Silverlight 4 Add New Item To DomainDataSource

Question

I have a simple datagrid listing addresses and a child window where the user can edit/add new. On the main form with the datagrid i have a button to "Insert New Address" which should load the child window with an empty Address object. However it will not let me add a record. Am i doing something wrong? my current code is as follows:

    Dim address As New Address
    Dim frmAddressObj As New frmAddress

    If frmAddressObj.AddressDomainDataSource.DataView.CanAdd = False Then
        frmAddressObj.AddressDomainDataSource.Load()
    End If
    frmAddressObj.AddressDomainDataSource.DataView.Add(address)

Address is the address object. frmAddress is the child window form. AddressDomainDataSource is the same datasource i use in the datagrid as i use in the child. CanAdd is always false and i got told to try loading before adding but this does not appear to have helped. When it reaches the Add method it returns an Exception of 'Add' is not supported by this ICollectionView. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 18 '12 at 15:14

The DataView field should be thought of as a read-only collection. The simplest general usage of the DomainDataSource with a DataGrid goes something like this:

(myDataSource.DomainContext as myDomainContext).my_entitys.Remove(dgOrders.SelectedItem as order);
(myDataSource.DomainContext as myDomainContext).SubmitChanges();

It is similar for insert, you just use

my_entitys.Add(myNewEntityInstance);

instead of

my_entitys.Remove(entityToRemove);

And for updates you simply call

(myDataSource.DomainContext as myDomainContext).SubmitChanges();

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 18 '12 at 15:22

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You must also have the insert method in your domain service. So make sure you have a method that looks like:

Public Sub InsertAddress(address As Address)
End Sub

or in C#

public void InsertAddress(Address address)

answered Jun 18 '12 at 15:22

JBrooks

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 31 '13 at 13:30

I had the same problem recently and in my case, the DomainDataSource wasn't loaded (or even bound to its context yet) because it resided in a TabItem that wasn't selected.

Make sure you have your DomainDataSource properly loaded in the visual tree, that solved the issue in my case.

Silverlight 4 Add New Item To DomainDataSource

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