String Formatting in XALM, Silverlight - WPF Discussion Boards

Re: SSRS 2008 reports in Silverlight 4 apps

arkiboys28-Oct-11 4:38

28-Oct-11 4:38

Hi,
I studied the link you sent. thanks.
It seems that a new form should be added to the silverlight project which then shows the SSRS report in a popup format?

Display list content

columbos1492725-Oct-11 23:13

columbos14927

25-Oct-11 23:13

Hello,
Is there some control in WPF that i can use to display a list.

For example i have a list of objects where each object have some number of properties.
I wannt to give this list to the control and he will display each object properties in a row when every propertie displayed in a separate column.

So my question is is there some control already in WPF.
If not i will have some how to create one but in order to create i have to know how many properties object has,how can i do it?

Thanks.

Re: Display list content

Pete O'Hanlon25-Oct-11 23:33

Pete O'Hanlon

25-Oct-11 23:33

You could use a DataGrid and set AutoGenerateColumns="True" on it. This assumes that all your properties can be displayed textually - if you have images to display, for instance, you are going to have to take over control yourself. WPF can only go so far.

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Re: Display list content

Member 103390726-Oct-11 3:22

Member 1033907

26-Oct-11 3:22

Check out ListView, it is customizable to some degree (with AutoGenerateColumns=false) and it will probably serve you just fine.

Re: Display list content

Member 103390726-Oct-11 4:24

Member 1033907

26-Oct-11 4:24

What is the difference/benefit between this and using ListBox? I thought ListView was supposed to be used with views (ViewBase-derived objects), like GridView - isn't that the case?

Re: Display list content

Member 103390726-Oct-11 5:02

Member 1033907

26-Oct-11 5:02

What I meant (and also in my replay to OP) is that ListView (as opposed to ListBox) can be used this way

<ListView>
  <ListView.View>
    <GridView>
      <GridViewColumn DisplayMemberBinding="{Binding FirstName}" Header="First Name" />
      ...
    </GridView>
  <ListView.View>
</ListView>

where the individual columns can be either autogenerated or more or less customized. Which I assume is what the OP wanted. This displays the "grid-view" known for example from file explorer if you select display mode->details.
This is (I think) the primary purpose of ListView.

Re: Display list content

SledgeHammer0126-Oct-11 8:46

SledgeHammer01

26-Oct-11 8:46

There is a huge difference between ListView and ListBox. ListBox just displays a flat list of items whereas ListView supports columns, grouping, etc.

String Formatting in XALM, Silverlight

chrisndirangu25-Oct-11 21:30

chrisndirangu

25-Oct-11 21:30

Well, I had this problem where I got so many answers but they couldn't work together as I desired.

Now, I have a decimal (money) field from my repository.

After binding my collection to a grid using the Galasofts Mvvm framework, I want +ve values to take the #,###,###.## format and the -ve values to take the (#,###,###.##) format. Zero values will then take #.## format. All this formatting I want to happen in the xaml. Not in my view models.

Most solutions offered money formatting but the has the dollar sign, and we dont use dollars. Others wont cater for the negative value, and others will not cater for the decimals.

So the best solution is

“#,0.00;(#,0.00);0”

The first bit is the format for positive numbers.

The second bit is how negative numbers are displayed

The third bit is for zeros

Practical example:
Binding="{Binding Amount, StringFormat=#\,0.00;(#\,0.00);0}"

Re: String Formatting in XALM, Silverlight

Mycroft Holmes25-Oct-11 21:39

Mycroft Holmes

25-Oct-11 21:39

I love these, are we supposed to guess the question or telepathically download the requirement form the ether. This being a forum where you can get answers, it is common to ask a question to get a reasoned response (unlike this sarcastic missive).

On the other hand if this is a 'suggestion' and you are trying to help others (having beaten the internet into submission getting the answer) then I suggest you present this as a Tip/Trick where it can be dealt with correctly and will actually help other.

Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH

Wrapping Text in Canvas

indian14325-Oct-11 13:43

indian143

25-Oct-11 13:43

Hi All,

I am new to the Silverlight world. can anybody please help me in wrapping the text in the textblock which is there in the Canvas.

Is there any way to do it, please help me.

Thanks in Advance.

Thanks & Regards,

Abdul Aleem Mohammad
St Louis MO - USA

modified 25-Oct-11 20:56pm.

Re: Wrapping Text in Canvas

Mark Salsbery25-Oct-11 17:18

Mark Salsbery

25-Oct-11 17:18

Set the TextBlock's TextWrapping property to TextWrapping.Wrap. A Canvas parent won't resize or clip the TextBlock so you'll need to handle that yourself.

Mark Salsbery
Java | [Coffee]

Re: Wrapping Text in Canvas

indian14325-Oct-11 17:23

indian143

25-Oct-11 17:23

But if I use anyother container like stackpanel or grid then the text is taking all the browser width and making all the page uncomfortable.

What can I do, can you please help me, I am working around it, any link or any kind of help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance. In no way I am getting it, please help me.

Thanks & Regards,

Abdul Aleem Mohammad
St Louis MO - USA

Re: Wrapping Text in Canvas

Mark Salsbery26-Oct-11 5:37

Mark Salsbery

26-Oct-11 5:37

Set the width and height of the textblock explicitly.

