DataGridBindingInfo Class

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Class that creates and wraps a binding that is used by a column to retrieve and validate its values.

Syntax

Visual Basic
C#

public class DataGridBindingInfo

'Declaration
 
Public Class DataGridBindingInfo

'Usage
 
Dim instance As DataGridBindingInfo

Remarks

The following table provides a list of the underlying binding's properties and their immutable values.

Property	Value
Mode Property	BindingMode.TwoWay (see ReadOnly property)
UpdateSourceTrigger Property	UpdateSourceTriggerExplicit (see UpdateSourceTrigger property)
ValidatesOnDataErrors Property	true
ValidatesOnExceptions Property	true
NotifyOnTargetUpdated Property	true
NotifyOnValidationError Property	true

Example

All examples in this topic assume that the grid is bound to a list of Composer objects, unless stated otherwise.

The following example demonstrates how to create a custom ValidationRule and apply it to a column's binding to provide binding-level validation.Implementation of the YearValidationRule validation rule.Implementation of the YearValidationRule validation rule.

<Grid xmlns:xcdg="http://schemas.xceed.com/wpf/xaml/datagrid"
     xmlns:local="clr-namespace:Xceed.Wpf.Documentation">
  <Grid.Resources>
     <xcdg:DataGridCollectionViewSource x:Key="cvs_composers"
                                        Source="{Binding Source={x:Static Application.Current}, 
                                                         Path=Composers}"/>
  </Grid.Resources>
 
  <xcdg:DataGridControl ItemsSource="{Binding Source={StaticResource cvs_composers}}"
                        UpdateSourceTrigger="RowEndingEdit">
     <xcdg:DataGridControl.Columns> 
       <xcdg:Column FieldName="BirthYear">
          <xcdg:Column.DisplayMemberBindingInfo>
             <xcdg:DataGridBindingInfo Path="BirthYear">
                <xcdg:DataGridBindingInfo.ValidationRules>
                   <local:YearValidationRule />
                </xcdg:DataGridBindingInfo.ValidationRules>
             </xcdg:DataGridBindingInfo>
          </xcdg:Column.DisplayMemberBindingInfo>
       </xcdg:Column>

       <xcdg:Column FieldName="DeathYear">
          <xcdg:Column.DisplayMemberBindingInfo>
             <xcdg:DataGridBindingInfo Path="DeathYear">
                <xcdg:DataGridBindingInfo.ValidationRules>
                   <local:YearValidationRule />
                </xcdg:DataGridBindingInfo.ValidationRules>
             </xcdg:DataGridBindingInfo>
          </xcdg:Column.DisplayMemberBindingInfo>
       </xcdg:Column>      
    </xcdg:DataGridControl.Columns>
  </xcdg:DataGridControl>
</Grid>

Imports System
Imports System.Windows.Controls
Imports System.Globalization
Namespace Xceed.Wpf.Documentation

  Public Class YearValidationRule
               Inherits ValidationRule

    Public Overrides Function Validate( ByVal value As Object, _
                                        ByVal cultureInfo As CultureInfo ) As ValidationResult
      Dim year As Integer = CInt( value )
      If year > DateTime.Now.Year Then
        Return New ValidationResult( False, "Chosen year cannot be greater than this year." )
      End If
      Return ValidationResult.ValidResult
    End Function
  End Class
End Namespace

using System;
using System.Windows.Controls;
using System.Globalization;
namespace Xceed.Wpf.Documentation
{

 public class YearValidationRule : ValidationRule
 {
   public override ValidationResult Validate( object value, CultureInfo cultureInfo )
   {
     int year = ( int )value;
     if( year > DateTime.Now.Year )
       return new ValidationResult( false, "Chosen year cannot be greater than this year." );
     return ValidationResult.ValidResult;
   }
 }
}

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
Xceed.Wpf.DataGrid.DataGridBindingInfo

Requirements

Reference

DataGridBindingInfo Members
Xceed.Wpf.DataGrid Namespace

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