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Iterating through objects in C# by changing their name [closed]

got a question and I hope you guys can help a bit. Lets say I have 20 objecs of type TextBox and their names are: txt_hi1, txt_hi2, ...., txt_hi20; is there a way to go through all these objects in ...
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What the best way to wire up Entity Framework database context (model) to ViewModel in MVVM WPF? [migrated]

As in the question above: What the best way to wire up Entity Framework database model (context) to viewModel in MVVM (WPF)? I am learning MVVM pattern in WPF, alot of examples shows how to implement ...
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Enabling discard pending changes on DbContext

This code review request is tightly coupled with this SO question, this is the solution I implemented to solve the problem being asked about there. All my ViewModels get constructor-injected with a ...
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ListView MultiSelect, MVVM and RoutedCommands

As far as I know (and I don't claim to know much about this!), direct binding to ListView.SelectedItems isn't possible in WPF. I've seen work-arounds involving code-behind which I'm not too crazy ...
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Datagrid cell won't become editable [migrated]

I have a Datagrid with 5 columns. When I change a cell's value in the grid in, say, Column 2, I want to populate a listview with some products in Textbox_changed event. My XAML is: <my:DataGrid ...
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Is this an effective way of populating a datagrid of comboboxes

The goal is to have a DataGrid of comboboxes, 10 rows, 3 columns. Here's the XAML to create said grid: <DataGrid Name="grid1" AutoGenerateColumns="False"> <DataGrid.Columns> ...
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How best to implement a POCO editor which is split over a number of TabItems?

I am currently working on a project which uses the MVVM pattern. I have a POCO which I want to present in an editor and, because the object is composed from a number of smaller, reusable POCOs, I ...
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Filtered wpf textbox

I am tring to make a texbox which filters user input to match specified type, so i can discard some of my validation logic. For example, if i specify ushort i want my textbox to only accept text ...
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WPF Localisation - using resx

I have a small WPF application which I'm not exactly localizing, but not hard-coding resources either. I know WPF doesn't use .resx files for that purpose, but I exposed the resource strings as public ...
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WPF circle and line drawer solution

I've created a WPF program which can draw lines and circles on a canvas. It works well, but I don't think it's the best solution. How can I make it work better? How would you create this program? ...
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Can this reactive code be improved?

I have a view model that I'm migrating to RxUI. It exposes a collection of brokers along with a bool indicating whether there is a market (ie. at least one broker). In addition, it has a property for ...
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WPF Single Instance Best Practices

This is the code I implemented so far to create a single instance WPF application: #region Using Directives using System; using System.Globalization; using System.Reflection; using System.Threading; ...
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Performance of WPF datagrid when using DataGridTemplateColumn

I am using DataGrid to show storagehouse occupancy (Occupied-Show Image With a box, Not Occupied-Show Empty Image). In DataGrid I am using DataGridTemplateColumn to override the Images. My Main Form ...
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Does my code conform to modern conventions?

I've spent a few days making the transition from WinForms to WPF, and do not have much time for tutorials as the work needs to be done quickly. I was wondering if anyone could take a look at a sample ...
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MVVM notification messages

I have been looking at a couple of different approaches on how I can notify the UI about messages coming from the ViewModel, and wanted to see if this seemed appropriate or if it is too coupled. (We ...
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improve code for delayed dispatcher invoke

I knocked this up quickly to allow delayed Invoke on the dispacther, along with canceling the existing invocation and replacing with a new one, this allows throttling an action. public static class ...
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C# based IRC application (with WPF as UI)

I would like to know how I could improve my C# project. I'm not really sure whether or not I'm allowed to just post a link to the Google Code project here, so sorry if it's not allowed, I'll edit my ...
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Is nesting grids a good idea?

I find myself nesting a lot of grids inside grids in WPF. I just found myself 3 Grids deep, and stopped to think: "Should I be doing this?" Is there some kind of performance cost? Is it ...
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Continues If statements

I have a program where it takes the students name and last name and score and saves it. When checking to see if a textbox has information in it, I use ALOT of If statements. Is there a cleaner way to ...
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Putting items next to each other

So I want to put some text next to it's lable. (both of which are text blocks - which are faster than lables as I understand it) The best way i've found for doing this is a strack panel. So I have, ...
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Image Proccessing Optmization?

I'm using Winforms C# .net 3.5. I'm getting frames and this is hiwo i handle them: delegate void videoStream_NewFrameDelegate(object sender, NewFrameEventArgs eventArgs); public void ...
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Helper methods for working with the WPF Dispatcher

I've written the following small helper class for use in my WPF applications. It comes up from time to time that I need to display message boxes, or otherwise interact with the UI from a non UI ...
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How can I improve this code about categories and subcategories?

This is the the code what I'm using. I'm working on LINQ TO SQL and I'm using this model in my program: ...
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Can someone help me to improve this code?

Here is the project which currently I'm working. http://www.megaupload.com/?d=NGJWS9C3 Sorry guys if the code is a mess. I'm a beginner, I'm still learning from you, and for that reason, I need a ...
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Can I improve this code using delegates?

I guess I might use delegates. But I'm not certain if I can apply for it. Sorry if the code is a mess. I'm a beginner and am still learning. For that reason, I need a little of help to improve ...
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Trying to un-hack this DataTemplateSelector

I'm trying to emulate the default behavior of an ItemsControl in a ContentControl--Bind Content to an object property and use the correct DataTemplate based on that object's type. I've tried to ...
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Request of Code Review of my first WPF MVVM attempt

I needed to write code in WPF for a client. The application is done with prism (not my decision, they already had people working on it), so I got a sparkling clean new module to work in. Since this ...
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WPF MVVM confusion

I have been trying to wrap my head around mvvm for the last week or more and still struggling a bit. I have watched Jason Dolingers MVVM video and gone through Reed Copsey lessons and still find ...
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Custom UIElement Animations

Having fancy animations in WPF is quite nice so i tried to implement a generic fading animation for UIElements which i use for the Popups in my application. I was wondering if there was anything wrong ...
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Refactor code for usability

I need help to refactor my code. I usually had a hard time figuring out how to make my code reusable. I have an XML file that hold the data for each Tag element. Tag element should have child nodes ...
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MVVM, WPF Ribbon V4, with Prism

This weekend I've been having one heck of a time getting WPF Ribbon v4 working with MVVM and Prism (using unity). After much trial and error, I believe I have it working. I was hoping someone could ...
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Animating the color of a line in WPF

I'm thinking about how to do a color transition for a line in WPF. I'm looking for this to be as simple and succinct as possible, and also the "correct" way in the WPF world. This is what I have, ...