Mark Salsbery
Java | [Coffee]

Re: Wrapping Text in Canvas

indian14326-Oct-11 6:15

indian143

26-Oct-11 6:15

Hi,

Can you please help me little bit by using any link or code snippet please.

I request you, I have been trying it so severely.

Thanks,
Abdul.

Thanks & Regards,

Abdul Aleem Mohammad
St Louis MO - USA

Re: Wrapping Text in Canvas

Mark Salsbery26-Oct-11 7:31

Mark Salsbery

26-Oct-11 7:31

<TextBlock TextWrapping="Wrap" Width="100" Height="100" Canvas.Left="20" Canvas.Top="20" />

Mark Salsbery
Java | [Coffee]

Re: Wrapping Text in Canvas

indian14326-Oct-11 7:58

indian143

26-Oct-11 7:58

Hi,

This width should depend upon the parent elements width or it should depend upon the ViewModel property that is binding to this textblock.

According to any of them it should able to take the value and wrap the text and fit within the browser but should not stretch beyond the browser size or monitor size.

Thanks,
Abdul

Thanks & Regards,

Abdul Aleem Mohammad
St Louis MO - USA

Re: Wrapping Text in Canvas

Mark Salsbery26-Oct-11 8:17

Mark Salsbery

26-Oct-11 8:17

indian143 wrote:
This width should depend upon the parent elements width

Then a Canvas isn't necessarily the proper parent element - it rarely is except for drawings and shapes etc. There's better panel elements for layout if you don't need pixel-level positioning.

If you must use a canvas then you could handle the canvas' SizeChanged event and in your handler code resize and/or reposition the textblock based on the values of the canvas' ActualWidth/ActualHeight properties.

Mark Salsbery
Java | [Coffee]

Re: Wrapping Text in Canvas

indian14326-Oct-11 12:18

indian143

26-Oct-11 12:18

Hi,

Please by using anything if it works thats fine for me, its taking lot of time to resolve this bug than creating really something.

I dont know what to do its effecting my SLAs

Thanks,
Abdul

Thanks & Regards,

Abdul Aleem Mohammad
St Louis MO - USA

How to compile single project for Silverlight and then standard .NET

Member 103390725-Oct-11 5:17

Member 1033907

25-Oct-11 5:17

Hi I have a class library with code that is compatible with both Silverlight and standard .net libraries. (the minor incompatibilities can be solved with #if)
How I can compile the code for both of these platforms? I mean - how do I set up Visual Studio to have two output configurations - one for .net, one for silverlight, so that my bin folder will contain two compiled .dlls?
The project was initially created as Widnows Class Library and now I don't even know how to tell the VS to use Silverlight libraries to begin with Frown | :-(

Re: How to compile single project for Silverlight and then standard .NET

Member 103390726-Oct-11 21:50

Member 1033907

26-Oct-11 21:50

To answer my own question, the following links have some useful info (different approaches):
http://www.wintellect.com/CS/blogs/krome/archive/2011/05/24/sharing-code-between-silverlight-and-wpf-using-build-targets.aspx[^]
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/ee321573.aspx[^]
The latter brought to my attention the possibility of file linking between projects, which I completelly forgot is possible.

Let user adjust control size

Loveisasea24-Oct-11 19:57

Loveisasea

24-Oct-11 19:57

I want to create a control and use its size as data input from user. So adjust the control size by user's mouse is required, just like what we do to the window? Is there any existing property we can set to do this in WPF Confused | :confused:

Re: Let user adjust control size

Wayne Gaylard24-Oct-11 21:04

Wayne Gaylard

24-Oct-11 21:04

Here[^] is an excellent article on how to move and reshape controls in your app.

Good Luck!

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Re: Let user adjust control size

Loveisasea24-Oct-11 21:55

Loveisasea

24-Oct-11 21:55

Thank you ! That's exactly what I want ! Laugh | :laugh:

Re: Let user adjust control size

Wayne Gaylard24-Oct-11 22:05

Wayne Gaylard

24-Oct-11 22:05

No Problem

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WPF Hyperlink Question

Kevin Marois24-Oct-11 9:51

Kevin Marois

24-Oct-11 9:51

I have styled a list so that the list items appear as hyperlinks. Here's my xaml:

<UserControl.Resources>

    <converters:ProjectTypeImageValueConverter x:Key="projectTypeConverter"/>

    <!--This is the template for the Recent projects list items-->
    <DataTemplate DataType="{x:Type local:RecentProjectModel}">
        <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal"
                    Margin="2">
            <Image Source="{Binding ProjectType, Converter={StaticResource projectTypeConverter}}"
                    Margin="0,0,5,0"/>
            <TextBlock Width="150">
                <Hyperlink Foreground="RoyalBlue">
                    <TextBlock Text="{Binding Caption}"/>
                </Hyperlink>
            </TextBlock>
        </StackPanel>
    </DataTemplate>
        
</UserControl.Resources>

and

<ListBox x:Name="lstRecent"
            Grid.Row="1"
            Grid.Column="0"
            ItemsSource="{Binding RecentProjects}"
            SelectedItem="{Binding SelectedRecentProject}"
            BorderThickness="0"
            Margin="3"
            MinWidth="235"/>

When I click the link, the SelectedRecentProject is not set. If I click the image of the list item, it is set. How do I set the SelectedRecentProject when the link is clicked?

Thanks

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