Re: Silverlight Application vs Silverlight Business Application - WPF Discussion Boards

SledgeHammer0112-Jul-12 12:54

12-Jul-12 12:54

I just tested it in my test app and SelectedItemEx is working as expected. Supports 2-way binding just as it should. My TreeViewEx XAML is:

<fx:TreeViewEx Name="treeView" Grid.Row="0" Margin="20,20,20,20" SelectedItemEx="{Binding o, Mode=TwoWay}">
.
.
</fx:TreeViewEx>

and o is just an object that lives in the VM.

Some things you might want to look at:

1) make sure the DataContext is correct and you are binding to the right type of object.

2) make sure you are not setting TreeViewEx.SelectedItemEx manually... this is not an issue with my control, this is a general WPF "issue". If you have a binding set and then set the value directly, it clears the binding.

SledgeHammer0112-Jul-12 12:58

12-Jul-12 12:58

Oh wait...you know whats probably happening?

You click on the hyperlink, so that executes the hyperlink command, but its not selecting the TreeViewItem because the hyperlink ate it.

either:

1) make the hyperlink select the node
2) make the hyperlink pass in node in the CommandParamter

Kevin Marois12-Jul-12 13:17

12-Jul-12 13:17

Ok, I see.

SledgeHammer01 wrote:
make the hyperlink select the node

I had code somewhere to do this. Lemme look for it.

SledgeHammer01 wrote:
make the hyperlink pass in node in the CommandParamter

Interesting idea. Can you share how to do this?

Thanks

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

Kevin Marois13-Jul-12 8:48

13-Jul-12 8:48

Ok, I created a sandbox app[^] and I figured out what's happening.

See this[^]

Then this[^]

The node has to be clicked first.

Yesterday you suggested making the hyperlink select the node. This seems like a decent approach, although I could use some help with it.

Many thanks

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

SledgeHammer0113-Jul-12 9:08

13-Jul-12 9:08

Probably in the hyperlink xaml, add a CommandParamter="{Binding}". You'll need to use RelayCommand<T> instead of RelayCommand though. RelayCommand<RoutedEventArgs> I suppose. That should contain the VM for the node.

Kevin Marois13-Jul-12 9:33

Silverlight Application vs Silverlight Business Application

13-Jul-12 9:33

That did it!

_SelectedLinkCommand = new RelayCommand<NodeModel>(p => selectedTreeItemExecuted(p), p => selectedTreeItemCanExecute(p));

Worked like a charm. Thanks

ya know, I notice that there's not alot on CP about a TreeView with Hyperlinks. Maybe I'll turn this into an article. WHat do ya think?

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

Kevin Marois12-Jul-12 6:14

Re: Silverlight Application vs Silverlight Business Application

12-Jul-12 6:14

What's the difference?

I can't seems to find a difinitive description.

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

RobCroll12-Jul-12 13:08

RobCroll

12-Jul-12 13:08

Don't know if there is a definitive description but the Application template is the most basic and provides limited boilerplate code to get started. The Business Application template throws in a whole lot of extra boilerplate providing functionality that a typical LOB application.

Quote from Walkthrough: Using the Silverlight Business Application Template[^]
"The Silverlight Business Application template creates a project that automatically includes many features that you typically want in a business application, such as controls to log in users and to register new users. The project created by the template is also set up to use Silverlight navigation, which means you can easily add new Silverlight pages for additional functionality."

"You get that on the big jobs."

Re: Silverlight Application vs Silverlight Business Application

Kevin Marois12-Jul-12 13:18

WPF Charting Grouped Column Chart

12-Jul-12 13:18

Thanks. Clear as mud

Smile | :)

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

jonathan1512-Jul-12 3:29

jonathan15

12-Jul-12 3:29

I have had an odd request and just cant find any info on how (or even if) this can be done.

I am using the wpf toolkit charting controls to create a column chart. This bit is simple enough but what about showing columns in columns. The data i am using is like this:

Group
- GroupName
- Strength
- GroupItems()

GroupItem
- ItemName
- ItemStrength

So i have an observble collection of 'Groups' which is the itemsource for my column chart using the groupname as the independent and the Strength as the dependent. This works fine.

What you can see though is that each group also has a collection of 'GroupItems' (there can be 2 to 5 of these per group). What i would like is that within the outline of the 'Group' column i can see the columns for the 'GroupItems' that belong to that group.

Is this even possible?

Button Bound To Command Won't Disable

Kevin Marois11-Jul-12 8:07

11-Jul-12 8:07

Working on a WPF MVVM app...

I have this button:

<Button Background="Transparent"
        BorderBrush="Transparent"
        Command="{Binding RunCommand}"
        Margin="2"
        Width="120"
        Height="40">
    <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
        <Image Source="/DemoUI;component/Images/run.png"
                Height="32"
                Width="32"
                Margin="3"/>
        <TextBlock Text="Run Test"
                    VerticalAlignment="Center"/>
    </StackPanel>
</Button>

It's bound to RunCommand:

private ICommand _RunCommand;
public ICommand RunCommand
{
    get
    {
        if (_RunCommand == null)
        {
            _RunCommand = new RelayCommand(runTest, runTestCanExecute);
        }
        return _RunCommand;
    }
}

Here's the methods:

private void runTest()
{
    isTesting = true;

    var device = (from d in tempDevices
                    where d.DeviceId == SelectedDevice.DeviceId
                    select d).FirstOrDefault();

    diag.ExecuteTest(device, SelectedTest);
}
private bool runTestCanExecute()
{
    return !isTesting;
}

isTesting is defaulted to False. The button does not disable.

Anyone see what's wrong?

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

modified 11-Jul-12 14:53pm.

SledgeHammer0111-Jul-12 9:37

11-Jul-12 9:37

Are you sure its not disabled? You are overriding the content, so it may appear to be enabled, but really be not clickable because you aren't handling the disabled state.

Kevin Marois12-Jul-12 6:50

12-Jul-12 6:50

Ya, it's still responds to clicks.

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

SledgeHammer0112-Jul-12 7:14

12-Jul-12 7:14

Copy & pasted your code into a test project and it disables just fine. Make sure your DataContext is set properly or it won't know where the command is. I.e. put a break point on your CanExecute handler and make sure its actually getting called.

Kevin Marois12-Jul-12 7:37

12-Jul-12 7:37

Ok, I see what's going on. isTesting is somehow reverting to false by the time the CanExecute is called.

Stay tuned.....

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

Mycroft Holmes11-Jul-12 13:19

Mycroft Holmes

11-Jul-12 13:19

Try this, change you button to use a Click="" event instead of a Command.

Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH

RobCroll12-Jul-12 13:21

RobCroll

12-Jul-12 13:21

I haven't got VS at hand at the moment but couldn't you just do something along the lines of:

<Button IsEnabled="{Binding RunTestButtonEnabled} /Button>

Where RunTestButtonEnabled is a property in your ViewModel.

"You get that on the big jobs."