UserControl or storyboard inside treeviewitem

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  1. Mitch
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    Apr 2009

    Posted 15 Jun 2010 Link to this post

    I need to be able to start and stop a usercontrol or storyboard background from code for a particular radtreeviewitem when I want to alert the user that something has happened for a contact.

    I have a databound radtreeview for a contact list.

    <!-- data template for the Contact object--> 
            <telerik:HierarchicalDataTemplate x:Name="ContactTemplate" telerik:ContainerBinding.ContainerBindings="{StaticResource BindingsCollection}" > 
                <local:ContactBackgroundControl x:Name="ContactBlinker" > 
                    <StackPanel x:Name="ContactContent" Orientation="Horizontal"> 
                        <telerikNavigation:RadContextMenu.ContextMenu> 
                            <telerikNavigation:RadContextMenu x:Name="ContactContextMenu" ItemClick="RadMenuItem_Click" Opened="ContactContextMenu_Opened"> 
                                <telerikNavigation:RadMenuItem Header="Send IM"  Tag="{Binding SIPURL}" /> 
                                <telerikNavigation:RadMenuItem Header="Start Livemeeting" Tag="{Binding SIPURL}"  /> 
                            </telerikNavigation:RadContextMenu> 
                        </telerikNavigation:RadContextMenu.ContextMenu> 
                        <Image Source="{Binding CurrentPresence, Converter={StaticResource PresenceConverter}}" Margin="0, 0, 5, 0"/> 
                        <TextBlock Text="{Binding ContactName}" Margin="0, 0, 0, 0" />               
                    </StackPanel> 
                </local:ContactBackgroundControl> 
            </telerik:HierarchicalDataTemplate> 

    Inside the datatemplate I have a usercontrol I have created (ContactBackgroundControl) which is just a stackpanel with a background that goes from transperent to a color and back again.

    When I try the code below, I get an error "Reference is not a valid visual DependencyObject" refering to when I do the FindChildByType call searching for the type "ContactBackgroundControl". I have also tried the type "UserControl", but that results in the same exact error.

    public void SetContactBlinking(string sipuri) 
            { 
                //iterate thorugh each group, and each groups contacts in the treeview 
                foreach (ContactGroup group in OCSContactsTreeView.Items) 
                { 
                    int ContactIndex = 0; 
                    foreach (Contacts_ contact in group.Contacts_) 
                    {  
                        //if the contact matches the sent sipuri, get the treeview item and set blinking 
                        if(contact.SIPURL == sipuri) 
                        { 
                            RadTreeViewItem TVItem = (RadTreeViewItem)(OCSContactsTreeView.ItemContainerGenerator.ContainerFromIndex(ContactIndex));  
                            //get the instance of the contactbackgroundcontrol and start the storyboard 
                            ContactBackgroundControl Control = TVItem.Template.FindChildByType<ContactBackgroundControl>(); 
                            Control.BlinkContact.Begin();                   
                        } 
                         
                        ContactIndex++; 
                    } 
     
                } 
            } 

    Is there any way to get a reference to the particular usercontrol inside the radtreeview item so I can start or stop the usercontrol storyboard? Or is there some better method to pull off an effect like this?

    Thanks!

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  3. Tina Stancheva
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    Posted 18 Jun 2010 Link to this post

    Hi Mitch,

    You can get the ContactBackgroundControl through the FindChildByType() method, like so:
    ContactBackgroundControl Control = TVItem.FindChildByType<ContactBackgroundControl>();

    Please give it a try and let me know if it works for you.

    Greetings,
    Tina Stancheva
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  5. pat
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    Aug 2011

    Posted 18 Aug 2011 Link to this post

    This reply seems to exactly repeat the code in the question.  What was the fix?
  7. Tina Stancheva
    Admin
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    3299 posts

    Posted 24 Aug 2011 Link to this post

    Hi Pat,

    Mitch was looking for his custom control in the RadTreeViewItem.Template:
    ContactBackgroundControl Control = TVItem.Template.FindChildByType<ContactBackgroundControl>();
    However, the Template property is not a visual DependancyObject and therefore the FindChildByType() method cannot be used with it.

    My suggestion was to use the FindChildByType() method directly on the RadTreeViewItem:
    ContactBackgroundControl Control = TVItem.FindChildByType<ContactBackgroundControl>();

    Are you facing similar issues? If so, can you please elaborate on them as we might be able to provide you with a better solution?

    Regards,
    Tina Stancheva
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