Jan 23

Silverlight Telerik Editable GridView with MVVM – Part 2

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Twitt

This is the continuation from Part 1 where I walked through creating my Model. The next step is to create a View and a View Model. There should only be one View Model per View. I will try to take advantage of xaml binding where possible.

Following is my View Model.

View Model
  1. Imports System.Collections.ObjectModel
  2. Imports System.ComponentModel
  3.  
  4. Public Class EmployeeMaintenanceViewModel
  5.     Implements INotifyPropertyChanged
  6.  
  7.     Public Event PropertyChanged( _
  8.             ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.ComponentModel.PropertyChangedEventArgs) Implements System.ComponentModel.INotifyPropertyChanged.PropertyChanged
  9.  
  10.     Protected Sub NotifyPropertyChanged(ByVal propertyName As String)
  11.         RaiseEvent PropertyChanged(Me, New PropertyChangedEventArgs(propertyName))
  12.     End Sub
  13.  
  14. #Region "Private Members"
  15.  
  16.     Private _employeeGateway As EmployeeGateway
  17.     Private _currentRowCache As EmployeeModel
  18.     Private _employeeList As ObservableCollection(Of EmployeeModel) =  _
  19.             New ObservableCollection(Of EmployeeModel)
  20.  
  21. #End Region
  22.  
  23. #Region "Constructors"
  24.  
  25.     Public Sub New()
  26.  
  27.     End Sub
  28.  
  29. #End Region
  30.  
  31. #Region "Properties"
  32.  
  33.     Public Property CurrentRowCache() As EmployeeModel
  34.         Get
  35.             Return _currentRowCache
  36.         End Get
  37.         Set(ByVal value As EmployeeModel)
  38.             _currentRowCache = value
  39.         End Set
  40.     End Property
  41.  
  42.     Public Property EmployeeList() As ObservableCollection(Of EmployeeModel)
  43.         Get
  44.             Return _employeeList
  45.         End Get
  46.         Set(ByVal value As ObservableCollection(Of EmployeeModel))
  47.             _employeeList = value
  48.         End Set
  49.     End Property
  50.  
  51. #End Region
  52.  
  53. #Region "Public Methods"
  54.  
  55.     'use WCF to load all employees.
  56.     Public Sub Load()
  57.         'clear the list prior to loading.
  58.         EmployeeList.Clear()
  59.  
  60.         _employeeGateway = New EmployeeGateway()
  61.         _employeeGateway.FindAllEmployees(AddressOf OnEmployeesLoaded)
  62.  
  63.     End Sub
  64.  
  65.     Public Function GetNewEmployee() As EmployeeModel
  66.         Dim emp As New EmployeeModel()
  67.  
  68.         'default to active, set uniqueId to map employee back
  69.         'when returned from a save
  70.         emp.IsActive = True
  71.         emp.UniqueId = Guid.NewGuid
  72.         Return emp
  73.     End Function
  74.  
  75.     Public Sub UpdateEmployee(ByVal emp As EmployeeModel)
  76.         emp.IsModified = True
  77.         SaveEmployee(emp)
  78.     End Sub
  79.  
  80.     Public Sub DeleteEmployee(ByVal id As Integer)
  81.         Dim emp As EmployeeModel = EmployeeList.Where(Function(x) x.Id = id).SingleOrDefault()
  82.         If id > 0 Then
