VirtualQueryableCollectionView, EntityFramework and MVVM

[Dario Concilio]

Hi to all,

I'm developing a MVVM Application, I have a global context for application, I have a provider class that exposes me a method that returns a List<MyModel>

MyModel is a class that I use internally in application:

My entityframework context (EF5 & FW4.0) exposes MyTable (this table corresponde to MyModel class).

My provider get IQuarable<MyTable> by linq and convert all items in MyModel, then return List<MyModel>.

Now, If I have a lot of records and I have to show all items into ComboBox, I could user VirtualQueryableCollectionView.

But how can I use List<MyModel> to do this? I will get the same result?

[Stefan]

Hi Potito,

Can you please check out the VirtualQueryableCollectionView API Reference? As shown in it, the contstructor of VQCV accepts an IEnumerable as a parameter, so you should be able to pass the fetched collection to it.

Can you please check it out and let me know in case I am missing something?

All the best,
Stefan X1
Telerik

[Dario Concilio]

At the end I choose use this approach:

I used List<MyModel> and add tag <VirtualizingStackPanel/>

I got the desired result :-)

<telerik:RadComboBox ItemTemplate="{StaticResource ComboBoxTemplate}"
                 ClearSelectionButtonVisibility="Visible"
                 ClearSelectionButtonContent="Cancella selezione"
                 ItemsSource="{Binding SottoConti}"
                 EmptySelectionBoxTemplate="{StaticResource EmptyTemplate}"
                 SelectedItem="{Binding Path=ContoContabile,Mode=TwoWay,ElementName=userControl}">
    <telerik:RadComboBox.ItemsPanel>
        <ItemsPanelTemplate>
            <VirtualizingStackPanel />
        </ItemsPanelTemplate>
    </telerik:RadComboBox.ItemsPanel>
    <telerik:RadComboBox.FilteringBehavior>
        <filter:SottoContiFilteringBehavior />
    </telerik:RadComboBox.FilteringBehavior>
</telerik:RadComboBox>