Ok, after a bunch of slogging around, I finally found a way to do it. There might be an easier way, but this is the way I found:
Lets say that the data class you want to bind to looks like this:
public class Data
{
public string FirstName { get; set; }
public string LastName { get; set; }
public int Age { get; set; }
}
You need to create a collection class which populates the data like this:
public class DefaultData : ObservableCollection<Data>
{
public DefaultData()
{
base.Add(new Data() { FirstName = "Brian", LastName = "Genisio", Age = 30 });
base.Add(new Data() { FirstName = "Cara", LastName = "Genisio", Age = 31 });
base.Add(new Data() { FirstName = "Maia", LastName = "Genisio", Age = 1 });
}
}
Now that that is complete, you need to make sure you add the namespace of your app. My namespace in this example is DataGridPlay.
<UserControl ... xmlns:l="clr-namespace:DataGridPlay" ...>
Next, you need to define the resource for the UserControl with the name of your collection class:
<UserControl.Resources>
<l:DefaultData x:Key="MyDefaultData" />
</UserControl.Resources>
Finally, you can add this to your DataGrid or ListBox:
<my:DataGrid ... ItemsSource="{Binding Source={StaticResource MyDefaultData}}" ...>
WooHoo!!!! All done.
IS THERE AN EASIER WAY????????
