How to add available SerialPort names to RibbonComboBox or RibbonGallery

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With following code I add available serial port names to the RibbonGallery object:
xaml:

XML

<ribbon:RibbonComboBox Name="cmbBoxComPortName" SelectionBoxWidth="40" Label="Port name:">
    <ribbon:RibbonGallery Name="galleryComPortName" SelectionChanged="galleryComPortName_SelectionChanged" />
</ribbon:RibbonComboBox>

code-behind c#:

C#

galleryComPortName.ItemsSource = SerialPortAdapter.GetAvailablePortList();

SerialPortAdapter code:

C#

class SerialPortAdapter
{
    public static List<string> GetAvailablePortList()
    {
        var portList = SerialPort.GetPortNames().ToList();
        portList.Sort();
        return portList;
    }
}

The problem is now, that the port names are present in the combobox but they are not selectable.

How can I select them and treat the event to set my port name?

Posted 20-Sep-12 22:16pm

Alfred Loeffler

Updated 21-Sep-12 0:29am

v3

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Solution 1

I had the same problem with Ribbon:RibbonComboBox controller. Is your project .Net 3.5? That might be causing my problems.

My workaround was to use the original ComboBox controller instead of Ribbon:RibbonComboBox.

Posted 20-Sep-12 22:48pm

theaob

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Alfred Loeffler 21-Sep-12 4:58am

My target framework is .Net 4 Client Profile.
Thanks the original ComboBox works´. But I was hopping to get a solution for the ribbons.

theaob 21-Sep-12 7:00am

Have a look at this post: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/llobo/archive/2010/08/19/using-ribbongallery-control.aspx
I think you should add every Com port name as a gallery item

Solution 2

Sorry this, isn't a solution. Don't know a way to add more code after the previous answers.

Now I tried following, but unfortunatelly with the the same result.

Code in SerialPortAdapter:

C#

public static ObservableCollection<RibbonGalleryItem> GetAvailablePortList()
{
    var portList = SerialPort.GetPortNames().ToList();
    portList.Sort();

    var portObsCol = new ObservableCollection<RibbonGalleryItem>();
    foreach (var rgi in portList.Select(port => new RibbonGalleryItem() { Content = port, Name = port }))
    {
        portObsCol.Add(rgi);
    }

    return portObsCol;
}

Posted 23-Sep-12 22:07pm

Alfred Loeffler

Updated 23-Sep-12 22:10pm

v2

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Alfred Loeffler · Accepted Answer · 2012-09-24T01:27:00

Found out this way, which is working.

xaml:

XML

<ribbon:RibbonComboBox Name="cmbBoxComPortNameRibbon" SelectionBoxWidth="40" Label="Port name:">
    <ribbon:RibbonGallery Name="galleryComPortName" SelectionChanged="GalleryComPortNameSelectionChanged" SelectedValuePath="Content">
        <ribbon:RibbonGalleryCategory Name="galleryCategoryComPortName"/>
    </ribbon:RibbonGallery>
</ribbon:RibbonComboBox>

code-behind C#:

C#

galleryCategoryComPortName.ItemsSource = SerialPortAdapter.GetAvailablePortList();

SerialPortAdapter code:

C#

public static ObservableCollection<RibbonGalleryItem> GetAvailablePortList()
{
    var portList = SerialPort.GetPortNames().ToList();
    portList.Sort();

    var portObsCol = new ObservableCollection<RibbonGalleryItem>();
    foreach (var rgi in portList.Select(port => new RibbonGalleryItem() { Content = port, Name = port }))
    {
        portObsCol.Add(rgi);
    }

    return portObsCol;
}