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Re: Reading a XML file from IsolatedStorage ?

Mark Salsbery13-Apr-09 20:08

Mark Salsbery

13-Apr-09 20:08

Is FileMode.Create really the mode you want to open the file in?

Mark

Mark Salsbery
Microsoft MVP - Visual C++
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Re: Reading a XML file from IsolatedStorage ?

Mohammad Dayyan13-Apr-09 21:53

Mohammad Dayyan

13-Apr-09 21:53

Thanks Mark.
I've altered it to FileMode.Open , but the Exception has occurred again Frown | :(

Re: Reading a XML file from IsolatedStorage ?

Mohammad Dayyan13-Apr-09 22:34

Mohammad Dayyan

13-Apr-09 22:34

I've done it :

using (IsolatedStorageFile isoStore = IsolatedStorageFile.GetUserStoreForApplication())
{
	   .
       .
       .
   
    string SettingFilePath = "CodeColorizer\\setting.xml";
    using (IsolatedStorageFileStream isoStream = new IsolatedStorageFileStream(SettingFilePath, FileMode.Open, isoStore))
	{
        isoStream.Position = 0;
        XmlReader xmlReader;
        xmlReader = XmlReader.Create(isoStream);
        Debug.WriteLine("\r\n" + isoStream);
        //Moves the reader to the root element.                        
        xmlReader.MoveToContent();
        string value;
        while (xmlReader.Read())
        {
            switch (xmlReader.NodeType)
            {
                case XmlNodeType.Element:
                    {
                        if (xmlReader.Name == "IsVB")
                        {
                            value = xmlReader.ReadElementContentAsString();
                            if (value == "True") { this.IsVB.IsChecked = true; this.IsCsharp.IsChecked = false; }
                            else if (value == "False") { this.IsVB.IsChecked = false; this.IsCsharp.IsChecked = true; }
                        }
                        else if (xmlReader.Name == "IsCsharp")
                        {
                            value = xmlReader.ReadElementContentAsString();
                            if (value == "True") { this.IsVB.IsChecked = false; this.IsCsharp.IsChecked = true; }
                            else if (value == "False") { this.IsVB.IsChecked = true; this.IsCsharp.IsChecked = false; }
                        }
                        else if (xmlReader.Name == "IsStriped")
                        {
                            value = xmlReader.ReadElementContentAsString();
                            if (value == "True") { this.IsStriped.IsChecked = true; }
                            else if (value == "False") { this.IsStriped.IsChecked = false; }
                        }
                        else if (xmlReader.Name == "HasLineNumber")
                        {
                            value = xmlReader.ReadElementContentAsString();
                            if (value == "True") { this.HasLineNumber.IsChecked = true; }
                            else if (value == "False") { this.HasLineNumber.IsChecked = false; }
                        }
                        else if (xmlReader.Name == "AddDefaultStylesWithinPreTags")
                        {
                            value = xmlReader.ReadElementContentAsString();
                            if (value == "True") { this.addDefaultStylesWithinPreTags.IsChecked = true; }
                            else if (value == "False") { this.addDefaultStylesWithinPreTags.IsChecked = false; }
                        }
                        else if (xmlReader.Name == "CssClassName")
                        {
                            value = xmlReader.ReadElementContentAsString();
                            this.cssClassName.Text = value;
                        }
                        else if (xmlReader.Name == "AddPreTag")
                        {
                            value = xmlReader.ReadElementContentAsString();
                            if (value == "True") { this.AddPreTag.IsChecked = true; }
                            else if (value == "False") { this.AddPreTag.IsChecked = false; }
                        }
                        else if (xmlReader.Name == "AddBGColor")
                        {
                            value = xmlReader.ReadElementContentAsString();
                            if (value == "True") { this.AddBGColor.IsChecked = true; }
                            else if (value == "False") { this.AddBGColor.IsChecked = false; }
                        }
                        else if (xmlReader.Name == "TextBoxColor")
                        {
                            value = xmlReader.ReadElementContentAsString();
                            this.TextBoxColor.Text = value;
                        }
                        break;
                    }
            }
        }
    }
}

Re: Reading a XML file from IsolatedStorage ?

Mark Salsbery14-Apr-09 6:24

Mark Salsbery

14-Apr-09 6:24

Is it working now?

Mark

Mark Salsbery
Microsoft MVP - Visual C++
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Re: Reading a XML file from IsolatedStorage ?

Mohammad Dayyan14-Apr-09 10:56

Mohammad Dayyan

14-Apr-09 10:56

yeah

XAML - TreeView with CheckBoxes

Jack Kril13-Apr-09 13:26

Jack Kril

13-Apr-09 13:26

I'm trying to create a TreeView that has CheckBoxes in a left justified column for each TreeViewItem. It should look like the Photoshop layers panel (http://www.sanbaldo.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2006/08/photoshop.gif[^]).

I've been messing around with the templates for these objects, but haven't been successful. Does anyone know how to make this work?

Re: XAML - TreeView with CheckBoxes

Eslam Afifi13-Apr-09 13:59

Eslam Afifi

13-Apr-09 13:59

Maybe you find this useful, A WPF Problem Solved Two Very Different Ways - Using XAML Only - Using A Custom Control[^].

Eslam Afifi

Clipping To Rounded Corners

#realJSOP13-Apr-09 5:27

#realJSOP

13-Apr-09 5:27

I have the following code

<Border Margin="3,4,0,0" Height="205" VerticalAlignment="Top" BorderBrush="Black"
             BorderThickness="2" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Width="891" CornerRadius="8,8,8,8">
    <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" VerticalAlignment="Stretch" >
        <StackPanel.Clip>
            <RectangleGeometry Rect="0,0,891,205" RadiusX="8" RadiusY="8"></RectangleGeometry>
        </StackPanel.Clip>
        <Label Height="26" Name="label1" Width="205" HorizontalAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Top"
                 HorizontalContentAlignment="Center" VerticalContentAlignment="Center" FontFamily="Arial" FontSize="14"
                 FontStyle="Italic" FontWeight="Bold" Content="Contacts" Background="Black" Foreground="LightSteelBlue"
                 ClipToBounds="True">
            <Label.LayoutTransform>
                <RotateTransform Angle="270" />
            </Label.LayoutTransform>
        </Label>
        <telerik:RadGridView  Name="gridviewContacts" AllowDrop="False" Height="203" VerticalAlignment="Top"
                 Margin="0,0,0,0" AutoGenerateColumns="False" FontFamily="Arial" ClipToBounds="False"
                 Width="863">
            <telerik:Theming.Theme>
                <telerik:VistaTheme />
            </telerik:Theming.Theme>
        </telerik:RadGridView>
    </StackPanel>
</Border>

Essentially, I have a Border that contains a horizontally oriented StackPanel that contains a Label and a Telerik RadGridView. I want to put rounded corners on the Border element, and clip all of the other elements within the Border to not render outside the rounded corners.

The code above contains my latest non-working attempt. I tried to use the ClipToBounds property, but that doesn't seem to do anything.

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Re: Clipping To Rounded Corners [modified]

Eslam Afifi13-Apr-09 7:42

Eslam Afifi

13-Apr-09 7:42

I found this, Clipping of child elements[^].

<local:ClippingBorder Margin="3,4,0,0" Height="205" VerticalAlignment="Top" BorderBrush="Black" BorderThickness="4" HorizontalAlignment="Left"
                      Width="891" CornerRadius="80">
    <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" VerticalAlignment="Stretch" >
        <Label Height="26" Name="label1" Width="205" HorizontalAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Top"
               HorizontalContentAlignment="Center" VerticalContentAlignment="Center" FontFamily="Arial" FontSize="14"
               FontStyle="Italic" FontWeight="Bold" Content="Contacts" Background="Black" Foreground="LightSteelBlue">
            <Label.LayoutTransform>
                <RotateTransform Angle="270" />
            </Label.LayoutTransform>
        </Label>
        <Rectangle Fill="Blue" Width="1000" Height="500" Opacity="0.4" />
    </StackPanel>
</local:ClippingBorder>

Eslam Afifi

modified on Monday, April 13, 2009 2:12 PM

Re: Clipping To Rounded Corners

Mark Salsbery13-Apr-09 9:45

Mark Salsbery

13-Apr-09 9:45

It tries to clip - just in a braindead way.

For example:

<Border Height="100" VerticalAlignment="Top" BorderBrush="Black"
         BorderThickness="2" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Width="300" CornerRadius="20">
    <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal" Background="SteelBlue" >
        <StackPanel.Clip>
            <RectangleGeometry Rect="0,0,300,100" RadiusX="20" RadiusY="20" />
        </StackPanel.Clip>
        <Label Height="26" Name="label1" Width="100" HorizontalAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Top"
             HorizontalContentAlignment="Center" VerticalContentAlignment="Center" FontFamily="Arial" FontSize="14"
             FontStyle="Italic" FontWeight="Bold" Content="Contacts" Background="Black" Foreground="LightSteelBlue" >
            <Label.LayoutTransform>
                <RotateTransform Angle="270" />
            </Label.LayoutTransform>
        </Label>
    </StackPanel>
</Border>

Monkeying with the radius values, sometimes it does ok, sometimes it doesn't.

No bueno.

Mark Salsbery
Microsoft MVP - Visual C++
Java | [Coffee]

Re: Clipping To Rounded Corners

sivaddrahcir20-Apr-09 8:31

sivaddrahcir

20-Apr-09 8:31

Here is a possible solution:
http://chriscavanagh.wordpress.com/2008/10/03/wpf-easy-rounded-corners-for-anything/[^]

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OnRenderComplete like event for WPF controls

Pankaj Chamria13-Apr-09 1:38

Pankaj Chamria

13-Apr-09 1:38

Hi,
I want to do some processing after knowing that a control has finished rendering. In windows forms we usually had events like OnRenderComplete with all the controls. But in WPF I found events like Loaded, Initialized, OnLayoutUpdated etc.. which do not inform you that the control has actually finished rendering on the UI.

Is there a way to identify this?

Pankaj Chamria,
Software Developer.

Context menu in Datatemplate

mikla52111-Apr-09 5:39

mikla521

11-Apr-09 5:39

Next problem....

Here's some code
<DataTemplate x:Key="TestDataListTemplate">
<Border Margin="5" BorderThickness="1" BorderBrush="Black" CornerRadius="4">
<Grid Margin="5,2">
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition></RowDefinition>
<RowDefinition></RowDefinition>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<TextBlock Grid.Row="0" Text="{Binding Path=Usage}" Foreground="Black" FontWeight="Bold" FontFamily="Courier" FontSize="12"></TextBlock>
<TextBlock Grid.Row="1" FontFamily="Arial" Foreground="DarkBlue" Text="{Binding Path=Path, UpdateSourceTrigger=PropertyChanged}" FontSize="12"></TextBlock>
</Grid>
</Border>
</DataTemplate>
...which I use as a ListBoxItem.

If I want a context menu for each item like this, I manage to get the menu, editing the code to...
...<Grid Margin="5,2">
<Grid.ContextMenu>
<ContextMenu>
<MenuItem Header="Delete" />
</ContextMenu>
</Grid.ContextMenu>...

But how do I implement the click event???

Re: Context menu in Datatemplate

Mark Salsbery11-Apr-09 7:42

Mark Salsbery

11-Apr-09 7:42

mikla521 wrote:
But how do I implement the click event???

Which click event?

Mark Salsbery
Microsoft MVP - Visual C++
Java | [Coffee]

Re: Context menu in Datatemplate [modified]

mikla52111-Apr-09 19:54

mikla521

11-Apr-09 19:54

Sorry....like this then...

<DataTemplate x:Key="TestDataListTemplate" >
...
<Grid Margin="5,2">
<Grid.ContextMenu>
<ContextMenu>
<MenuItem Header="Delete" Click="MenuItem_Click_DeleteProduct" />
</ContextMenu>
</Grid.ContextMenu>...

Error:ResourceDictionary root element requires a x:Class attribute...
If I add x:class="MyProgram.Window1" to <ResourceDictionary the i get this instead, among a few others...
Error: Partial declarations of MyProgram.Window1 must not specify different base classes....don't get it. Sigh | :sigh:

Well, it seems like I have more problems. The goal is to have ListBox with DataTemplate items, then I want a ContextMenu where I can choose to delete an item... Maybe I have to think in another way.

modified on Sunday, April 12, 2009 2:41 AM

Re: Context menu in Datatemplate

Mark Salsbery13-Apr-09 8:47

Mark Salsbery

13-Apr-09 8:47

Where is this DataTemplate resource located?

It looks like there's no problem with the template but there's a problem with where
the template an/or the click handler code is located...

Mark

Mark Salsbery
Microsoft MVP - Visual C++
Java | [Coffee]

Re: Context menu in Datatemplate

mikla52113-Apr-09 21:11

mikla521

13-Apr-09 21:11

I have created a separate file with my templates and style and use <ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
<ResourceDictionary Source="resourceDic.xaml"/>
</ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>

Re: Context menu in Datatemplate

Mark Salsbery14-Apr-09 7:00

Mark Salsbery

14-Apr-09 7:00

You'll need an x:class set on your resource dictionary that references the
class containing the click handler.

