Binding IsBusy to DomainContext IsLoading

[Stefan Buys]

Hi,
When I bind a RadBusyIndicator's IsBusy property to a (RIA Services) DomainContext's IsLoading property in code, it doesn't fire on the UI.

I am therefor not using a DomainDataSource, but binding like this through code:

NemoDomainContext context = Common.CreateNewNemoContext();
RadBusyIndicator biStartup = new RadBusyIndicator();

Binding bindingEnabled = new Binding();
bindingEnabled.Source = context;
bindingEnabled.Path = new PropertyPath("IsLoading");
bindingEnabled.Mode = BindingMode.OneWay;
biStartup.SetBinding(RadBusyIndicator.IsBusyProperty, bindingEnabled);

Any advice / ideas are welcome.

Stefan

[Stefan Buys]

Hi All,

I managed to find the solution to the problem, its rather sneaky, but ensure that RadBusyIndicator has the correct Content scope:

<telerik:RadBusyIndicator x:Name="biStartup" IsBusy="False" DisplayAfter="0" BusyContent="">
            <telerik:RadBusyIndicator.Content>
                <StackPanel Orientation="Vertical">
                    <ContentControl x:Name="ccRibbon" />
                    <ContentControl x:Name="ccMain" />
                </StackPanel>
            </telerik:RadBusyIndicator.Content>
        </telerik:RadBusyIndicator>

Stefan

[Teodor]

Hi Stefan Buys,

Thank you for contacting us.

We are glad, you have found a solution to your issue.

Just for your information, RadBusyIndicator can be prevented from showing busy indication if the UI thread is blocked (for example if the DomainContext blocks it). Therefore it is recommended that long-running operations are executed asynchronously so that the UI remains responsive. This example shows a possible scenario. 

Hope this explains the matter. Let us know in case you have further queries.

Best wishes,
Teodor
the Telerik team