="AjaxControlToolkit" TagPrefix="cc1" %>
<asp:Content ID="Content1" ContentPlaceHolderID="head" runat="server">
</asp:Content>
<asp:Content ID="Content2" ContentPlaceHolderID="ContentPlaceHolder1" runat="server">
<asp:ScriptManager ID="ScriptManager1" runat="server">
</asp:ScriptManager>
<asp:Silverlight ID="Silverlight1" Source="~/ClientBin/OnlineEntertainment.xap" runat="server" Height="805px" Width="623px">
</asp:Silverlight>
<br />
<hr />
<br />

</asp:Content>

Anurag Das

Firing an ICommand from a Style?

SledgeHammer0127-Feb-13 14:27

SledgeHammer01

27-Feb-13 14:27

What's the preferred way to add an event -> ICommand mapping from within a style. I know I can do this use the i:interaction stuff *IF* I'm re-templating. In my case, I do not want to re-template. I just want to add an event handler through the style (because the base style must remain generic). There is no "root" UIElement to add to either. Specifically, I'm trying to handle an event thats coming from the TreeViewItem in my VM. I template the TreeViewItem in my UI Library, but I can't have app specific stuff in there. Don't want to copy the styles over because they are quite large and they really need to remain in the UI library so I don't have to maintain 2 copies.

I've seen some mention of attached behaviors, but it seems like you can only add a single attached command through a style??

Re: Firing an ICommand from a Style?

Cracked-Down7-Mar-13 2:29

Cracked-Down

7-Mar-13 2:29

whats the event that you want to handle?

is it selection event?

if it is, then you dont have to goto style for this

<TreeView ......>
                    <i:Interaction.Triggers>
                        <i:EventTrigger EventName="SelectedItemChanged">
                            <i:InvokeCommandAction CommandName="ItemSelected" Command="{Binding ItemSelectedCommand}" CommandParameter="{Binding SelectedItem, ElementName=default}"/>
                        </i:EventTrigger>
                    </i:Interaction.Triggers>
                </TreeView>

Extended Toolkit Editor Templates

#realJSOP22-Feb-13 6:17

#realJSOP

22-Feb-13 6:17

We're using property grid object in the September release of the Extended Toolkit. We can't upgrade to the latest because they changed some stuff that will break our code. I don't remember exactly what it was, so don't bother asking.

In any case, we have a couple of properties in an object that have the ExpandableObject attribute set. We have an editor template defined that works fine until we try to use it with an ExpandableObject's property. In once instance (a color editor), the template doesn't visually appear at all. In the other (a number up/down), it doesn't appear to be obeying the Min/max values specified in the XAML. Again, BOTH of these templates work fine as long as the property isn't from an ExpandableObject.

Can anyone provide insight?

The docs for the toolkit quite frankly suck as much as documentation can suck, and info regarding the toolkit on the web is - to be kind - sparse.

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Is Visual studio 2012 using WPF's WindowChrome trick ?

Member 806124520-Feb-13 22:45

Member 8061245

20-Feb-13 22:45

I see the same rendering behavior (With some black splashes when resizing) And when VS2012 not responding the real title-bar appears again over WPF's and not outside . Which is what WindowChrome does , Providing drawing on non-client areas .

But then i thought that it's impossible to make a drop-shadow effect outside of WinAPI's drawing area .. But seems that they actually success , Interesting .

SO , Did they used WindowChrome or something else ? I really want to know .

Building a GUI in WPF

columbos1492720-Feb-13 21:32

columbos14927

20-Feb-13 21:32

Hello,
I have a general question:
I'm building a WPF application.
I have a main window, in the window i have some constant header and footer and between them there is an area with changing content(work area).
During application lifetime different controls created inside the work area and the controls creates small windows.
I ran into a problem when i wanted to send an event from one of the windows to some control,the problem was that the window didn't have a reference to the control.
So i started to think maybe i did some bad design work and there is some way to create and manage my multiply controls and windows so the interaction between them will be easier.
Any one can help me with this one?

Thanks

Re: Building a GUI in WPF

Wayne Gaylard20-Feb-13 22:15

Wayne Gaylard

20-Feb-13 22:15

What you basically need is a Mediator[^] that can act as a go between. Reading Sacha's article in the link I provided will be a good start.

Good Luck!

When I was a coder, we worked on algorithms. Today, we memorize APIs for countless libraries — those libraries have the algorithms - Eric Allman

After Upagrading Silverlight from .NET 4 to 4.5 WCF Stopped working

Vimalsoft(Pty) Ltd20-Feb-13 6:54

Vimalsoft(Pty) Ltd

20-Feb-13 6:54

Good Day

I have a project which was in .NET 4 , i used VS2010 on it. I later opened the Project in VS2012 and Build everything that build well in VS2010 , but it gives me some error relating to accessing the WCF functions. now in .NET 4 , we can create our service and reference it on the SIlverlight project like this

AuditSystem.DataLayer.DataAccessLayerClient business = new AuditSystem.DataLayer.DataAccessLayerClient();
           business.GetAllUsersAsync();
           business.GetAllUsersCompleted += new EventHandler<AuditSystem.DataLayer.GetAllUsersCompletedEventArgs>(business_GetAllUsersCompleted);

but now in VS2012 this does not look like its possible. After my upgrade to VS2012(4.5) my project does not build

Can one explain why ?

