Silverlight 4.0: Applying Data Templates on ListBox at Runtime

DataTemplates in Silverlight are typically used for visual representation of your data. They are particularly useful when you are binding an ItemsControl such as a ListBox to a collection. I was recently asked to make use of a DataTemplate on a ListBox at runtime, for performing Update operations.  In this article, I have demonstrated how to declare DataTemplates in XAML and to read and apply them at runtime.

Note: If you are interested in Silverlight development, make sure you check out this article - Microsoft Silverlight 4 Tutorials You Must Read

Step 1: Open VS2010 and create a new Silverlight application, name it as ‘SL4_Records_ListBox’. In the project, add a new class file and add the following classes in it:

The Employee class acts as an entity for Update Operation parameter. The EmployeeCollection class defines methods for reading all Employees and performing Update operations on the EmployeeCollection.

Step 2: Open MainPage.Xaml and define the following DataGrid and a ListBox. Define DataGrid columns bound with properties from the Employee class.

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