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22.11.10

Code Snippets in C# and Why my TwoWay Bindings are not working?

Well, regarding to the problem with the TwoWay binding, today I’ve learnt that they don’t work magically; each property should implement the Property Change Notification, the INotifyPropertyChanged. It’s not that complex, It takes a little more time to declare the property this way (by the way, you have it perfectly explained here) and this leads us to the Code Snippets thing.

Creating code snippets is one of those things I’ve left to learn later a lot of times… until today that I had to create an object with more than thirty properties launching the PropertyChanged event and I couldn’t delay it further.
To increase my productivity I have wasted a little of time and I have created a code snippet for the properties implementing the INotifyPropertyChanged. I’ve called it propNot I’m this creative, I can’t help it
To do so, in Visual Studio, I went to Tools and from there to Code Snippets Manager. There I chose C# and then I copied the address of the My Code Snippets folder.

I created a .snippet file on that folder with this content
<CodeSnippets  xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/2005/CodeSnippet">
 <CodeSnippet Format="1.0.0">
  <Header>
   <Title>propNot</Title>
   <Shortcut>propNot</Shortcut>
   <Description>Code snippet for properties with NotifyPropertyChanged</Description>
   <Author>Chan</Author>
   <SnippetTypes>
    <SnippetType>Expansion</SnippetType>
    <SnippetType>SurroundsWith</SnippetType>
   </SnippetTypes>
  </Header>
  <Snippet>
   <Declarations>
    <Literal>
     <ID>privName</ID>
     <Default>privName</Default>
     <ToolTip>Private name of the property</ToolTip>
    </Literal>
    <Literal>
     <ID>pubName</ID>
     <Default>pubName</Default>
     <ToolTip>Public name of the property</ToolTip>
    </Literal>
    <Literal>
     <ID>type</ID>
     <Default>string</Default>
     <ToolTip>Type of the property</ToolTip>
    </Literal>
   </Declarations>
   <Code Language="csharp"><![CDATA[private $type$ $privName$;
        
    public $type$ $pubName$
    {
     get { return $privName$; }

     set
     {
      $privName$ = value;
      // Call NotifyPropertyChanged when the property is updated
      NotifyPropertyChanged("$pubName$");
     }
    }]]>
   </Code>
  </Snippet>
 </CodeSnippet>
</CodeSnippets>
It’s tested and working, both the TwoWay binding and the Code Snippet.

Now that I know how to do them I think I’ll do them really usually. --EDIT-- I lied, I don't do them that usually because I am VERY lazy, but I do use this other snippet a lot:
<CodeSnippets  xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/2005/CodeSnippet">
 <CodeSnippet Format="1.0.0">
  <Header>
   <Title>INotify region with the necessary methods to implement the interface</Title>
   <Shortcut>inotifyregion</Shortcut>
   <Description>Creates region with the necessary methods to implement the interface INotifyPropertyChanged</Description>
   <Author>Jose Sanchez</Author>
   <SnippetTypes>
    <SnippetType>Expansion</SnippetType>
    <SnippetType>SurroundsWith</SnippetType>
   </SnippetTypes>
  </Header>
  <Snippet>
   <Declarations />
   <Code Language="csharp"><![CDATA[#region INotifyMethods
        // Declare the event
        public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;

        // Create the OnPropertyChanged method to raise the event
        protected void NotifyPropertyChanged(string name)
        {
            PropertyChangedEventHandler handler = PropertyChanged;
            if (handler != null)
            {
                handler(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(name));
            }
        }
        #endregion]]>
   </Code>
  </Snippet>
 </CodeSnippet>
</CodeSnippets>

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9.11.10

Changing the NewValue in the PropertyChangedCallback

I don't usually write about Silverlight, this is for two main reasons, first because there's a lot of information in a lot of blogs and second because I don't work that much with Silverlight so I don't find that much problems. It was perfect until I really knew it, same as many other things...


Lately I'm using a lot this technology so new to me and already outdated for Microsoft and doubts are arising i.e. the one in today's post.

I was creating a new button to add it to a DataGrid as a DataGridTemplateColumn and I needed to create a DependencyProperty to bind it, everything very straightforward so far, but in the last moment when I was seen myself victorious I found a problem. If the property (an URL in this case) is not valid, How can I change the NewValue in the PropertyChangedCallback?

The trick is to call SetValue, that doesn't trigger the event; otherwise we'll get an infinite loop. It'll be something like this:

public string CommentsURL
{
    get { return (string)GetValue(CommentsURLProperty); }
    set { SetValue(CommentsURLProperty, value); }
}

public static readonly DependencyProperty CommentsURLProperty =
    DependencyProperty.Register("CommentsURL", typeof(string), typeof(ButtonComments),
    new PropertyMetadata(new PropertyChangedCallback(ChangedURL)));

private static void ChangedURL(DependencyObject d, DependencyPropertyChangedEventArgs e)
{
    try
    {
        string url = e.NewValue.ToString().Split(',')[0];
        new Uri(url);
        d.SetValue(e.Property, url);

        (d as ButtonComments).IsEnabled = true;
    }
    catch
    {
        (d as ButtonComments).IsEnabled = false;
    }
}
Note the refinement of the code, always avoiding the exceptions before they occur.


In the end, if someone feels curious about the result, the wepbart ended like this:



"Intellectuals solve problems; geniuses prevent them."

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