modify Entity framework object before binding to WPF control - wpf

Question

I am new to WPF and entity framework. I have ran into the the following problem while working on an application. In my application I am binding my data using collection view source from entity framework. one of my database table has a column named isNumeric datatype Boolean. if its is true then my grid view in WPF window should show the text "Numeric" and "String" if false. For this requirement I cant directly bind the my linq query result with the grid view or any control in the UI. Any thoughts on how could I solve this.
Here some of my codes
MainWindow.XAML.cs code
public partial class MainWindow : Window
{
public MainWindow()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
private PartNumbersEntities partNumberContext = new PartNumbersEntities();
private PartNumbersCollection partNumberData;
//private PartClassesCollection partClassData;
private CollectionViewSource MasterViewSource;
private void Window_Loaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
//string classFilter = classNameTextBox.Text;
//if (classFilter.Length == 0)
classFilter = "Dis";
//MessageBox.Show(classFilter);
var result = partNumberContext.PartNumbers.Where(p => p.PartClass.chrPCName.Contains(classFilter)).Select(p => p);
this.partNumberData = new PartNumbersCollection(result, partNumberContext);
this.MasterViewSource = (CollectionViewSource)this.FindResource("MasterView");
this.MasterViewSource.Source = this.partNumberData;
}
}
My partNumber Collection
class PartNumbersCollection : ObservableCollection<PartNumber>
{
private PartNumbersEntities _context;
public PartNumbersEntities Context
{
get { return _context; }
}
public PartNumbersCollection(IEnumerable<PartNumber> partNumbers, PartNumbersEntities context)
: base(partNumbers)
{
_context = context;
}
}
Xaml Code
<Window x:Class="Engenious.PartNumbersUI.MainWindow"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
Title="MainWindow" Height="454" Width="1033" