[BigR1983]

So i am creating a recipe app, and am following a MVVM tutorial, and I have run into an issue.
I have a listbox that gets a list of recipes from a repository class, and when i select a recipe from the listbox, i want to populate a usercontrol with the details. My issue is in populating the usercontrol. I have a property ActiveRecipe

public Recipe ActiveRecipe 
{ 
    get 
    {
        return _activeRecipe; 
    }
    set 
    {
        _activeRecipe = value;
        RaisePropertyChanged("ActiveRecipe");
    } 
}

When an item is selected from the listbox, I call

public RecipeSearchResults SelectedRecipe
{
     get
     {
         return _selectedRecipe;
     }
     set
     {
         _selectedRecipe = value;
         RaisePropertyChanged("SelectedRecipe");
         RecordSelector(value);
     }
}

private void RecordSelector(RecipeSearchResults value)
{
      if (value == null) return;
      try
      {
          this.ActiveRecipe = _recipeRepository.GetById(value.Id);
      }
      catch (Exception)
      {
      }
}

I am binding in the control in the following manner

<TextBox Grid.Column="1" Grid.Row="0" Text="{Binding Path=ActiveRecipe.Name, Mode=TwoWay}" />

Is there something obvious that I am missing?
It seems like it should be working for me, but when I step through it, I never hit the get in the ActiveRecipe property.

[eclipsed4utoo]

Maybe I am missing it, but why do you have one object that populates the ListBox, but another object that you try to get from the information from the object in the ListBox? Why isn't it just one class, Recipe? Why have both Recipe and RecipeSearchResults. It would seem that the ListBox should be populated with a List<Recipe>, or ObservableCollection<Recipe>, or some other type of generic collection, and when the user selects from the ListBox, you simply change the ActiveRecipe in the ViewModel.

We need to see more XAML. Where are you setting the DataContext for the TextBox to get the information?

[BigR1983]

I was following an example that created a new object type for the items in the listbox. I think i know how I can rework it to use just the Recipe class.

The data context is set in the mainwindow.xaml file

<window.DataContext>
        <local:MainWindowViewModel />
</window.DataContext>

and i add my controls to this xaml file

<local:SearchView Grid.Row="1" Margin="6,6,3,6" />       
<local:DetailView Grid.Column="1" Grid.Row="1" Margin="3,6,6,6" />

[Frinavale]

Is the binding in your User Control depending on the DataContext of the user control?
If so, in the ActiveRecipe property's set block, set this.DataContext=_activeRecipe or value.

If the bindings of the controls in your User Control are not depending on the DataContext, then you will have to provide more code snippets for us to see how you are binding the controls in your User Control to the Recipe.


Aside: If you want to bind the user control to the selected recipe in the list, you have to change your ActiveRecipe property into a dependency property. You would have to implement a method that handles when the dependency property changes to set the DataContext of the user control. Or you need to change your bindings in the User Control to access the User Control's AcitveRecipe property.

This post has been edited by Frinavale: 11 April 2012 - 11:00 AM

[BigR1983]

Thanks for the tips, I will try them out tonight when I am home, and see what happens.

[BigR1983]

Changing the to have the list use the recipe class, and everything seems to be working now.

Thanks.