Name a ScatterViewItem programmatically

Question

Currently I'm working on the Microsoft Surface primarily creating an application that dynamically creates ScatterViewItems based on a database (Though not binded, for reasons that are unimportant to the question.) My problem comes when I try to register a Name to an SVI with a ScatterView before placing it in the control.

Declaring the NameScope:

NameScope.SetNameScope(ActionArea, new NameScope());

Creating/Assigning the SVI a name

foreach(KeyValuePair<int,Node> i in nodes)
{
    ScatterViewItem item = new ScatterViewItem();
    item.Content = i.Value.Argument;
    item.Tag = i.Value;
    ActionArea.RegisterName("NodeID" + i.Key.ToString(), item);
    ActionArea.Items.Add(item);
}

Calling the name later on

ScatterViewItem to = (ScatterViewItem)ActionArea.FindName(name);

When this is called, FindName returns null. From this (and looking at the SVI's Name property) I can only conclude I'm assigning the name wrong.

So how do you assign a name to a programmatically created object?

Nevermind, it was code unrelated to naming stuff. – James Boyden Mar 17 '11 at 09:44 — James Boyden, Mar 17 '11 at 09:44

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 18 '11 at 12:58

Don't worry about NameScope - very very rarely needed.

foreach(KeyValuePair<int,Node> i in nodes)
{    
   ScatterViewItem item = new ScatterViewItem();    
   item.Content = i.Value.Argument;    
   item.Tag = i.Value;    
   item.Name = "NodeID" + i.Key.ToString(); // set the name property
   ActionArea.Items.Add(item);
}

Name a ScatterViewItem programmatically

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