Question

I have an Entity Data Model-based app that uses SQL Server CE 3.5 as its data store.

Inside the database, I have some customers each of which has some orders. This is a simplified overview:

In my WPF Window, I inserted a DataGrid in which I would like to list all customers, with their name and address. Something like this:

So I wrote this XAML:

<DataGrid Grid.Row="0" Name="customersDataGrid" AutoGenerateColumns="False" CanUserResizeColumns="True" AllowDrop="True" Drop="Window_Drop" DragEnter="Window_DragEnter">
   <DataGrid.Columns>
       <DataGridTemplateColumn Header="Name" Width="Auto" IsReadOnly="True" />
       <DataGridTemplateColumn Header="Address" Width="Auto" IsReadOnly="True" />
   </DataGrid.Columns>
</DataGrid>

But now, how can I connect the column Name with the property Name of the customers in my data model?

Answer 1

As you are using DataGridTemplateColumn, you can put DataTemplate there.. (Note: you might not need “data:” prefix. )

 <data:DataGridTemplateColumn Header="Name">
        <data:DataGridTemplateColumn.CellTemplate>
            <DataTemplate>
                <TextBlock Text="{Binding Name}">
            </DataTemplate>
        </data:DataGridTemplateColumn.CellTemplate> 
        <data:DataGridTemplateColumn.CellEditingTemplate>
            <DataTemplate>
                <TextBox Text="{Binding Name}">
            </DataTemplate>
        </data:DataGridTemplateColumn.CellEditingTemplate> 
    </data:DataGridTemplateColumn>