Question

I want to add a column programatically to my datagrid and bind it.

I have tried following examples on the web but cant get the data do be displayed.

I did have it working with columns declared in the xaml.

Here is the datagrid Xaml declaration:

<DataGrid Grid.Row="0" x:Name="dtgMain" AutoGenerateColumns="False" ItemsSource="{Binding}" RowHeight="25" SizeChanged="dtgMain_SizeChanged"></DataGrid>

Here is where I set the datacontext for the datagrid:

System.Xml.XmlDocument doc = new System.Xml.XmlDocument();
                doc.LoadXml(response);
                provider.Document = doc;
                provider.XPath = "/moo/response/data/load/panel";
                dtgMain.DataContext = provider;

Here is where I add the column:

DataGridTextColumn dc = new DataGridTextColumn();
            dc.Binding = new Binding("panelCode");
            dc.Header = "Job Number";
            dtgMain.Columns.Add(dc);

And here is an example of the xml:

<moo>
  <response>
    <data>
      <load count="2">true
        <panel index="10">
          <panelCode>100072
          </panelCode>
        </panel>
      </load>
    </data>
  </response>
</moo>

Answer 1

Your column binding is not using XPath when it should it seems to me.

dc.Binding = new Binding() { XPath = "panelCode" };