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Understanding Commands in WPF: A Cleaner Alternative to Button Click Events

Many WPF developers start by using Button Click events for handling user actions. At first, this seems simple and straightforward. But very soon, the code-behind file becomes huge , and maintaining it turns into a challenge. One big problem arises: when the logic changes, the button does not enable or disable automatically , and testing button click logic becomes very difficult. So the big question is: Is there a better way to handle button actions in WPF? The answer is Commands . In this post, we’ll learn how to use Commands in WPF with a simple, practical example. We’ll cover: What a Command is How it works Why using Commands is better than Click events How buttons can automatically enable or disable based on conditions What is a Command in WPF? In WPF, a Command acts as a middle layer between the UI and your logic. Instead of the button directly calling a method, it triggers a Command , and the Command decides: What code should run Whether the button s...
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How to edit selected row of DataGrid and add the new row to DataGrid

MainWindow.xaml <Window x:Class="WpfEx.Views.MainWindow"        xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"        xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"        xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"        xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"        xmlns:local="clr-namespace:WpfEx"        mc:Ignorable="d">   <StackPanel> <DataGrid ItemsSource="{Binding LstStudents}" SelectedItem="{Binding SelectedStudent}" AutoGenerateColumns="False" Height="200" Width="200" HorizontalAlignment="Left">            <DataGrid.Columns>                <DataGridTextColumn Header="Name" Binding="{Binding Name}"/>                <Data...
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How to show xml data in DataGrid?

XMLData.xml < Students >   < Student >     < Roll > 1 </ Roll >     < Name > Kumar </ Name >   </ Student >   < Student >     < Roll > 2 </ Roll >     < Name > Harsh </ Name >   </ Student > </ Students > Create a class for xml data public   partial   class   Student     {          public   int  Roll {  get ;  set ; }                          public   string  Name {  get ;  set ; }     } Code To get data from xml file XmlSerializer serializer =  new  XmlSerializer( typeof ( ObservableCollection<Student>) ,  new XmlRootA...
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Validation By Exception (Display Error message by ToolTip) in Wpf using MVVM

View <Window x:Class="WpfPrismTutorial.Views.MainWindow"         xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"         xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"         xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"         xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"         xmlns:local="clr-namespace:WpfPrismTutorial"         mc:Ignorable="d"         prism:ViewModelLocator.AutoWireViewModel="True"         xmlns:prism="http://prismlibrary.com/"         xmlns:valid="clr-namespace:WpfPrismTutorial.Validations"         Title="MainWindow" Height="450" Width="800">     <Grid VerticalAlignment="Center" HorizontalAlignment="Left">               ...
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Validation By ValidationRule in Wpf using MVVM

View <Window x:Class="WpfPrismTutorial.Views.MainWindow"         xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"         xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"         xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"         xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"         xmlns:local="clr-namespace:WpfPrismTutorial"         mc:Ignorable="d"         prism:ViewModelLocator.AutoWireViewModel="True"         xmlns:prism="http://prismlibrary.com/"         xmlns:valid="clr-namespace:WpfPrismTutorial.Validations"         Title="MainWindow" Height="450" Width="800">     <Window.Resources>         <ControlTemplate x:Key=" errorTemplate ">       ...
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Validation By IDataErrorInfo in Wpf using MVVM

<Window x:Class="WpfPrismTutorial.Views.MainWindow"         xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"         xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"         xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"         xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"         xmlns:local="clr-namespace:WpfPrismTutorial"         mc:Ignorable="d"         prism:ViewModelLocator.AutoWireViewModel="True"         xmlns:prism="http://prismlibrary.com/"         xmlns:valid="clr-namespace:WpfPrismTutorial.Validations"         Title="MainWindow" Height="450" Width="800">     <Window.Resources>         <ControlTemplate x:Key=" errorTemplate ">       ...
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