XmlDataProvider binding

[Rick Mueller]

Hello,
I can't figure out the binding to the HierarchicalDataTemplate.
I'm able to populate the Childnodes fine., but no luck with the parentNodes

Any thoughts would be great

Regards,
Rick Mueller

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<NewDataSet xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">

        <Table>
            <CompanyName>Digital Kitchen1</CompanyName>
            <Location>Eden Prairie1</Location>
            <ContactName>Rick Mueller</ContactName>
            <ContactTitle>PrepCook</ContactTitle>
            <EmpImage>male.jpg</EmpImage>
            <StDate>15664</StDate>
            <EmpId>156</EmpId>
        </Table>
        <Table>
            <CompanyName>Digital Kitchen</CompanyName>
            <Location>Eden Prairie</Location>
            <ContactName>Willie The Dog</ContactName>
            <ContactTitle>LineCook</ContactTitle>
            <EmpImage>male.jpg</EmpImage>
            <StDate>40535</StDate>
            <EmpId>156</EmpId>
        </Table>
    <Table>
            <CompanyName>Digital Kitchen</CompanyName>
            <Location>Eden Prairie</Location>
            <ContactName>Jose Sosa</ContactName>
            <ContactTitle>Dishwasher</ContactTitle>
            <EmpImage>male.jpg</EmpImage>
            <StDate>40535</StDate>
            <EmpId>156</EmpId>
        </Table>
        <Table>
            <CompanyName>Digital Kitchen</CompanyName>
            <Location>Eden Prairie</Location>
            <ContactName>Maria Anders</ContactName>
            <ContactTitle>BroilerCook</ContactTitle>
            <EmpImage>female.jpg</EmpImage>
            <StDate>40535</StDate>
            <EmpId>156</EmpId>
        </Table>
</NewDataSet>

<Window.Resources>

        <XmlDataProvider x:Key="Contact"
            Source="xmlData/Employee.xml"
            XPath="NewDataSet/Table"/>



        <HierarchicalDataTemplate
                         x:Name="TreeData"
                         DataType="XmlDataProvider"
                         ItemsSource="{Binding Contact}">
             <TextBlock Text="{Binding XPath=ContactTitle}"
                        Foreground="Black"
                        FontWeight="Bold"
                        FontSize="15" />
        </HierarchicalDataTemplate>

                 <DataTemplate x:Key="Team">
                  <TextBlock Text="{Binding XPath=ContactName}"
                           Foreground="Blue"
                           FontWeight="Bold"
                           FontSize="9" />
                  </DataTemplate>


    </Window.Resources>

    <Grid>
        <telerik:RadTreeView
            Height="311" HorizontalAlignment="Left"
            Margin="320,0,0,0" Name="radTreeView1"
            VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="183"
            ItemsSource="{Binding Source={StaticResource Contact},XPath=ContactTitle}"
            ItemTemplate="{StaticResource Team}"/>
</Grid>

[Rick Mueller]

Hello
I was able to get a little closer, The Tree Populates the Headers with the right groups. But its populates "Table as the childnodes.

Any Thoughts?

<Window.Resources>

       <XmlDataProvider x:Key="Contact"
           Source="xmlData/Employee.xml"
           XPath="NewDataSet/Table"/>
       <CollectionViewSource x:Key="Employees"
           Source="{StaticResource Contact}">
           <CollectionViewSource.SortDescriptions>
               <scm:SortDescription PropertyName="ContactTitle" Direction="Ascending" />
               <scm:SortDescription PropertyName="ContactName"/>
               </CollectionViewSource.SortDescriptions>
           <CollectionViewSource.GroupDescriptions>
               <PropertyGroupDescription PropertyName="ContactTitle"/>
           </CollectionViewSource.GroupDescriptions>
       </CollectionViewSource>
       <HierarchicalDataTemplate x:Key="DataTemplate1" ItemsSource="{Binding Mode=OneWay, Source={StaticResource Employees}}">
           <Grid>

                   <TextBlock x:Name="TileContent_Data"
                          FontSize="15"
                          Foreground="Black"
                          Background="Transparent"
                          Text="{Binding Name}" />

           </Grid>
       </HierarchicalDataTemplate>
       <DataTemplate x:Key="template" >


               <TextBlock FontSize="13"
                      Foreground="Black"
                      Background="Transparent"
                      Text="{Binding XPath=ContactTitle}" />

       </DataTemplate>

   </Window.Resources>









   <Grid Background="Transparent">
       <Grid  DataContext="{Binding Mode=OneWay, Source={StaticResource Employees}}">
           <telerik:RadTreeView

           Height="289" HorizontalAlignment="Left"
           Margin="321,0,0,22" Name="radTreeView1" Width="165"
               ItemsSource="{Binding Groups}" ItemTemplate="{StaticResource DataTemplate1}">

           </telerik:RadTreeView>
       </Grid>

Rick Mueller

[Rick Mueller]

Hello,
Any thoughts?

[Tina Stancheva]

Hi Rick Mueller,

I am not entirely sure that i understand your scenario correctly. So I prepared a sample project illustrating three different scenarios.

In the first RadTreeView in the example, the flat collection from the XML data source is simply displayed.

the second RadTreeView in the example uses a modified XML datasource that represents a hierarchical collection and the RadTreeView displays it.

The third RadTreeView uses the flat collection represented in XML document but sorting and grouping is applied on it. The RadTreeView displays the group names as a first-level nodes and the ContactNames for each group.

Please take a look at the project and let me know if it helps. If, however, your scenario is different, please elaborate a bit more on it and we will gladly help you implement it.

Sincerely yours,
Tina Stancheva
the Telerik team

[Rick Mueller]

Hello Tina,
Thank you for your examples. It was the right solution. The reason for my issues was the ItemTemplate was not in a HierarchicaData format 

Thank you again for your help,

Regards,
Rick Mueller