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You know precisely why not, your'e just stirring the pot. "the purist" approach it to have no code behind.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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No I don't, no I"m not.
What is this 'purist' approach of which you speak?
My understanding of the pattern is that the GUI stuff is separated from the ViewModel stuff. MVVM != WPF and in WPF both CAML and .cs code behind are used together to build a class. It is that class's responsibility to provide the UI to implement the ViewModel, as it were.
Nowhere in the MVVM pattern does it prescribe anything to do with code behind.
So some folk have taken it upon themselves to say 'thou shalt not have code behind' because (I think) if they don't , some careless programmers will start putting business logic in the code behind - which is bad, not because it is in the code behind but because it is in the UI class which should not be implementing business logic.
But I don't understand why people feel the need to write additional Xaml functionality - often quite complex and usually a variation on some theme functionality - to avoid using two or three lines of code in the code behind.
I believe it is wrong, as having UI functionality in C# in code behind is often more 'obvious' to the maintenance programmer, and frequently less complex.
MVVM # - I did it My Way
___________________________________________
Man, you're a god. - walterhevedeich 26/05/2011
.\\axxx
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_Maxxx_ wrote: but out of interest, why not put it in the code behind?
1. It seems ridiculous to put the event wire-up in the code-behind when in my opinion, I would think XAML should be able to handle the wire-up declaratively.
2. I don't want the functionality in the Page's code-behind because I have functionality that is common to all pages but needs to be wired up to each button on the page.
3. It's ridiculous to me to write a code-behind handler in each page for each button that then calls some common code elsewhere -- why can't I just wire up the event in the XAML?
4. Clearly I can wire-up the event in the code-behind, why would I be restricted from doing exactly the same thing declaratively in the XAML?
So far, doing this one simple thing, it appears I have stumbled across a serious XAML inadequacy. Is that correct?
(And please, don't go on about MVVM and all that rot -- there are many scenarios where MVVM is not the right approach, and I happen to be dealing with one of them.)
Marc
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Marc Clifton wrote: 1. It seems ridiculous to put the event wire-up in the code-behind when in my opinion, I would think XAML should be able to handle the wire-up declaratively.
I agree - it should, but it doesn't in many cases. So many folk write their own event-to-command handlers and the like to add that functionality. I personally don't like the approach of having heavy framework code to support something that should be simple out-of-the-box.
Marc Clifton wrote: 2. I don't want the functionality in the Page's code-behind because I have functionality that is common to all pages but needs to be wired up to each button on the page.
Buttons are different - buttons support commands so you can bind a button to a command, no problems, in your Xaml
Marc Clifton wrote: 3. It's ridiculous to me to write a code-behind handler in each page for each button that then calls some common code elsewhere -- why can't I just wire up the event in the XAML?
As mentioned, for Buttons you can, but not for all events. So 9for example) a double-click on some gui element will need 'something' in addition to out-of-the-box xaml.
Marc Clifton wrote: 4. Clearly I can wire-up the event in the code-behind, why would I be restricted from doing exactly the same thing declaratively in the XAML?
Because the developers in MS didn't implement the functionality - I don't know of any underlying problem that would stop you being able to do this - after all, there are lots of 'tricks' ot there to effectively give you this functionality.
Marc Clifton wrote: So far, doing this one simple thing, it appears I have stumbled across a serious XAML inadequacy. Is that correct?
IMHO yes.
Marc Clifton wrote: (And please, don't go on about MVVM and all that rot -- there are many scenarios where MVVM is not the right approach, and I happen to be dealing with one of them.)
I wouldn't dream of it  Regardless as to whether you are using MVVM or spaghetti-hoop code, it would seem remarkably sensible for XAML to support event-to-DataContextMethod out of the box.
Incidentally (& I'm thinking out loud) you could have a base View class possibly, with the event handler in there which your many XAML views could use? (i'd have a play myself, but I'm not in front of my Windows dev environment right now.
