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Migrate from Basic to MVVM and MEF Composable Patterns for a Silverlight Application - Part 1

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3 May 2012CPOL9 min read 24.6K   611   15  
The article series shows how to upgrade a Silverlight application having basic patterns to the MVVM and MEF composable patterns with easy approaches and detailed coding explanations.
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Windows;
using System.Windows.Controls;
using System.Windows.Media;

namespace ProductApp.Views
{
    public partial class AddProductWindow : ChildWindow
    {
        public AddProductWindow(IEnumerable<string> categories)
        {
            InitializeComponent();
            Categories = categories;
            categoryList.ItemsSource = this.Categories;
            categoryList.IsEnabled = false;
            OKButton.IsEnabled = false;
        }

        public string ProductName { get; set; }
        public decimal Price { get; set; }        
        public IEnumerable<string> Categories { get; set; }
        public string SelectedCategory { get; set; }

        public event EventHandler AddEvent;

        private void OKButton_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
        {
            ProductName = productName.Text;

            if (System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex.IsMatch(unitPrice.Text, @"^-?\d*[0-9]?(|.\d*[0-9]|,\d*[0-9])?$"))
            {
                Price = Convert.ToDecimal(unitPrice.Text);
            }
            else
            {
                MessageBox.Show("Invalid Price");
                unitPrice.Background = new SolidColorBrush(Colors.Red);
                return;
            }
            SelectedCategory = this.categoryList.SelectedItem as string;
            DialogResult = true;
            AddEvent(this, new EventArgs());
        }

        private void CancelButton_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
        {
            this.DialogResult = false;
        }

        private void productName_TextChanged(object sender, TextChangedEventArgs e)
        {
            CheckForOKButton();
        }

        private void unitPrice_TextChanged(object sender, TextChangedEventArgs e)
        {
            CheckForOKButton();
        }
        
        private void unitPrice_GotFocus(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
        {
            unitPrice.Background = new SolidColorBrush(Colors.White);            
        }

        private void categoryList_SelectionChanged(object sender, SelectionChangedEventArgs e)
        {
            CheckForOKButton();
        }

        private void CheckForOKButton()
        {
            if (productName.Text == "" || unitPrice.Text == "" || categoryList.SelectedIndex < 1)
            {
                OKButton.IsEnabled = false;
            }
            else
            {
                OKButton.IsEnabled = true;
            }
        }        
    }
}

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Shenwei is a software developer and architect, and has been working on business applications using Microsoft and Oracle technologies since 1996. He obtained Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) in 1998 and Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD) in 1999. He has experience in ASP.NET, C#, Visual Basic, Windows and Web Services, Silverlight, WPF, JavaScript/AJAX, HTML, SQL Server, and Oracle.

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