Binding InputPanel with DataTable

InputPanel supports data binding through data tables. You can create a data table using the standard DataTable class and bind it to the InputPanel control by setting the ItemsSource property.

Complete the following steps to bind InputPanel to data through data table.

1. Set up the application

2. Create a data table to bind with InputPanel

3. Bind the data table to InputPanel

Set up the application

1. Create a WPF application.

2. Add the InputPanel control and name it InPanel.

Create a data table to bind with InputPanel

1. Add a new class, Employee, to the application.

2. Add the following import statement.

   Imports System.Data

   using System.Data;

3. Create an object, employee, of DataTable class.

   'Create a data table
   Private _employees As DataTable = Nothing

   //Create a data table
   private DataTable employees = null;

4. Add data fields to be added in the table.

   'Add data fields 
   Shared _rnd As New Random()
   Shared _firstNames As String() = "Andy|Ben|Charlie|Dan|Ed|Fred|Gil".Split("|"c)
   Shared _lastNames As String() = "Ambers|Bishop|Cole|Danson|Evers|Trask|Ulam".Split("|"c)
   Shared _countries As String() = "China|India|United States|Japan|Myanmar".Split("|"c)

   //Add data fields 
   static Random _rnd = new Random();
   static string[] _firstNames = "Andy|Ben|Charlie|Dan|Ed|Fred|Gil".Split('|');
   static string[] _lastNames = "Ambers|Bishop|Cole|Danson|Evers|Trask|Ulam".Split('|');
   static string[] _countries = "China|India|United States|Japan|Myanmar".Split('|');

5. Add class definition to assign fields to the data table.

   'Initialize data table
   Public ReadOnly Property Employees() As DataTable
       Get
           If _employees Is Nothing Then
               _employees = New DataTable("Employees")
               _employees.Columns.Add("ID", System.Type.[GetType]("System.String"))
               _employees.Columns.Add("FirstName", System.Type.[GetType]("System.String"))
               _employees.Columns.Add("LastName", System.Type.[GetType]("System.String"))
               _employees.Columns.Add("Countries", System.Type.[GetType]("System.String"))
               _employees.Columns.Add("BirthDate", System.Type.[GetType]("System.DateTime"))
               For row As Integer = 0 To 9
                   Dim dRow As DataRow = _employees.NewRow()
                   dRow("ID") = _rnd.[Next](100000, 999999).ToString()
                   dRow("FirstName") = _firstNames(_rnd.[Next](_firstNames.Length))
                   dRow("LastName") = _lastNames(_rnd.[Next](_lastNames.Length))
                   dRow("Countries") = _countries(_rnd.[Next](_countries.Length))
                   dRow("BirthDate") =
                       DateTime.Today.AddDays(-_rnd.[Next](1, 365))
                   _employees.Rows.Add(dRow)
               Next
           End If
           Return _employees
       End Get
   End Property

   //Initialize data table
   public DataTable Employees
   {
       get
       {
           if (employees == null)
           {
               employees = new DataTable("Employees");
               employees.Columns.Add("ID", 
                   System.Type.GetType("System.String"));
               employees.Columns.Add("FirstName", 
                   System.Type.GetType("System.String"));
               employees.Columns.Add("LastName", 
                   System.Type.GetType("System.String"));
               employees.Columns.Add("Countries", 
                   System.Type.GetType("System.String"));
               employees.Columns.Add("BirthDate", 
                   System.Type.GetType("System.DateTime"));
               for (int row = 0; row < 10; row++)
               {
                   DataRow dRow = employees.NewRow();
                   dRow["ID"] = _rnd.Next(100000, 999999).ToString();
                   dRow["FirstName"] = _firstNames[_rnd.Next(_firstNames.Length)];
                   dRow["LastName"] = _lastNames[_rnd.Next(_lastNames.Length)];
                   dRow["Countries"] = _countries[_rnd.Next(_countries.Length)]; ;
                   dRow["BirthDate"] = DateTime.Today.AddDays(-_rnd.Next(1, 365));
                   employees.Rows.Add(dRow);
               }
           }
           return employees;
       }
   }

Bind the data table to InputPanel

1. Set the ItemsSource property in XAML view to bind InputPanel with the data table.

   <c1:C1InputPanel Name="InPanel" ItemsSource="{Binding Employees}"/>

2. Switch to the MainWindow.xaml.cs file and set the DataContext property.

   'Set data context
   Me.DataContext = New EmployeeDataContext()

   //Set data context
   this.DataContext = new Employee();