MVVM # - I did it My Way
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Man, you're a god. - walterhevedeich 26/05/2011
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I've been reading that this can't be done.
Here's an example:
<Page.CommandBindings>
<local:StateCommandBinding
Command="{x:Static local:Pages.ChooseLanguage.CustomRoutedCommand}"
Executed="{x:Static local:Commands.ExecutedCommandEnglish}"
CanExecute="CanExecute"
State="SwipeCardToBegin" />
</Page.CommandBindings>
Where StateCommandBinding is derived from CommandBinding. This works fine if ExecutedCommandEnglish is defined in the Page, but here I'm trying to wire it up in its own "controller" class, if you will, a static class with a static public method.
Ideas?
Marc
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I have a dataset and I want to bind my richtextbox to a field so that it autopopulates and when user leaves the textbox it validates for changes and updates the database field. How do I do this in WPF?
In winforms it is simple as rtb.Databindings.Add("Text", datasource, datafield)
but this is not in WPF
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You have posted this in the C# forum - and you were pointed in the right direction. No one is going to do the work for you. Go through the answers in the link you were given and test some of them out. And don't cross post questions.
When I was a coder, we worked on algorithms. Today, we memorize APIs for countless libraries — those libraries have the algorithms - Eric Allman
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Hi,
I'm trying to handle the RowEditEnding Event on my dataGrid that contains data from LINQ to SQL context. Datagrid contains following items:
<DataGrid RowEditEnding="dtgMyList_RowEditEnding" ItemsSource="{Binding ListAllItems}" AutoGenerateColumns="False" Grid.Row="1" x:Name="dtgMyList" Margin="2,2,2,2" VerticalAlignment="Top">
<DataGrid.Columns>
<DataGridTextColumn IsReadOnly="True" Binding="{Binding ArtikelID, NotifyOnSourceUpdated=True}" Header="ID"/>
<DataGridTextColumn IsReadOnly="False" Binding="{Binding ArtikelBeschreibung, UpdateSourceTrigger=LostFocus}" Header="Beschreibung"/>
<DataGridTextColumn IsReadOnly="False" Binding="{Binding Gesperrt,UpdateSourceTrigger=LostFocus}" Header="Gesperrt"/>
</DataGrid.Columns>
</DataGrid>
So far I'm able to implement the Event handling in code behind, but this is against MVVM Guidelines.
Current implementation:
In View
public delegate void RowEditIntercept(object sender, DataGridRowEditEndingEventArgs e);
public event RowEditIntercept MyRowChanged;
private void dtgMyList_RowEditEnding(object sender, DataGridRowEditEndingEventArgs e)
{
MyDataDataSerice ser = new MyDataDataSerice(this);
MyRowChanged(sender, e);
}
In MyDataService class
private MainWindow _window;
public MyDataDataSerice(MainWindow window)
{
_window = window;
this._window.MyRowChanged += new RowEditIntercept(DoEditMyRows);
}
internal void DoEditMyRows(object sender, DataGridRowEditEndingEventArgs e)
{
if (e.EditAction == DataGridEditAction.Commit)
{
linqMyDataDataContext context = new linqMyDataDataContext();
tblStammDaten stamm = e.Row.DataContext as tblStammDaten;
var matchedData = (from em in context.GetTable<tblStammDaten>()
where em.ArtikelID == stamm.ArtikelID
select em).SingleOrDefault();
matchedData.ArtikelBeschreibung = stamm.ArtikelBeschreibung;
matchedData.Gesperrt = stamm.Gesperrt;
context.SubmitChanges();
}
}
If I understand correctly, I need to find a way to intercept the Event arguments (object sender, DataGridRowEditEndingEventArgs e).
How can I do this in my ViewModel withough writing code in the View?
Thanks in advance!
Piotr
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The easiest way to do this would be to use an EventToCommand[^] implementation and hook the RowEditEnding in there.ing in there.
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Thanks Pete, I will try this out, but the example is for Win8 and I'm using Win7. Although I was able to get the code from EventToCommand class.
