WPF ListBox - how to put values from dataTable?

Question

I have ListBox and want to put values in this listbox from a DataTable:

listBoxVisibleFields.DataContext = SelectedFields;

Where SelectedFields is a DataTable filled with data. But this code does not work. My ListBox is empty. As I remember, in WinForms was sucha a thing for list box like ValueMember and DisplayMember, but in WPF I dont find something like that...

Does someone know how to fill simply my ListBox from DataTable?

Answer 1

The property you are looking for is ItemsSource instead of DataContext. The property most closely resembling ValueMember is called SelectedValuePath (see this example). The analogon for DisplayMember is called DisplayMemberPath.

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EDIT: So, your code should look like this:

DataTable SelectedFields = ...;
listBoxVisibleFields.SelectedValuePath = "myID";
listBoxVisibleFields.DisplayMemberPath = "myTextField";
listBoxVisibleFields.ItemsSource = SelectedFields.DefaultView;

Alternatively, the two path values can be set in XAML

<ListBox ... SelectedValuePath="myID" DisplayMemberPath="myTextField" />

which is a bit more elegant.

Answer 2

Here is my code, hope is usefull

Dim connectionString As String = "Data Source=(local);Database=Catalogos;UID=sa;Password=S1santan"
Dim conSQL As New SqlClient.SqlConnection()
conSQL.ConnectionString = connectionString
conSQL.Open()
Debug.Print("SELECT * FROM CodigoPostal WHERE CP= '" & _Codigo & "'")
Dim adaptSQL As New SqlClient.SqlDataAdapter("SELECT * FROM CodigoPostal WHERE CP= '" & _Codigo & "'", conSQL)

Dim DatosCP As New DataSet
adaptSQL.Fill(DatosCP, "CodigoPostal")

'Here you select the table inside a data set
ListBox1.ItemsSource = DatosCP.Tables("CodigoPostal").DefaultView
'Here select which field to show
ListBox1.DisplayMemberPath = "d_asenta"
'and at last here you select the field you want to use to select values from
ListBox1.SelectedValuePath = "ID"

conSQL.Close()