Vista - Binding(string path) - what is the syntax for the path?

Hi all,

Continuing in my quest to build a custom control for a databound grid in
WPF, I'm at the point where I'm trying to get each cell to recognize
which piece of data in the DataTable it is bound to. Using the code
that had come in the WinFX SDK DataGrid as an example, it looks
something like this:

Binding b = new Binding(".[" + rowCount + "][" + columnCount + "]");
b.Mode = BindingMode.TwoWay;
b.Source = this.DataView;
tb.SetBinding(FrameworkElement.DataContextProperty, b);

tb here is a TextBox representing that individual cell. Is the syntax
of the string being passed to the binding constructor correct here? I
ask because it doesn't seem to work. When connecting my grid to a
DataView object containing a DataTable, nothing appears in the TextBoxes
on display.

Thanks,
Jason

Jason Dolinger wrote:
> ...
> which piece of data in the DataTable it is bound to. Using the code
> that had come in the WinFX SDK DataGrid as an example...

Jason, can you point me on where to find this??

thanks
Florian

Florian Kruesch wrote:
> Jason Dolinger wrote:
>
>> ...
>> which piece of data in the DataTable it is bound to. Using the code
>> that had come in the WinFX SDK DataGrid as an example...
>
>
> Jason, can you point me on where to find this??
>
> thanks
> Florian

Hi Florian,

This originally came as part of the WinFX SDK, which I'd never had.
It's still buried in with the samples that came with the November CTP of
WinFX. To access these, bring up the Windows SDK documentation (From
your Start menu, "Microsoft Windows SDK" -> "Windows SDK Documentation."
Then in the documentation browser, drill down the following path: WinFX
Development -> Samples -> Windows Presentation Foundation Samples ->
Application Samples -> Data Grid Demo.

Now, I've got to warn you, this sample in no way compiles or runs on the
November CTP, it's a big mess. I've got a previous thread in this group
("DataGrid sample in WinFX SDK" started on 12/5/2005, where Tina Tam
mentions that the grid is quite broken and they've removed it from any
online WinFX documentation (which was my first frustration). So I'm
just using it as a model to implement my own grid.

Good luck!
Jason