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Yeah, there are plenty of EventToCommand implementations to have a look at.
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Piotr Z wrote: but this is against MVVM Guidelines.
Personally I see nothing wrong with handling events in your code behind - the XAML and Code Behind should be working together to provide the user experience.
I'd personally handle the event in code behind and id I require something from the VM, do it there.
Just re-read the above and felt the last sentence wasn't clear.
What I mean is, handle the event in the code behind, then if I need the VM to perform some function, call an appropriate method from the code behind.
MVVM # - I did it My Way
___________________________________________
Man, you're a god. - walterhevedeich 26/05/2011
.\\axxx
(That's an 'M')
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Can someone please explain to me what I'm doing wrong. My goal is to update a datagrid after entering values. For instance, I put 3 grades into 3 columns, then click a button and update the datagrid to achieve an average.
My C# code:
<pre>public partial class MainWindow : Window
{
public Student student = new Student();
public ObservableCollection<Student> studentData = new ObservableCollection<Student>();
public MainWindow()
{
InitializeComponent();
student.Name = "Whatever";
student.CalculusMarks = 0;
student.EnglishMarks = 0;
student.ProgrammingMarks = 0;
student.Percentage = 0;
studentData.Add(new Student { Name=student.Name, CalculusMarks = student.CalculusMarks, EnglishMarks = student.EnglishMarks, ProgrammingMarks = student.ProgrammingMarks, Percentage=student.Percentage});
datagrid1.DataContext = studentData;
}
private void Button_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
student.Percentage = (double)(student.CalculusMarks + student.EnglishMarks + student.ProgrammingMarks) * 100 / 300;
}
public class Student : INotifyPropertyChanged
{
private string _name;
private int _calculusMarks;
private int _englishMarks;
private int _programmingMarks;
private double _percentage;
public string Name
{
get
{
return _name;
}
set
{
_name = value;
OnPropertyChanged("Name");
}
}
public int CalculusMarks
{
get
{
return _calculusMarks;
}
set
{
_calculusMarks = value;
OnPropertyChanged("CalculusMarks");
}
}
public int EnglishMarks
{
get
{
return _englishMarks;
}
set
{
_englishMarks = value;
OnPropertyChanged("EnglishMarks");
}
}
public int ProgrammingMarks
{
get
{
return _programmingMarks;
}
set
{
_programmingMarks = value;
OnPropertyChanged("ProgrammingMarks");
}
}
public double Percentage
{
get
{
return _percentage;
}
set
{
_percentage = value;
OnPropertyChanged("Percentage");
}
}
public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;
private void OnPropertyChanged(string propertyName)
{
if (PropertyChanged != null)
{
PropertyChanged(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(propertyName));
}
}
}
}
My XML:
<<pre>Grid>
<DataGrid Name="datagrid1" AutoGenerateColumns="False" ItemsSource="{Binding}">
<DataGrid.Columns>
<DataGridTextColumn x:Name="NameCol" Header="Name" Width="*" Binding="{Binding Path=Name, NotifyOnSourceUpdated=True, UpdateSourceTrigger=PropertyChanged}"/>
<DataGridTextColumn x:Name="CalculusMarksCol" Header="Calculus" Width="*" Binding="{Binding Path=CalculusMarks, Mode=TwoWay, NotifyOnSourceUpdated=True, UpdateSourceTrigger=PropertyChanged}"/>
<DataGridTextColumn x:Name="EnglishMarksCol" Header="English" Width="*" Binding="{Binding Path=EnglishMarks, Mode=TwoWay, NotifyOnSourceUpdated=True, UpdateSourceTrigger=PropertyChanged}"/>
<DataGridTextColumn x:Name="ProgrammingMarksCol" Header="Programming" Width="*" Binding="{Binding Path=ProgrammingMarks, Mode=TwoWay, NotifyOnSourceUpdated=True, UpdateSourceTrigger=PropertyChanged}"/>
<DataGridTextColumn x:Name="PercentageCol" Header="Percentage" Width="*" Binding="{Binding Path=Percentage, Mode=TwoWay, NotifyOnSourceUpdated=True, UpdateSourceTrigger=PropertyChanged}"/>
</DataGrid.Columns>
</DataGrid>
<DockPanel LastChildFill="False">
<Button Content="Update" Height="50" Width="75" Margin="5" DockPanel.Dock="Bottom" Click="Button_Click" />
</DockPanel>
</Grid>
I have searched exhaustively and am still no closer to an answer. Thanks in advance.
