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PowerShell WPF XAML DataGrid control databinding datacontext example - Part 3

Earlier I wrote two articles regarding Powershell Wpf for DataBinding examples. In this article I will be using DataBinding to use with DataGrid control.

PowerShell WPF XAML simple data binding datacontext example - Part 1
PowerShell WPF XAML control to control data binding datacontext example - Part 2
PowerShell WPF XAML DataGrid control databinding datacontext example - Part 3

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Although I don't need to define any binding if I am planning to use simply PowerShell object directly into Datagrid as ItemSource. But with binding I get more power to manipulate data and below is the sample code for that.

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Add-Type -AssemblyName PresentationFramework

# Define data items in Json
$list = @'
[
    {
        "Name": "John Doe",
        "Age": "30"
    },
    {
        "Name": "Jane Smith",
        "Age": "25"
    },
    {
        "Name": "Bob Johnson",
        "Age": "40"
    }
]
'@

# Create sample data
$people = $list | ConvertFrom-Json

# Create XAML markup for the WPF application
$xaml = @"
        xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
        Title="DataGrid with Data Binding and DataTemplate Example" Height="300" Width="400">
    
        {Binding}" AutoGenerateColumns="False">
            
                Header="Name" Binding="{Binding Name}" Width="*"/>
                Header="Age">
                    
                        
                            Binding Age}" HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center"/>
                        
                    
                    
                        
                            Binding Age, UpdateSourceTrigger=PropertyChanged}" HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center"/>
                        
                    
                
            
        
    

"@

# Create a WPF XML reader and load the XAML markup
$reader = [System.Xml.XmlReader]::Create([System.IO.StringReader] $xaml)
$window = [Windows.Markup.XamlReader]::Load($reader)

# Set the data context for the DataGrid
$dataContext = $window.FindName('DataGrid')
$dataContext.ItemsSource = $people

# Show the window
$window.ShowDialog() | Out-Null



Add-Type -AssemblyName PresentationFramework

# Define a class for the data items
class Person {
    [string]$Name
    [int]$Age

    Person([string]$name, [int]$age) {
        $this.Name = $name
        $this.Age = $age
    }
}

# Create sample data
$people = @(
    [Person]::new('John Doe', 30),
    [Person]::new('Jane Smith', 25),
    [Person]::new('Bob Johnson', 40)
)

# Create a data source (ObservableCollection of PSObjects)
#$people = New-Object System.Collections.ObjectModel.ObservableCollection[PSObject]

# Add data to the data source
#$people.Add([PSCustomObject]@{ Name = "John Doe"; Age = 30 })
#$people.Add([PSCustomObject]@{ Name = "Jane Smith"; Age = 25 })

# Create XAML markup for the WPF application
$xaml = @"
        xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
        Title="DataGrid with Data Binding and DataTemplate Example" Height="300" Width="400">
    
        Binding}" AutoGenerateColumns="False">
            
                Header="Name" Binding="{Binding Name}" Width="*"/>
                Header="Age">
                    
                        
                            Binding Age}" HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center"/>
                        
                    
                
            
        
    

"@

# Create a WPF XML reader and load the XAML markup
$reader = [System.Xml.XmlReader]::Create([System.IO.StringReader] $xaml)
$window = [Windows.Markup.XamlReader]::Load($reader)

# Set the data context for the DataGrid
$dataContext = $window.FindName('DataGrid')
$dataContext.ItemsSource = $people

# Show the window
$window.ShowDialog() | Out-Null

#>

Download this code PowerShell_WPF_DataGrid_binding here, It is also available on github.com/janviudapi.

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