ChildWindow Positioning

Tue, 07 Jun 2011 11:23:52 +0000

Silverlight ChildWindow is centered over the parent control. I have extended ChildWindow to open it at a specific position.

Positioned ChildWindow

Here is a live demo : childwindow-positioning-demo

And here is the code :

public partial class ChildWindowEx : ChildWindow
{

 Point _pt = new Point(0,0);

 public ChildWindowEx()
 {
 InitializeComponent();
 }

 public ChildWindowEx(Point pt) : this()
 {
 _pt = pt;
 }

 protected override Size ArrangeOverride(Size finalSize)
 {
 Grid grid = Utils.FindChild(this, "ContentRoot");

 if (grid != null)
 {
 grid.Arrange(new Rect(_pt.X, _pt.Y, grid.DesiredSize.Width, grid.DesiredSize.Height));
 return finalSize;
 }

 return base.ArrangeOverride(finalSize);
 }
}

Visual Studio 2010 Solution : download

WPF - LINQ to SQL Sample

Fri, 07 Mar 2008 07:15:35 +0000

This exercise in binding a WPF ListView control with LINQ to SQL was a lot of fun ! The following image shows data from AdventureWorks sample database displayed in the ListView control. The end result is very admirable, even in this very basic demo. Feeling a complete sense of freedom is unavoidable when working with WPF.

This sample demonstrates :

LINQ to SQL mapping.
WPF ListView Control DataBinding.
Displaying images stored in database as varbinary in WPF control.

The sample code can be downloaded here : WPF-LINQ to SQL Sample License : Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.

Demo on Ash Tewari

ChildWindow Positioning

WPF - LINQ to SQL Sample