I am Binding a Datagrid to dynamic data via IDictionary.
It is very simple.
Have a grid in the xaml,
<Grid x:Name="LayoutRoot" Background="White">
<sdk:DataGrid x:Name="dgBonus" VerticalAlignment="Top" HorizontalAlignment="Left" AutoGenerateColumns="False">
</sdk:DataGrid>
</Grid>
Bind the path and converter of each column dynamically through code behind as shown below...
private void BindToGrid(ObservableCollection<Equipment> lstequips)
{
List<string> grdHeaders = new List<string>();
grdHeaders = GenerateHeaders(LstEquipments);
foreach (var columnName in grdHeaders)
{
dgBonus.Columns.Add(
new DataGridTextColumn
{
Header = columnName,
Binding = new Binding()
{
Converter = new RowIndexConverter(),
ConverterParameter = columnName
}
});
}
}
private List<string> GenerateHeaders(ObservableCollection<Equipment> lstequips)
{
List<string> grdHeaders = new List<string>();
foreach (var equip in lstequips)
{
foreach (var prop in equip.Property(equip).Keys)
{
if (!grdHeaders.Contains(prop))
{
grdHeaders.Add(prop);
}
}
}
return grdHeaders;
}
My Data structure:
/////////////////////////////////////////////////
public class Equipment
{
private Dictionary<string, string> _property = new Dictionary<string, string>();
public Dictionary<string, string> Property(Equipment e)
{
return e._property;
}
public string this[string index]
{
get
{
try
{
return _property[index];
}
catch
{
return string.Empty;
}
}
set { _property[index] = value; }
}
}
/////////////////////////////////////////////////
SOURCE CODE:
public class Equipment
{
private Dictionary<string, string> _property = new Dictionary<string, string>();
public Dictionary<string, string> Property(Equipment e)
{
return e._property;
}
public string this[string index]
{
get
{
try
{
return _property[index];
}
catch
{
return string.Empty;
}
}
set { _property[index] = value; }
}
}
public partial class MainPage : UserControl
{
ObservableCollection<Equipment> LstEquipments { get; set; }
public MainPage()
{
InitializeComponent();
LstEquipments = new ObservableCollection<Equipment>();
Equipment e3 = new Equipment();
e3["p1"] = "Val1";
e3["p2"] = "Val2";
e3["p3"] = "Val3";
e3["p4"] = "Val4";
e3["p5"] = "Val5";
e3["p6"] = "Val6";
e3["p7"] = "Val7";
Equipment e1 = new Equipment();
e1["p1"] = "Val1";
e1["p2"] = "Val2";
e1["p3"] = "Val3";
e1["p4"] = "Val4";
e1["p5"] = "Val5";
Equipment e2 = new Equipment();
e2["p1"] = "Val1";
e2["p2"] = "Val2";
e2["p3"] = "Val3";
e2["p4"] = "Val4";
e2["p5"] = "Val5";
e2["p6"] = "Val8";
LstEquipments.Add(e3);
LstEquipments.Add(e1);
LstEquipments.Add(e2);
BindToGrid(LstEquipments);
dgBonus.ItemsSource = LstEquipments;
}
private void BindToGrid(ObservableCollection<Equipment> lstequips)
{
List<string> grdHeaders = new List<string>();
grdHeaders = GenerateHeaders(LstEquipments);
foreach (var columnName in grdHeaders)
{
dgBonus.Columns.Add(
new DataGridTextColumn
{
Header = columnName,
Binding = new Binding()
{
Converter = new RowIndexConverter(),
ConverterParameter = columnName
}
});
}
}
private List<string> GenerateHeaders(ObservableCollection<Equipment> lstequips)
{
List<string> grdHeaders = new List<string>();
foreach (var equip in lstequips)
{
foreach (var prop in equip.Property(equip).Keys)
{
if (!grdHeaders.Contains(prop))
{
grdHeaders.Add(prop);
}
}
}
return grdHeaders;
}
public class RowIndexConverter:IValueConverter
{
public object Convert(object value, Type targetType,
object parameter, CultureInfo culture)
{
Equipment row = value as Equipment;
string index = parameter as string;
return row[index];
}
public object ConvertBack(object value, Type targetType,
object parameter, CultureInfo culture)
{
throw new NotImplementedException();
}
}
}
Hope this helps u....!!!!
Thank you!!
