Use of ObjectDataProvider ?

Use of ObjectDataProvider ?

• memi0

  What do you mean by "it doesn't work" I have tested your code and the listbox displays the four items. Did you see something else
  
  
  

• Damir Bersinic

  Try something like this:
  
  Hi,
  I want to use the ObjectDataProvider provider in a ListBox. I want to display informations from my C# class in a listbox.
  
  <Window x:Class="DataBindingProof.Window1"
  xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
  xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
  xmlns:m="clr-namespace:DataBindingProof"
  Title="DataBindingProof" Height="700" Width="700"
  >
  <StackPanel Orientation="Vertical">
  <StackPanel.Resources>
  <ObjectDataProvider ObjectType="{x:Type m:MyStrings}" MethodName="DisplayInfo" x:Key="MyStringData"/>
  </StackPanel.Resources>
  
  <ListBox Name="theListBox" Width="200" Height="300" ItemsSource="{Binding Source={StaticResource MyStringData}}"/>
  
  </StackPanel>
  </Window>
  
  and:
  
  using System;
  using System.Collections.Generic;
  using System.Text;
  
  namespace DataBindingProof
  {
  public class MyStrings : List<String>
  {
  private List<String> myList = new List<String>();
  
  public MyStrings()
  {
  myList.Add("Hello");
  myList.Add("Goodbye");
  myList.Add("Heya");
  myList.Add("Cya");
  }
  public List<String> DisplayInfo()
  {
  return myList;
  }
  }
  }
  
  
  HTH
  
  
  

• Ruskin Dantra

  I use this in XAML window
  
  <Window x:Class="DataBindingProof.Window1"
  xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
  xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
  xmlns:m="clr-namespace:DataBindingProof"
  Title="DataBindingProof" Height="700" Width="700"
  >
  <StackPanel Orientation="Vertical">
  <StackPanel.Resources>
  <ObjectDataProvider ObjectType="{x:Type m:MyStrings}" x:Key="MyStringData"/>
  </StackPanel.Resources>
  <ListBox Name="theListBox" Width="200" Height="300" ItemsSource="{Binding Source={StaticResource MyStringData}}" />
  <Button Name="AddItem" Click="AddNewItem" />
  </StackPanel>
  </Window>
  
  I added this new Button and AddNewItem Code is as below
  
  public void AddNewItem(object sender, EventArgs args)
  {
  MyStrings.ms[0] = "hai";
  MyStrings.ms.Add("Hai");
  }
  
  I have Changed MyStrings as
  
  public class MyStrings : List<String>
  {
  public static MyStrings ms = null;
  public MyStrings()
  {
  this.Add("Hello");
  this.Add("Goodbye");
  this.Add("Heya");
  this.Add("Cya");
  ms = this;
  }
  }
  
  
  I see that on clicking the Button the listbox does not update automatically even though the object to which it is bound has changed. Does this code requires something else to do that
  
  
  

• AYHAN

  Inherit from ObservableCollection<string> instead of List<string> to have the notifications fired when the new item is added.
  

• boulderbum

  Indeed, in the code I've provided, maybe a converter is needed.
  
  But, I'm also test your code and this one run fine on my computer...
  
  Why did you say that it doesn't work
  
  
  

• Brian R. Bondy

  Thanks for your help Thomas, but it still doesn't work:
  
  The listbox is displayed, but the content of the listbox is the characters of "DataBindingProof.MyStrings": d,a,t,a...n,g,s
  
  Any other idea
  
  
  
• Use of ObjectDataProvider ?