Re: Bind the Text property of a TextBlock inside a ListView inside a cell of a DataGrid to a ViewModel - WPF Discussion Boards

WPF DataGrid Group Summary Rows

28-Mar-18 7:58

You have already posted this in QA:
Use dependency properties with a WP custom contorl[^]

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Kevin Marois19-Mar-18 17:26

Kevin Marois

19-Mar-18 17:26

It is possible to show group summary rows in a standard WPF Data Grid? I've been Googling and I can't see to find what I'm looking for.

Do I need a third party grid for this? If so, any suggestions?

Thanks

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Mycroft Holmes19-Mar-18 21:58

Mycroft Holmes

19-Mar-18 21:58

Kevin Marois wrote:
It is possible to show group summary rows

I presume you mean Sub Total rows - not sure if the standard DG will do it but the Telerik one certainly does. Blush | :O

Actually I will bet every commercial DG will have that feature.

Google foo wpf datagrid grouping subtotal - Google Search[^]

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Kevin Marois20-Mar-18 5:01

Kevin Marois

20-Mar-18 5:01

Thanks. I was hoping to not have to buy one.

BTW, why did you post a Google search? Not sure what that's for when I already said I Googled it.

If it's not broken, fix it until it is.
Everything makes sense in someone's mind.
Ya can't fix stupid.

Mycroft Holmes20-Mar-18 12:29

Mycroft Holmes

20-Mar-18 12:29

Kevin Marois wrote:
I already said I Googled it

Missed that and it looked like there was some reasonable hacks to the standard DG. I have used Gerry's suggestion in the past, inserting total rows manually, it may not be grouping but you do get the sub totals.

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Bind the Text property of a TextBlock inside a ListView inside a cell of a DataGrid to a ViewModel

Gerry Schmitz20-Mar-18 8:14

Gerry Schmitz

20-Mar-18 8:14

Calculate group total objects and add them to the data grid's data source (at the end of each group). Add a type code and style accordingly; or use a template selector.

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Mc_Topaz15-Mar-18 2:47

Mc_Topaz

15-Mar-18 2:47

The subject really say it all, even if it sounds over-complicated. Please hang on.

I have a DataGrid. There are several columns in the DataGrid.
One of the columns contains a ListView. The listView holds several rows.
Each row contains a TextBlock and a Button.
The TextBlock's Text property contains a name, which I want to pass to my ViewModel.

I have managed to create a small example of this which should be just to "copy-paste-run".
Since it is "a lot" of code I have made a public gist to store it in.
Link to source in GIT Gist[^]

Setup:
* I use Visual Studio 2015 and compiling to NET 4.5.2.
* I also use Fody.PropertyChanged, then I'm not needed to manually type all stuff required for the INotifyPropertyChanged interface.
* Create a new WPF application and call it: WpfTest.
* Save the project.
* Install the Fody.Propertychanged in the NuGet Package Manager.
* Create the FodyWeavers.xml file.
* Paste all code from the Gist.

Note:
If the compiler says: "Fody: Could not find a weaver named 'PropertyChanged'. ..."
Remove the <PropertyChanged /> from the FodyWeaver.xml file and try again. That line is not neccessary for this and I don't understand why it sometimes fail when compiling.

This is what I want
If you click any of the buttons in the DataGrid I want the associated name on the same row in the ListView to be bound to the SelectedName property in the ViewModel.
I have no clue how to do the binding of the selected Textblock's Text property to the ViewModel in the View's xaml code.
For example: Press the button to the right of NameA. I then want my ViewModels SelectedName to be "NameA".

I tried this in the ListView, but no luck:

HTML

<ListView ItemsSource="{Binding Names}" SelectedItem="{Binding SelectedName}">

I also tried this, with no luck:

HTML

<ListView ItemsSource="{Binding Names}" SelectedItem="{Binding Path=DataContext.SelectedName, RelativeSource={RelativeSource FindAncestor, AncestorType={x:Type DataGrid}}}">

Please, how can I do this?

P.S
I can kinda get this to work by binding the SelectedItem property from the DataGrid and the SelectedIndex property from the ListView. But that feels like a work-around.

Re: Bind the Text property of a TextBlock inside a ListView inside a cell of a DataGrid to a ViewModel

Gerry Schmitz15-Mar-18 6:35

Gerry Schmitz

15-Mar-18 6:35

No sympathy.

Add a click handler / delegate that "stuffs" the "selection"; i.e. "code behind". (It's PLUMBING).
And you don't need all that "property changed stuff". If you know you are refreshing all controls on a container, you can call propertychanged with "no name" (on the container) and refresh all with one statement. You need a really "slow" machine for individual "property changed" events to make a difference.

