Using The Silverlight DataGrid

核心提示： This is a little better, but so far this could be done with a ListBox.Lets add some more complicated data so that we actually need to use a Data

This is a little better, but so far this could be done with a ListBox.　Lets add some more complicated data so that we actually need to use a DataGrid.

Add a new class to your Silverlight project (not the Web project) and name it "Data".

Then add a few properties to bind to.

C#

If you are using C#, you can use the great 3.0 Automatic Properties feature.

public class Data
{
　　public string FirstName { get; set; }
　　public string LastName { get; set; }
　　public int Age { get; set; }
　　public bool Available { get; set; }
}

VB

Public Class Data
　　Private _firstName As String
　　Private _lastName As String
　　Private _age As Integer
　　Private _available As Boolean
　　Property FirstName() As String
　　　　Get
　　　　　　Return _firstName
　　　　End Get
　　　　Set(ByVal value As String)
　　　　　　_firstName = value
　　　　End Set
　　End Property
　　Property LastName() As String
　　　　Get
　　　　　　Return _lastName
　　　　End Get
　　　　Set(ByVal value As String)
　　　　　　_lastName = value
　　　　End Set
　　End Property
　　Property Age() As Integer
　　　　Get
　　　　　　Return _age
　　　　End Get
　　　　Set(ByVal value As Integer)
　　　　　　_age = value
　　　　End Set
　　End Property
　　Property Available() As Boolean
　　　　Get
　　　　　　Return _available
　　　　End Get
　　　　Set(ByVal value As Boolean)
　　　　　　_available = value
　　　　End Set
　　End Property
End Class

Once the Data class is defined, it can now be used to provide data for the DataGrid.　Go back to the code behind file for Page.xaml and replace the previous ItemsSource assignment with the following.　A useful trick here is to use the C# and VB 3.0 Object Initializer feature to initialize the Data objects as we add them to the List.