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Jeff asked on 31 Jul 2016, 12:10 PM

I have a C# WPF application that contains a user control:

<UserControl
        x:Name="payrollEntryControl"
        x:Class="MyNamespace.PayrollEntryControl"
        [...]
        >
    [...]
</UserControl>

Within the user control, I have a Telerik RadDataForm:

<telerik:RadDataForm
        x:Name="payrollAddForm"
        CurrentItem="[...]"
        EditTemplate="{StaticResource myEditTemplate}"
        />

 

The template contains a Telerik RadGridView and a Button:

<telerik:RadGridView Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="0"
        x:Name="workGridView"
        [...]
        ItemsSource="{Binding [...]}"
        >
    <telerik:RadGridView.Columns>
        [...]
    </telerik:RadGridView.Columns>
</telerik:RadGridView>
<Button Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="0"
        Command="{Binding addWorkCommand, ElementName=payrollEntryControl}"
        >
    Add
</Button>

I want the command to do is call BeginInsert() on workGridView. But I can't seem to get access to workGridView.

My command, so far:

private DelegateCommand addWorkCommand_ = null;
public DelegateCommand addWorkCommand
{
    get
    {
        if (this.addWorkCommand_ == null)
        {
            this.addWorkCommand_ = new DelegateCommand(
                o => addWork(o)
            );
        }
 
        return this.addWorkCommand_;
    }
}
 
private void addWork(object o)
{
    var addForm = this.payrollAddForm;
    var editTemplate = addForm.EditTemplate;
    var workGrid = editTemplate.FindName("workGridView", addForm);
}

 

My problem? When I make the call to editTemplate.FindName(), I get an exception:

This operation is valid only on elements that have this template applied.

I don't understand. I'm getting the template from the form. How can it not be applied?

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Jeff
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answered on 02 Aug 2016, 05:40 PM
Any ideas? I'm still stuck.
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Stefan Nenchev
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answered on 03 Aug 2016, 02:10 PM
Hi Jeff,

I suggest you pass the workGridView as a CommandParameter and eventually use the RadGridView BeginInsert method:
<Button Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="0"
        CommandParameter="{Binding ElementName=workGridView}"
        Command="{Binding addWorkCommand}" >
 
....
 
  private void addWork(object o)
        {
            RadGridView grid = o as RadGridView;
            grid.BeginInsert();
        }

Would this work for you?

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Stefan Nenchev
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answered on 03 Aug 2016, 02:44 PM

It very well might.

I'd found a hack using VisualTreeHelper that seems to work, but I'm not really comfortable with it.

Thanks.

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Stefan Nenchev
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answered on 04 Aug 2016, 08:42 AM
Hello Jeff,

I have tested the suggested approach with the CommandParameter and it works as expected. Please give it a try as it seems appropriate for your scenario.

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answered on 04 Aug 2016, 02:15 PM
Thank you.
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