Hierarchy issue using PropertyRelation

[Jonny]

Hi,

I'm using PropertyRelations to bind a hierarchical grid.  This all works fine, except if the collection that the child grid binds to is empty.  In this case, the + symbol is still shown, and on expanding the parent row a very large empty grid is shown within.  What I need is for the + symbol not to be displayed when the collection is empty.

I've tried trapping TableDefinition.PreviewDataRecordCreate to see if I can set IsExpandableRecord, but this event doesn't seem to be thrown when using PropertyRelations.

Please advise how I can do this.

Let me know if you need a sample project or more details.  This is the last issue outstanding, and I should be placing an order if you can get this one resolved.

Thanks,

Ben Jackson
BlueHub Solutions

[Vlad]

Hello Ben,

In this demo we used exactly PropertyRelation to achieve custom hierarchy.

Greetings,
Vlad
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[James]

Hi Vlad,

I'm looking at using the GridView for displaying hierarchical data based on related ObservableCollection<T> objects.

Your previous demo works very well for child rows that are added dynamically, the child grids are added as expected when new child rows are added to a parent collection, when reacting to the PreviewDataRecordCreate event.

I would like to do the reverse of this, so when the last child row is removed from a parent collection, the grid is removed also, except there is no matching event PreviewDataRecordRemove.

I have tried storing away the TableDefinition objects for each row into a Dictionary (see example below), and clearing its parent TableDef collection when the last child row is removed, but this has no effect, the child grid still appears (the row is removed, but the grid including the headers remain). Do you have any suggestions for achieving this?

        void CollectionChanged(object sender, System.Collections.Specialized.NotifyCollectionChangedEventArgs e) {
            var collection = sender as ICollection;
            if (collection.Count == 0) {
                var order = e.OldItems[0] as Order;
                var parentData = order.Parent;
                if (tableDefinitionDictionary.ContainsKey(parentData)) {
                    var tableDef = tableDefinitionDictionary[parentData];
                    tableDef.Clear();
                }
            }
        }

Hope this makes sense, I can post a project if required.

Regards,

James.

[Vlad]

Hi James,

You can call Rebind() for the parent grid and PreviewDataRecordCreate will be raised again where you can check if there are any items in the child property.

Sincerely yours,
Vlad
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[James]

Thanks Vlad, just what I was looking for :)