For example:

<!-- Dictionary1.xaml -->

<ResourceDictionary 
    x:Class="WPFTester.DictionaryHandlerClass"
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
    xmlns:local="clr-namespace:WPFTester">

    <DataTemplate x:Key="TestDataListTemplate" DataType="{x:Type local:Item}">
        <Border BorderBrush="SteelBlue" BorderThickness="4" >
            <Grid Background="LightSteelBlue" Height="20" >
                <Grid.ContextMenu>
                    <ContextMenu>
                        <MenuItem Header="Delete" Click="MenuItem_Click" />
                    </ContextMenu>
                </Grid.ContextMenu>
            </Grid>
        </Border>
    </DataTemplate>

</ResourceDictionary>

// DictionaryHandlerClass.cs

using System;
using System.Windows;

namespace WPFTester
{
    public partial class DictionaryHandlerClass
    {
        private void MenuItem_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
        {
        }
    }
}

Mark Salsbery
Microsoft MVP - Visual C++
Java | [Coffee]

Re: Context menu in Datatemplate

mikla52114-Apr-09 20:11

mikla521

14-Apr-09 20:11

Ok, thanks Smile | :)

I tried that before but it doesn't seems like it's possible to use the startup Window1 class. Think I have to create a separate class behind my resource file and go from there...

Re: Context menu in Datatemplate

Mark Salsbery14-Apr-09 20:23

Mark Salsbery

14-Apr-09 20:23

mikla521 wrote:
it doesn't seems like it's possible to use the startup Window1 class

Yes. ResourceDictionary is a different class than Window Smile | :)

Mark

Mark Salsbery
Microsoft MVP - Visual C++
Java | [Coffee]

Inheritence in XAML

0x3c010-Apr-09 9:09

0x3c0

10-Apr-09 9:09

I've recently decided to look into adding the ability to load WPF Windows to one of my pet projects. I also want to allow it to process speech, and other goodies. To achieve this, I've created a new class in my 'host' Windows Forms application, which inherits from System.Windows.Window. The requirements for a Window to be loaded are:

It must have an attribute which contains the name, category, etc.
It must inherit from my custom class

I have no problem with the first one, but the second one is where I fall down. I have added a reference to the 'host' application in the 'parasite' (sorry, don't know how else to describe it) application, and changed the C# back-end class to inherit from my custom class. When I try to build, I get this error

Partial declarations of 'SampleWPFMiniApp.wndMain' must not specify different base classes

I presume the designer is similar to that of Windows Forms in that the code is split between XAML and code. How would I specify the correct base class in XAML? For what it's worth, the base class I specified in my C# code is Host.ShellComponents.ParasiteWindow

Re: Inheritence in XAML

0x3c010-Apr-09 9:24

0x3c0

10-Apr-09 9:24

There's no need to worry about my original post. By adding xmlns:src="clr-namespace:Host.ShellComponents.ParasiteWindow;assembly=Host" along with the other xmlns XAML, and then setting the root element to src:ParasiteWindow, I can compile successfully. But now I have another problem. How do I host a WPF Window (or equivalent) in a Windows Form? I've been trying to use the System.Windows.Interop.WindowInteropHelper class, and this shows the Window, but not as a child of the Windows Forms host

Styles - Where Do I Put them?

#realJSOP10-Apr-09 8:57

#realJSOP

10-Apr-09 8:57

I have the following style:

<Style TargetType="{x:Type Image}" >
    <Style.Triggers>
        <DataTrigger Binding="{Binding RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType={x:Type Button},
                        AncestorLevel=1}, Path=IsEnabled}" Value="False">
            <Setter Property="Opacity" Value="0.40" />
        </DataTrigger>
    </Style.Triggers>
</Style>

Where do I put it if I want it to be global to the application, and how do I get to it once it's there?

Re: Styles - Where Do I Put them?

R2B210-Apr-09 9:15

R2B2

10-Apr-09 9:15

App.xaml

Re: Styles - Where Do I Put them?

#realJSOP10-Apr-09 10:21

#realJSOP

10-Apr-09 10:21

I tried that and it kept telling me something about content already having been defined. BTW, I was trying to put it inside the Application.Resources element.

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