Need help hooking up XML file to WPF DataGrid
Here's what I've done so far:
In my
App
class, I declare a newXmlDataProvider
and set the source to a valid XML file (whose Build Action is set to Content/Copy Always).public partial class App : Application { public App() { InitializeComponent(); var services = new XmlDataProvider(); services.Source = new Uri("pack://siteoforigin:,,,/Data/Services.xml"); // also tried an absolute path, but that made no difference var mainWindow = new MainWindow(); mainWindow.DataContext = new MainViewModel(services); mainWindow.Show(); } }
The
XmlDataProvider
gets passed into the ViewModel and gets assigned to theServices
property.I bind to the data like this:
<mwc:DataGrid ItemsSource="{Binding Services, XPath=//Services/*}"> <mwc:DataGrid.Columns> <mwc:DataGridTextColumn Binding="{Binding XPath=@name}" Header="Name" /> <mwc:DataGridTextColumn ... /> ... </mwc:DataGrid.Columns> </mwc:DataGrid>
The result:
The column headings of my DataGrid
show up, but there are no rows of data. It compiles and runs without any errors, but if I check my Output window, I see this:
BindingExpression with XPath cannot bind to non-XML object.;
XPath='//Services/开发者_运维问答*'
BindingExpression:Path=Services;
Can the XmlDataProvider only be used declaratively?
If I attempt to create the XmlDataProvider
declaratively in a ResourceDictionary
like this...
<XmlDataProvider
x:Key="Main_Services">
<x:XData>
<Services
xmlns="">
<Service
name="Test"
... />
<Service ... />
...
</Services>
</x:XData>
</XmlDataProvider>
...everything works fine (I get the expected rows in my DataGrid
). (Note that I just pasted the contents of the XML file between the <x:XData>
tags.)
If I try to set the Source
via C#, however, there doesn't seem to be any data in the XmlDataProvider
(literally, the Data
property is null).
It doesn't seem to make any difference whether I use a "pack URI" or an absolute path when I assign the Source
. I get no rows either way. I also tried calling the InitialLoad()
method after setting the source, but that made no difference either.
Questions:
- Is XmlDataProvider just the wrong tool for the job or am I doing something wrong?
- Can XmlDataProvider only be used declaratively?
- I know there is
XDocument
andXmlDocument
...should I be using one of those?
Declarative seems to be the way to go. This code works:
<XmlDataProvider
x:Key="Main_Services"
Source="pack://siteoforigin:,,,/Data/Services.xml">
</XmlDataProvider>
I have no idea why doing the same exact thing in C# fails, but I can live with this solution.
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