I.m using the Xceed datagrid v.2 for WPF, the free one.

When I bind to the grid using:

grdExceed.ItemsSource = ds.Tables[TableName].DefaultView

with a dataset containing around 1000 rows it takes about 3 minutes for it to display.

Is it supposed to be that slow or what??? 

 

By default, a grid will take all the room that it requires; therefore, if it is not given a size constraint, such as when it is placed in a StackPanel, and a large amount of data items are present, UI virtualization will be lost—resulting in a significant loss in performance. To preserve UI virtualization when a grid is in a StackPanel, the MaxWidth and MaxHeight properties (or Width and Height) must be used to constrain the grid. As an alternative, a DockPanel or Grid can be used as both impose size constraints on their child elements.

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Technical Writer - Xceed Software

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Awesome!! Thanks Jenny for the quick response. Works like a charm now.

/Johan Z