  83.             emp.IsDeleted = True
  84.             SaveEmployee(emp)
  85.         Else
  86.             EmployeeList.Remove(emp)
  87.         End If
  88.  
  89.     End Sub
  90.  
  91.     'in a case of a cancel edit, i reload employee with the values stored in the
  92.     'row cache before edit.
  93.     Public Sub ReloadEmployeeFromCache(ByVal emp As EmployeeModel)
  94.         If CurrentRowCache Is Nothing Then
  95.             Exit Sub
  96.         End If
  97.  
  98.         With emp
  99.             .IsActive = CurrentRowCache.IsActive
  100.             .FirstName = CurrentRowCache.FirstName
  101.             .LastName = CurrentRowCache.LastName
  102.         End With
  103.     End Sub
  104.  
  105. #End Region
  106.  
  107. #Region "Private Methods"
  108.  
  109.     'Call WCF to save employee
  110.     Private Sub SaveEmployee(ByVal emp As EmployeeModel)
  111.         _employeeGateway = New EmployeeGateway()
  112.         _lookupGateway.SaveEmployee(AddressOf OnEmployeeSaved, emp)
  113.     End Sub
  114.  
  115.     Private Sub UpdateRecord(ByVal updatedEmployee As EmployeeModel)
  116.         Dim emp As EmployeeModel
  117.  
  118.         'if uniqueId is not Guid.Empty, it's a new add, use the guid to find it in the list.
  119.         If updatedEmployee.UniqueId <> Guid.Empty Then
  120.             emp = EmployeeList.Where(Function(l) l.UniqueId = _
  121.                                          updatedEmployee.UniqueId).SingleOrDefault
  122.         Else
  123.             emp = EmployeeList.Where(Function(l) l.Id = _
  124.                                          updatedEmployee.Id).SingleOrDefault
  125.         End If
  126.  
  127.         'check if employee was found
  128.         If emp IsNot Nothing Then
  129.             If updatedEmployee.IsDeleted Then
  130.                 EmployeeList.Remove(emp)
  131.             Else
  132.                 'This data will be updated on the grid since I implemented
  133.                 'INotifiyPropertyChanged interface on my Model.
  134.                 With emp
  135.                     .Id = updatedEmployee.Id
  136.                     .FirstName = updatedEmployee.FirstName
  137.                     .LastName = updatedEmployee.LastName
  138.                     .IsActive = updatedEmployee.IsActive
  139.                 End With
  140.             End If
  141.         End If
  142.     End Sub
  143.  
  144. #End Region
  145.  
  146. #Region "Event Handlers"
  147.  
  148.     Private Sub OnEmployeesLoaded(ByVal employees As ObservableCollection(Of EmployeeModel))
  149.  
  150.         'each employee must be added to the observable collection so that
  151.         'it is reflected on the Grid.
  152.         For Each emp As EmployeeModel In employees
  153.             EmployeeList.Add(emp)
  154.         Next
  155.  
  156.     End Sub
  157.  
  158.     Public Sub OnEmployeeSaved(ByVal updatedEmployee As EmployeeModel)
  159.         If updatedEmployee IsNot Nothing Then
  160.             UpdateRecord(updatedEmployee)
  161.         End If
  162.     End Sub
  163.  
  164. #End Region
  165.  
  166. End Class