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WPF: GroupBox background Image

Hervend8-Mar-18 22:01

8-Mar-18 22:01

Hi everybody,

I would like to set a background image to a Groupbox and have it displayed at run time.
Below are the lines inserted in the xaml file at the appropriate locations:

<Window.Resources>
<VisualBrush x:Key="myNewBrush">
<VisualBrush.Visual>
<Grid>
<Rectangle Fill="Transparent"/>
<Image Source = "/Resources/Images/BartMap.png"/>
</Grid>
</VisualBrush.Visual>
</VisualBrush>
</Windows.Resources>

<GroupBox Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="0" Background="Transparent">
<GroupBox.Header>
<Label FontWeight="Bold">Track plan </Label>
</GroupBox.Header>
<Grid Background="{StaticResource myNewBrush}">
</Grid>
</GroupBox>

My problem: The image background is not displayed at runtime.

Could anyone help me with this issue?

Best regards,

Pete O'Hanlon8-Mar-18 22:44

Pete O'Hanlon

8-Mar-18 22:44

I copied your code into a project and ran it successfully. The only thing that's different in my version is that I have a different image (obviously). Check that the image is set to a Build Action of Resource and that Copy To Output Directory is set to Do Not Copy. My successful code:

XML

<Window x:Class="WpfSample.MainWindow"
        xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
        xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
        xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
        xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
        xmlns:local="clr-namespace:WpfSample"
        mc:Ignorable="d"
        Title="MainWindow" Height="350" Width="525">
    <Window.Resources>
        <VisualBrush x:Key="myNewBrush">
            <VisualBrush.Visual>
                <Grid>
                    <Rectangle Fill="Transparent"/>
                    <Image Source = "real-sense-images.png" />
                </Grid>
            </VisualBrush.Visual>
        </VisualBrush>
    </Window.Resources>
    <Grid>
        <GroupBox Background="Transparent">
            <GroupBox.Header>
                <Label FontWeight="Bold">Track plan</Label>
            </GroupBox.Header>
            <Grid Background="{StaticResource myNewBrush}"/>
        </GroupBox>
    </Grid>
</Window>

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Hervend8-Mar-18 23:06

8-Mar-18 23:06

Hi Pete,

Thank you for your reply.

I'm wondering if you could precise a little bit what you mean by: "<i>Check that the image is set to a Build Action of Resource and that Copy To Output Directory is set to Do Not Copy</i>".

Best regards,

Hervend

Hervend8-Mar-18 23:24

8-Mar-18 23:24

I've checked and the two settings have the default values you specified.

Up to now I don't understand what's going on. Frown | :(

Hervend

Hervend9-Mar-18 2:31

9-Mar-18 2:31

Thank you all for your replies.

I have set the property Copy To Output Directory to Always Copy.
And everything seems now to be in order.

thank you for your support.

Hervend

Leif Simon Goodwin8-Mar-18 22:47

Leif Simon Goodwin

8-Mar-18 22:47

Would you not be better off creating a style element:

<GroupBox Grid.Row="4"  Header="Test" BorderBrush="Black" BorderThickness="1">
    <GroupBox.Style>
        <Style TargetType="GroupBox">
            <Setter Property="Background" Value="{StaticResource myNewBrush}"/>
        </Style>
    </GroupBox.Style>
    <Button Grid.Row="0" Name="_buttonPressMe" Content="Press me!" Click="_buttonPressMe_Click" Width="80"/>
</GroupBox>

Obviously the layout in the above is rubbish, but the background is set correctly. I tested this in a demo app and it ran fine.

Leif Simon Goodwin8-Mar-18 22:49

Leif Simon Goodwin

8-Mar-18 22:49

Or like this:

<GroupBox Grid.Row="4"  Header="Test" BorderBrush="Black" BorderThickness="1" Background="{StaticResource myNewBrush}">
    <Button Grid.Row="0" Name="_buttonPressMe" Content="Press me!" Click="_buttonPressMe_Click" Width="80"/>
</GroupBox>

Hervend8-Mar-18 23:13

8-Mar-18 23:13

Thank you for your reply Leif,

But it doesn't seem to work neither. unfortunately ...

Frown | :(

Hervend

Passing table value params to Sql Server from WPF app

Leif Simon Goodwin9-Mar-18 0:38

Leif Simon Goodwin

9-Mar-18 0:38

Then as Pete suggests, it must be your image and its settings, or the way you specified your image in the xaml.

Christopher Duncan5-Mar-18 7:58

Re: Passing table value params to Sql Server from WPF app

5-Mar-18 7:58

For those familiar with them, TVPs are a great way to reduce the number of calls to the database and improve performance. I use them to great effect in the MVC web app using the general technique below. In the stored procedure I use a cursor to iterate through the rows and do all the db stuff in one whack.