Vuyiswa Maseko,

Spoted in Daniweb-- Sorry to rant. I hate websites. They are just wierd. They don't behave like normal code.

C#/VB.NET/ASP.NET/SQL7/2000/2005/2008
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Re: After Upagrading Silverlight from .NET 4 to 4.5 WCF Stopped working

Vimalsoft(Pty) Ltd20-Feb-13 8:16

Vimalsoft(Pty) Ltd

20-Feb-13 8:16

Good Day All

i got an Error , my proxy was not generated , i saw a warning that says "Custom tool warning: No endpoints compatible with Silverlight 5 were found. " and i did the Following

Delete the Service reference and did it from scratch and on the Service reference dialog uncheck the part that says

The 'reuse types in referenced assemblies' check-box

it was a cause of the problem.

Thanks

Event Handling between Threads

AeroClassics19-Feb-13 11:34

AeroClassics

19-Feb-13 11:34

I am asking this in the WPF forum because this is a WPF app but this question does not necessarily pertain to WPF, i.e. the UI thread.

Here is the scenario:
I have three (3) threads. Thread One (1) call it the Master Thread; Thread Two (2) is a Ethernet Comm thread; and Thread Three (3) is a GPIB comm thread. Both communication threads handle asynchronous communications from remote entities. At this time there is only one entity hanging off each comm type.

I have implemented a mix of EventWaitHandles and delegates. This all works pretty well. Just think this architecture is a bit ...... ugly. So which one is better/safer?

My concern is as follows. With delegates, for example, the Master thread registers an event handler with Thread 2 and an event handler with Thread 3 for messages that come in. Obviously data could come in near simultaneously. So Thread 2 encases a message in an EventArg and invokes the event on the Master thread. The Master Thread begins processing and then Thread 3 encases its message in an EventArg and invokes the event on the Master Thread. What happens? Does the Master Thread stop in the middle of handling the first event to service the second one? Does the second event wait until the first event is processed? What if Thread 2 gets another message and invokes the event again while the Master is processing the first event?

I wonder if using a queue and an manual Reset EventWaitHandle is not a better idea as the Thread 2 can check the status and wait until it is reset before putting the message in the queue and setting the EventWaitHandle again.

Opinions, please?

Thanks,
Doug

I am a Traveler
of both Time and Space

Re: Event Handling between Threads

SledgeHammer0119-Feb-13 12:57

SledgeHammer01

19-Feb-13 12:57

What version of Visual Studio are you using? Use the new async keyword. If you are using VS2010, you need to install the Async CTP. The async keyword produces *MUCH* cleaner code since all the syncronization / threading is hidden from the developer.

Re: Event Handling between Threads

AeroClassics20-Feb-13 4:42

AeroClassics

20-Feb-13 4:42

Good tip! Thanks i will look into this. I am using VS2010 so will need the add on.

Doug

I am a Traveler
of both Time and Space

panel with sorting animation

tetrapack19-Feb-13 9:00

tetrapack

19-Feb-13 9:00

Hi forum,

i know there are some articles for animated panels. But in all examples i've seen only that the items gets animated when the panel rearranges all items (because of resizing).

I am looking for some solution that also animates the items when the panel gets sorted. I've built some hack to get the container items animated when sorting. But it's far away from beeing a clean solution. It also looks like you can't use ItemsControl anymore, because if you use ItemsControl for sorting then all container items are recreated. This isn't good for performance and it's also not good when you use a fade-in Animation on items Loaded event.

Any suggestions? Thanks in advance!

regards,
tetrapack

I know what's ItemTemplate, what's PropertyTrigger,DataTrigger and MultiTrigger but What's "TemplateTrigger"?

devvvy15-Feb-13 18:29

devvvy

15-Feb-13 18:29

I know what's ItemTemplate (For example ListBox.ItemTemplate +DataTemplate), what's PropertyTrigger/DataTrigger/MultiTrigger[^]but What's "TemplateTrigger" in context of DependencyProperty value resolution?[^]?

I just found the answer in case if anyone else...[^]

dev

About Silver light Sql Data Connection

vijaynet1014-Feb-13 19:14

vijaynet10

14-Feb-13 19:14

how can we give a sql connectivity in silver light application during run time because my application style is
different from attached data base working as i already viewed few examples in our site

Re: About Silver light Sql Data Connection

Mycroft Holmes15-Feb-13 0:45

Mycroft Holmes

15-Feb-13 0:45

You can't connect your silverlight to a database, it does not support the System.Data namespace. You need to create a service interface between your SL app and the database, thats called WCF (or RIA services).

Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH

Re: About Silver light Sql Data Connection

vijaynet1015-Feb-13 4:30

vijaynet10

15-Feb-13 4:30

Thank u for your reply do you have any examples about WCF

Re: About Silver light Sql Data Connection

Pete O'Hanlon15-Feb-13 5:46

Pete O'Hanlon

15-Feb-13 5:46