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Your datagrid does not bind a selecteditem and you are calculating on a new Student() which has no data.
Add a property of Student call SelectedStudent
Bind the SelectedItem to SelectedStudent - this will then be populated with the selected record from the grid.
Do your calculation on SelectedStudent.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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I am trying to read from an XML file and populate the data to a datagrid. All of the data is being populated, but I want to change the background color when a checkbox in a checkbox column is checked. This works when I select the checkbox with mouse, but not when reading from XML file, even though the checkbox shows true. Here is my code:
Datagrid Row Style:
<<pre>Style x:Key="dataGridRowStyle" TargetType="DataGridRow">
<Style.Triggers>
<DataTrigger Binding="{Binding Checked}" Value="True">
<Setter Property="Background" Value="LightGray"/>
</DataTrigger>
</Style.Triggers>
</Style>
Datagrid definition:
<<pre>DataGrid Name="amortizationSchedule" ItemsSource="{Binding}" AutoGenerateColumns="False" HorizontalContentAlignment="Center" CanUserAddRows="False" HorizontalScrollBarVisibility="Auto" RowStyle="{StaticResource dataGridRowStyle}" DockPanel.Dock="Top">
<DataGrid.Resources>
<Style TargetType="DataGridCell">
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="DataGridCell">
<Grid Background="{TemplateBinding Background}">
<ContentPresenter HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center"/>
</Grid>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
<Style TargetType="DataGridColumnHeader">
<Setter Property="HorizontalContentAlignment" Value="Center"/>
</Style>
</DataGrid.Resources>
<DataGrid.Columns>
<DataGridCheckBoxColumn Header="Paid?" Binding="{Binding Checked, Mode=TwoWay}" CanUserReorder="False" CanUserSort="False" CanUserResize="False"/>
<DataGridTextColumn Header="Payment #" Binding="{Binding monthlyPaymentNumber}" MaxWidth="150" Width="Auto" CanUserReorder="False" CanUserSort="False" CanUserResize="False" IsReadOnly="True"/>
<DataGridTextColumn Header="Payment Date" Binding="{Binding monthlyPaymentDate}" MaxWidth="150" Width="*" CanUserReorder="False" CanUserSort="False" CanUserResize="False" IsReadOnly="True"/>
<DataGridTextColumn Header="Payment Amount" Binding="{Binding monthlyPaymentAmount}" MaxWidth="150" Width="Auto" CanUserReorder="False" CanUserSort="False" CanUserResize="False" IsReadOnly="True"/>
<DataGridTextColumn Header="Principle Portion" Binding="{Binding monthlyPrinciplePortion}" MaxWidth="150" Width="*" CanUserReorder="False" CanUserSort="False" CanUserResize="False" IsReadOnly="True"/>
<DataGridTextColumn Header="Interest Portion" Binding="{Binding monthlyInterestPortion}" MaxWidth="150" Width="*" CanUserReorder="False" CanUserSort="False" CanUserResize="False" IsReadOnly="True"/>
<DataGridTextColumn Header="Ending Balance" Binding="{Binding monthlyEndingBalance}" MaxWidth="150" Width="*" CanUserReorder="False" CanUserSort="False" CanUserResize="False" IsReadOnly="True"/>
<DataGridTextColumn Header="Extra Payments Paid to Principle" Binding="{Binding monthlyExtraPaymentsToPrinciple}" Width="*"/>
</DataGrid.Columns>
</DataGrid>
C# Code behind, reading from XML:
if (File.Exists(myXMLPath))
{
DataSet ds = new DataSet();
dt = new DataTable();
dt.TableName = "dataTable";
ds.ReadXml(myXMLPath);
this.DataContext = ds.Tables[0].DefaultView;
}
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Ok, so as everyone can see, I set the Datagrid to the DataSet, when I was trying to bind to the DataTable instead. Solution is to read the XML file back into the dataset, then assign the dataset back to the data table.