I copied the same routines to a WPF app I'm doing, however, and it flames out calling the proc. I've since deleted it and gone the multiple calls route so I don't remember the precise error message but in general it was barking about not liking the parameters.

I'm on the same box, same version of VS, etc. and literally copied and pasted my routines. Works in MVC, no joy in WPF.

Have any of you successfully used table value parameters in a WPF app, and if so, is there a trick I'm missing?

DataTable tvp = new DataTable();
tvp.Columns.Add(new DataColumn("Id", Type.GetType("System.Int32")));
tvp.Columns.Add(new DataColumn("RowIdx", Type.GetType("System.Int32")));
tvp.Columns.Add(new DataColumn("ParentId", Type.GetType("System.Int32")));
tvp.Columns.Add(new DataColumn("MemberId", Type.GetType("System.Int32")));

DataRow row = null;
int iRowIdx = 0;

foreach (int iId in Ids)
{
	row = tvp.NewRow();
	row["Id"] = 0;
	row["RowIdx"] = iRowIdx++;
	row["ParentId"] = iListId;
	row["MemberId"] = iId;
	tvp.Rows.Add(row);
}
...
Command.Parameters.AddWithValue("@Entries", tvp);
... 
ExecuteNonQuery(), etc.

Thanks!

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Richard Deeming5-Mar-18 8:23

Re: Passing table value params to Sql Server from WPF app

5-Mar-18 8:23

ADO.NET is ADO.NET; there's no difference whether you're calling it from ASP.NET, WPF, or a console application.

If it works in your ASP.NET application, but not in your WPF application, then there's a difference in the code which you haven't shown. For example, verify that Command is a SqlCommand instance, and not some other type.

NB: You can replace your Type.GetType calls with the typeof keyword[^]:

tvp.Columns.Add(new DataColumn("Id", typeof(int)));

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- Homer

Christopher Duncan5-Mar-18 11:03

Re: Passing table value params to Sql Server from WPF app

5-Mar-18 11:03

Hey, Richard.

Appreciate the feedback. Yeah, that was my take on it as well - ADO.NET should be ADO.NET. However, after a few decades of dealing with MS technologies, I never take that as gospel.

When I get some time I'm going to try it again as the performance difference is significant, but I eyeballed the code pretty intensely and am as sure as I ever am about such things that it was the same in both environments. I hope to be wrong about that because otherwise I'm out of ideas.

Do you use TVPs in your ADO.NET apps?

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Richard Deeming5-Mar-18 12:35

Re: Passing table value params to Sql Server from WPF app

5-Mar-18 12:35

Christopher Duncan wrote:
Do you use TVPs in your ADO.NET apps?

Yes, although I tend to use the IEnumerable<SqlDataRecord> approach, rather than a DataTable.

private static IEnumerable<SqlDataRecord> AsTableValuedParameter(IEnumerable<string> value)
{
    var record = new SqlDataRecord(new SqlMetaData("Value", SqlDbType.NVarChar, 0x100));
    foreach (string item in value)
    {
        record.SetValue(0, item);
        yield return record;
    }
}

...

IEnumerable<string> roleNames = ...;
var parameter = command.Parameters.AddWithValue("@RoleNames", AsTableValuedParameter(roleNames));
parameter.SqlDbType = SqlDbType.Structured;

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Christopher Duncan6-Mar-18 0:43

Re: Passing table value params to Sql Server from WPF app

6-Mar-18 0:43

That's a nice approach. The DataTable was from an example I found on TVPs. I was focused on making the db interaction worked and never thought to convert it to something more elegant. Deadlines and all that.

I'm going to take another swing at this today. Hopefully I just fat fingered something when I cloned the MVC code I was using. Appreciate all the help.

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Christopher Duncan6-Mar-18 1:23

Re: Passing table value params to Sql Server from WPF app

6-Mar-18 1:23

Well, apparently the fingers are indeed fat. Tried again this morning and it worked without a fuss.

Still using DataTable approach at this point. MS says SqlDataRecord is resource abusive and recommends not creating a new one but reusing a single instance. That aside, are there any benefits to the enumerable approach over populating a data table?

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Richard Deeming6-Mar-18 1:29

Re: Passing table value params to Sql Server from WPF app

6-Mar-18 1:29

Christopher Duncan wrote:
MS says SqlDataRecord is resource abusive and recommends not creating a new one but reusing a single instance.

Which is why I was doing that in the sample I posted. Smile | :)

Christopher Duncan wrote:
are there any benefits to the enumerable approach over populating a data table?

Not that I'm aware of.

"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer

Christopher Duncan6-Mar-18 1:32