How To: RadMenuItem + ContainerBinding + CommandParameter as object?

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  1. Rob
    Rob avatar
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    Member since:
    Jan 2009

    Posted 19 Apr 2012 Link to this post

    Hello all,

    I have a datagrid that lists a bunch of people and a context menu to perform some actions on those people - I'm using commands.

    My context menu looks like this:
        
    *
       -Add To Policy
              -Policy1   
              -Policy2
              -Policy3
       -Delete
       -Open
       -Blah Blah Blah

    My problem is this.  When adding a person to a policy, I need to pass both the datagridrowcontext (a person) and the policy (a policy) to the command via containerbindings as a CommandParameter.

    <telerik:HierarchicalDataTemplate x:Key="mnuPolicyTemplateContextMenu">
       <telerik:ContainerBinding.ContainerBindings>
          <telerik:ContainerBindingCollection>
             <telerik:ContainerBinding PropertyName="Command" Binding="{Binding Path=AddResourceToPolicyCommand, Source={StaticResource VMProxy}}" />
             <telerik:ContainerBinding PropertyName="CommandParameter">
                <telerik:ContainerBinding.Binding>
                   <ps:AddResourceToPolicyCommandParameter Person="{Binding *datagridrow*}" Policy="{Binding *policy*}" />
                </telerik:ContainerBinding.Binding>
          </telerik:ContainerBinding>
       </telerik:ContainerBinding.ContainerBindings>
       <TextBlock Text="{Binding Name}" />
    </telerik:HierarchicalDataTemplate>


    1. How can I get a reference back to the datagridrow datacontext object (the person)?
    2. Can I pass in an object like "ps:AddResourceToPolicyCommandParameter" with those parameters once I retrieve them?
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  3. Rob
    Rob avatar
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    Member since:
    Jan 2009

    Posted 19 Apr 2012 Link to this post

    I've answered question 1 --- 

    <telerik:ContainerBinding PropertyName="CommandParameter">
        <telerik:ContainerBinding.Binding>
            <projectsecurity:AddResourceToPolicyCommandParameter ProjectResource="{Binding Path=Menu.DataContext, RelativeSource={RelativeSource Self}, Mode=TwoWay}" Policy="{Binding ., Mode=TwoWay}" />
        </telerik:ContainerBinding.Binding>
    </telerik:ContainerBinding>


    Now for question 2...  why do I get an System.Windows.Markup.XamlParseException when trying to create this object?


  5. Ivo
    Admin
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    390 posts

    Posted 25 Apr 2012 Link to this post

    Hi,

    I think what you are trying cannot be achieved this way. I would suggest you to use the RadContextMenu's opened event. There you can get the clicked element.
    private void RadContextMenu_Opened( object sender, RoutedEventArgs e )
    {
        var item = this.radContextMenu.GetClickedElement<DataGridRow>();
         //update the last selected item into your viewModel
    }

    Then you will have to pass only one value into your CommandParameter which will be a lot easier task. I understand you don't want to use code behind, but into this case this will be the recommended solution.

    Kind regards, Ivo
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  7. Rob
    Rob avatar
    238 posts
    Member since:
    Jan 2009

    Posted 25 Apr 2012 Link to this post

    Sorry, I should have closed this...

    <telerik:ContainerBinding PropertyName="CommandParameter" Binding="{Binding ., RelativeSource={RelativeSource Self}, Converter={StaticResource AddResourceToPolicyCommandParameterConverter}}" />

    I figured out a way around it by binding to the RadMenuItem, and creating the parameter object in a converter...  Still hacky, but much better than code behind.



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