Review the comments in the code snippet for explanation. The goal is to place all the logic specific to UI in the View Model. The View Model should not be accessing any controls directly. The View knows about the View Model, but the View Model does not have a reference back to the View. The View Model basically bridges the gap between the View and the Model.

The View code behind will access controls in a case where direct binding is not available, but any logic should still be placed in the View Model. The View code behind will generaly handle events and make calls to the View Model. I will cover that in Part 3 of the post.

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Jan 23

Silverlight Telerik Editable GridView with MVVM – Part 1

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Twitt

Over last few days I’ve been working with the Telerik GridView control in a Silverligt 3 project. The goal was to implement an editable grid using MVVM (Model-View-View Model) pattern. A user must be able to Add/Edit/Delete rows from the grid.

I will be using the Telekik controls version 2009.3.1208.1030

I will start by creating my Model.

Model
  1. Imports System.Globalization
  2. Imports System.ComponentModel
  3. Imports System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations
  4.  
  5. Public Class EmployeeModel
  6.     Implements INotifyPropertyChanged
  7.  
  8.     Public Sub New()
  9.  
  10.     End Sub
  11.  
  12.     Public Sub New()
  13.         ._isModified = False
  14.         ._isDeleted = False
  15.         ._isNew = False
  16.     End Sub
  17.  
  18.     Public Event PropertyChanged(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.ComponentModel.PropertyChangedEventArgs) Implements System.ComponentModel.INotifyPropertyChanged.PropertyChanged
  19.  
  20.     Protected Sub NotifyPropertyChanged(ByVal propertyName As String)
  21.         RaiseEvent PropertyChanged(Me, New PropertyChangedEventArgs(propertyName))
  22.     End Sub
  23.  
  24.     Private _isModified As Boolean
  25.     Public Property IsModified() As Boolean
  26.         Get
  27.             Return (_isModified)
  28.         End Get
  29.         Set(ByVal value As Boolean)
  30.             _isModified = value
  31.             NotifyPropertyChanged("IsModified")
  32.         End Set
  33.     End Property
  34.  
  35.     Private _isDeleted As Boolean
  36.     Public Property IsDeleted() As Boolean
  37.         Get
  38.             Return _isDeleted
  39.         End Get
  40.         Set(ByVal value As Boolean)
  41.             _isDeleted = value
  42.             NotifyPropertyChanged("IsDeleted")
  43.         End Set
  44.     End Property
  45.  
  46.     Private _id As Integer
  47.     Public Property Id() As Integer
  48.         Get
  49.             Return _id
  50.         End Get
  51.         Set(ByVal value As Integer)
  52.             _id = value
  53.             NotifyPropertyChanged("Id")
  54.         End Set
  55.     End Property
  56.  
  57.     Private _firstName As String
  58.  
  59.     <Required(ErrorMessage:="First Name is Required.")> _
  60.     <StringLength(15, ErrorMessage:="First Name cannot be greater than 15 characters.")> _
  61.     Public Property FirstName() As String
  62.         Get
  63.             Return _firstName
  64.         End Get
  65.         Set(ByVal value As String)
  66.             _firstName = value
  67.             NotifyPropertyChanged("FirstName")
  68.         End Set
  69.     End Property
  70.  
  71.     Private _lastName As String
  72.  
  73.     <Required(ErrorMessage:="Last Name is Required.")> _
  74.     <StringLength(20, ErrorMessage:="Last Name cannot be greater than 20 characters.")> _
  75.     Public Property LastName() As String
  76.         Get
  77.             Return _lastName
  78.         End Get
  79.         Set(ByVal value As String)
  80.             _lastName = value
  81.             NotifyPropertyChanged("LastName")
  82.         End Set
  83.     End Property
  84.  
  85.     Private _uniqueId As Guid
  86.     Public Property UniqueId() As Guid
  87.         Get
  88.             Return _uniqueId
  89.         End Get
  90.         Set(ByVal value As Guid)
  91.             _uniqueId = value
  92.             NotifyPropertyChanged("UniqueId")
  93.         End Set
  94.     End Property
  95.  
  96.     Private _isActive As Boolean
  97.     Public Property IsActive() As Boolean
  98.         Get
  99.             Return _isActive
  100.         End Get
  101.         Set(ByVal value As Boolean)
  102.             _isActive = value
  103.             NotifyPropertyChanged("IsActive")
  104.         End Set
  105.     End Property
  106.  
  107.     Public Function Clone() As EmployeeModel
  108.         Return New EmployeeModel With { _
  109.         .Id = Id, _
  110.         .FirstName = FirstName, _
  111.         .LastName = LastName, _
  112.         .IsActive = IsActive, _
  113.         .UniqueId = UniqueId}
  114.     End Function
  115.  
  116. End Class


I added validation directly to my model for the First Name and Last Name using Attributes. I also implemented System.ComponentModel.INotifyPropertyChanged to notify my view when a property changes.

In Part 2 of the post I will go through creating a View Model.

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Jan 09

ReadOnly TextBox when Converting from .Net 1.1

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Twitt

I recently had to upgrade an ASP .net 1.1 solution to .net 3.5.  The website had a form where a user had an option to upload a file.

File Upload

The ‘File Name’ is a read only textbox.

  1. <asp:TextBox runat="server" ID="txtFileName" ReadOnly="true" />

When the ‘Upload’ button is clicked, a pop-up displays for the user to upload a file.  The ‘File Name’ texbox on the main form is populated with the selected file name path via javascript.  The problem occurs when the main form is saved, the new textbox value was not accessible in the code behind.  Since the ‘File Name’ textbox is read only, any client side changes to the textbox value is not persisted in the ViewState.  This was put in as a security measure  starting in .net 2.0.

To get around this issue, remove the ReadOnly attribute from the textbox and add the readonly attribute in code.

  1. txtFileName.Attributes.Add("readonly", "readonly")

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