Thanks anyway for the support!
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This isn't working:
<GridViewColumn Header="Category">
<GridViewColumn.CellTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<Grid>
<TextBlock Name="txtBlah" Style="{StaticResource GridBlockStyle}" Text="{Binding Category.Name}"></TextBlock>
<ComboBox ItemsSource="{Binding RelativeSource={RelativeSource FindAncestor, AncestorType={x:Type UserControl}},Path=DataContext.Categories}" DisplayMemberPath="Name" SelectedValuePath="Id" SelectedValue="{Binding Category.Id, Mode=TwoWay}" Style="{StaticResource GridEditStyle}" />
</Grid>
</DataTemplate>
</GridViewColumn.CellTemplate>
</GridViewColumn>
When I change the combobox in edit mode it seems to work ok, but the textblock is not being updated. WTWaffles? This particular piece of functionality in WPF has always vexed me.
Cheers, --EA
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Check the output window of the debugger for a binding error. Without the entire context of what you are doing I would guess the problem is the binding of the textblock. Inside the data template, the data context is the current row of the data set repeated for each item in the set.
So if you had a data context for the page which had a collection of categories and a collection of objects which had a category and a name, your combobox source is correct and will bind to the collection of categories. However, the selected value will bind to <row>.Category.Id where row is an object in the collection holding the rows withing the data context. Your bindings should be relative to that.
If your row contains a "category" object, your bindings are correct and the problem is likely that you aren't raising PropertyChanged for the Name property when you are changing the Id property.
If I could see the class that is your DataContext I could be more specific.
HTH
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Funny, I just answered another question with this same suggestion. I am not seeing a binding path error of any sort.
The DataContext does have a category object and that object has an ID and a name.
So how do I implement the INPC for this scenario? I realize I could create a public category "SelectedCategory" and bind it to the SelectedItem of the ComboBox and then raise the OnPropertyChanged event when it changes, but what do I need to do in order to update the category name property of the SelectedItem of the ListView? Do I need to raise the OnPropertyChanged("SelectedItem") or what?
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Assuming that your category object has members like "Id", "Name", "Description", etc I'm guessing that you want to change the Id via the combobox and have the rest of the properties follow suit. There are a couple of ways of doing it but knowing that it all starts with the property setter for Id is the key.
When the user selects an item in the combobox, it sets the SelectedItem property to the value or object you have specified. If it is a binding (as in your case) the setter gets called for that property. A normal setter, as you know, usually looks like:
set
{
if(_internalVar != value)
{
_internalVar = value;
RaisePropertyChange("PropertyName");
}
}
That works fine and raising property change there notifies any controls bound to that property that there is a change in it they should grab. But it doesn't do anything else. Even if you added a SelectedCategory property and bound that to the combobox then exposed name and ID through the internal variable, you still wouldn't fire the property change on the name property when the whole object was changed. That is because the binding system just isn't that smart. It must be told there is a change.
So you have a few options...
- If the combobox changes the ID, then in the setter for the ID property, change the name property as well. If you do it like Name = newValue then prop change gets raised in the setter for Name. If you use the internal variable like _name = newValue then you must follow that up by explicitly raising propertychanged passing Name as the property that has changed.
- You could expose just an ID property and in the setter call a method that sets the values on the category object. Again, if you use the public property setters you will get the event raised. If you use the internal versions, you must raise the event.
If you breakpoint on the Id property setter, property getter, and the same for the Name property, you will see how those things get called. (Basically setter followed by the getter in response to the event) To get the Name to update on the control, that PropertyChanged event needs to be raised carrying "Name" as the property name. How you get there is up to you.
