MVVM Grid Binding how to handle Parameters

[Daniel]

Hello I've a RadGridView that is placed withing a RadWindow and wrapped within an UserControl.

The RadWindow will be initialized by an ContextMenu of a parent RadGridView (selected item) please see the code snippets below.

Code from the ContextMenu to open a new RadWindow:

var tmpItem = row.Item as ItemModel;
.....
case "ViewRelatedItems":
         if ( tmpItem != null )
         {
             RadWindow radWindow = new RadWindow();
             radWindow.Width = 510;
             radWindow.Height = 350;

             UserControlRelatedItemsEntries ucTmp = new UserControlRelatedItemsEntries(tmpItem.ID, tmpItem.Type);

             radWindow.Content = ucTmp;
             radWindow.Owner = Application.Current.MainWindow;
             radWindow.WindowStartupLocation = WindowStartupLocation.CenterScreen;
             radWindow.ResizeMode = ResizeMode.NoResize;
             radWindow.Header = "Entries:"; //TODO
             radWindow.Show();
         }
         break;

XAML of the UserControl:

<UserControl x:Class="TEST..UserControlViewEntries"
             xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
             xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
             xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
             xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
             xmlns:sys="clr-namespace:System;assembly=mscorlib"
             xmlns:telerik="http://schemas.telerik.com/2008/xaml/presentation"
             xmlns:viewModel="clr-namespace:test.ViewModels;assembly=Test.ViewModels"
             mc:Ignorable="d"
             d:DesignHeight="300" d:DesignWidth="500">
    <UserControl.DataContext>
        <viewModel:MyViewModel />
    </UserControl.DataContext>
    <Grid>

        <telerik:RadGridView x:Name="radGridEntries" Margin="0,30,0,0"
                             ItemsSource="{Binding Entries}"
                             AutoGenerateColumns="False" DataLoadMode="Asynchronous">
            <telerik:RadGridView.Columns>
                <telerik:GridViewDataColumn DataMemberBinding="{Binding UserName}" Header="User"/>
                <telerik:GridViewDataColumn DataMemberBinding="{Binding Date}" Header="Date"/>
                <telerik:GridViewDataColumn DataMemberBinding="{Binding XDoneAsString}" Header="XDone"/>
                <telerik:GridViewDataColumn DataMemberBinding="{Binding Description}" Header="Description"/>
                <telerik:GridViewDataColumn DataMemberBinding="{Binding Type}" Header="Type"/>
            </telerik:RadGridView.Columns>
        </telerik:RadGridView>
    </Grid>
</UserControl>

Code of the ViewModel

public class MyViewModel : ObservableObjectBase
    {
        #region Properties
        public int SelectedItemID { get; set; }
        public int SelectedItemTypeID { get; set; }

        private ObservableCollection<XModel> _items;

        public ObservableCollection<XModel> Entries
        {
            get
            {
                if ( _items == null )
                {
                    _items = new ObservableCollection<XModel>();

                    var tmpResults = DataService.GetItems( this.SelectedItemID, this.SelectedItemTypeID);
                    tmpResults.ForEach( i => _items.Add( i ) );
                }
                return _items;
            }
        }
        #endregion

        #region Methods

        #endregion

        #region Constructors
        public MyViewModel ()
        { }
        #endregion
    }

I come here not further...

How can i put the two required values ​​SelectedItemID and SelectedItemTypeID to the ViewModel, so that they can be used when the DataBinding request the the Entries?

I'll hold this 2 values inside the ContextMenu "tmpItem" (e.g. tmpItem.ID and tmpItem.Type) but i've no idea how i could put that throuth the UserControl and ViewModel.

I think I am using the wrong approach... hopefully someone could give me an idea how to solve this issue. 

Any help on this would be very welcome!

Kind regards
Daniel

[Dimitrina]

Hello,

You could bind the SelectedItem of RadGridView to the SelectedItemID in your ViewModel. That way in the ViewModel you will always have the currently selected item. I am not sure what is the purpose of SelectedItemTypeID and how it is used with RadGridView.

You can also check our online documentation on using RadContextMenu with a RadGridView.

Regards,
Didie
Telerik