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c#wpflistviewdata-binding
Trm
Trm

Reputation: 479

C# WPF Iterate through ListView items

I've been going nuts trying to find a solution to what seems like a simple problem. I am trying to find a way to Iterate through my ListView and get values.

I have a ListView with bindings which looks like this in xaml (simplified):

<ListView x:Name="MColumnsListXaml" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Height="Auto" Margin="0,42,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="Auto">
    <ListView.View>
        <GridView>
            <GridViewColumn Header="First Name" Width="Auto" DisplayMemberBinding="{Binding MColumnName}" />
            <GridViewColumn Header="Last Name" Width="Auto" DisplayMemberBinding="{Binding MColumnName2}" />
        </GridView>
    </ListView.View>
</ListView>

I declare bindings:

public class MandatoryColumns
{
    public string MColumnName { get; set; }
    public string MColumnName2 { get; set; }
}

Columns are populated by an event trigger which calls a method:

private void btnValidateColumns_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
    MandatoryOptionalColumnsList();
}
public void MandatoryOptionalColumnsList()
{
    List<MandatoryColumns> MColumnsList = new List<MandatoryColumns>();
    MColumnsList.Add(new MandatoryColumns() { MColumnName = "John", MColumnName2 = "Smith" });
    MColumnsList.Add(new MandatoryColumns() { MColumnName = "Jason", MColumnName2 = "Bell" });
    MColumnsListXaml.ItemsSource = MColumnsList;
}

Now I need to get information that is in the ListView and that's where I'm stuck. My intention is to extract a column in a ListView and cross check against another list. To get the values, I've tried foreach loop as per below:

public void test()
{
    foreach (var item in MColumnsListXaml.Items)
    {
        MessageBox.Show(MColumnsListXaml.ToString()); //MColumnsListXaml = {System.Windows.Controls.ListView Items.Count:2}
        MessageBox.Show(MColumnsListXaml.Items.ToString()); //MColumnsListXaml.Items = {System.Windows.Controls.ItemCollection}
        MessageBox.Show(item.ToString()); //item = {tutorialWpfApplication1.MandatoryColumns}
    }
}

In debugger I see item returns object {tutorialWpfApplication1.MandatoryColumns} and holds my needed information, but I can't find a way to access it. I tried to iterate item by making it dynamic, declare ListViewItem instead of `var and various solutions online, but everything always resulted in an exception error.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 7824

Answers (3)

WereGoingOcean
WereGoingOcean

Reputation: 108

If you cast item to the type MandatoryColumn you should be able access the values. As long as you know that every item in the list is of that type then you shouldn't get an exception when casting.

Upvotes: 1

Fruchtzwerg
Fruchtzwerg

Reputation: 11389

After you set the value of ItemsSource you also can get the value. So you can cast and use the list like

List<MandatoryColumns> items = (List<MandatoryColumns>)MColumnsListXaml.ItemsSource;
foreach (MandatoryColumns item in items)
{
    //Do some work with the MandatoryColumns item
}

Upvotes: 3

mm8
mm8

Reputation: 169160

Try this:

foreach (var item in MColumnsListXaml.Items.OfType<MandatoryColumns>())
{
    MessageBox.Show(item.MColumnName);
    MessageBox.Show(item.MColumnName2);
}

Upvotes: 5

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