Unfortunately, debugging bindings isn't always the easiest thing... in fact it can be pretty infuriating. A lot of times I'll break on those property setter/getter and start working backwards to figure out why something isn't working. And don't discount typos either. I can't tell you how many times a stupid typo when raising propertychanged or in a binding has wasted hours of my time.
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Thank you, I failed to implement the INPC at the model level, so none of the screen elements were updating as intended. I am still not getting the dropdown to update correctly, though. How should I implement that combobox?
I tried binding the Combobox directly to the Category like this:
<ComboBox ItemsSource="{Binding RelativeSource={RelativeSource FindAncestor, AncestorType={x:Type UserControl}},Path=DataContext.Categories}" DisplayMemberPath="Category" SelectedValuePath="Id" SelectedItem="{Binding Category}" Style="{StaticResource GridEditStyle}" />
But when I do that the textblock updates correctly but there is no item selected initially when I click on the field to edit it.
Here are the important model pieces:
private SCategory category;
public SCategory Category
{
get { return category; }
set
{
if (category == value)
return;
category = value;
OnPropertyChanged("Category");
}
}
And then the SCategory:
public class SCategory : Base
{
private int id;
public int Id
{
get
{
return id;
}
set
{
if (value == id)
return;
id = value;
OnPropertyChanged("Id");
OnPropertyChanged("Category");
}
}
private string category;
public string Category
{
get
{
return category;
}
set
{
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(value) || value == category)
return;
category = value;
OnPropertyChanged("Category");
}
}
}
If I bind the combobox using SelectedValuePath and SelectedValue I am not getting the right field in the textblock, but I am getting the correct field in the combobox.
Cheers, --EA
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Instead of
public SCategory Category
{
get { return category; }
set
{
if (category == value)
return;
category = value;
OnPropertyChanged("Category");
}
}
Make it this:
public SCategory Category
{
get { return category; }
set
{
if (category == value)
return;
category.Id = value.Id;
category.Category = value.Category;
OnPropertyChanged("Category");
}
}
By doing that you will invoke PropertyChange on the Id and Category properties and items bound to those properties should get the event and refresh their values.
Also, you have a bad naming convention by calling your derived class Category and a property of the base class Category. That won't do you any favors when you are trying to unwind the bindings and class relationships. You might want to rename the class... maybe CategoryClass or CategoryObject.
HTH
- Jason
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The naming convention is not as bad as it looks, I just had to make some changes to post it due to proprietary information disclosure and such.
There is still something I am missing here. After setting that in the type class (Which contains the Category class) the setter is not getting hit again.
If I bind the combobox using SelectedValuePath and SelectedValue={Binding Category.Id} the setter property is hit within the Category class on the Id property. However, if I bind the combobox using SelectedItem={Binding Category, Mode=TwoWay} I do not get a display in the combobox and the setter is not getting hit on the Type object Category property.
I am going to need stronger meds if I spend too much more time in WPF land I think.
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Just out of curiosity... is the Category property not null when the initial binding occurs? Meaning you set the Category property the combobox is bound against to an instance of your class either at the declaration of the backing variable or in the datacontext constructor?
There is an annoying "feature" that if you try to bind to a property that exposes an object and that object is null when the binding occurs, then eventing doesn't work. For example, if you bind a combobox itemsource to a collection that is initially null, even if you set the property to a fully-populated collection later, the combobox will not pickup the change. There has to be an instance of the class exposing the PropertyChanged event at the time of the binding for it to work. Especially helpful in these cases is that there are no errors. Raising the property changed event just goes nowhere.
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I flattened the model due to some database design problems that I can't (not allowed to) fix. As such I am exposing the categoryId and categoryName property on the type object. I can use most of the same framework, the question is how do I cleanly update the categoryName when the Id is updated?
I could put a lookup into the PropertyChanged event of the categoryId, but it seems dirty to have to visit the database from the model object. Seems dirty, thoughts?
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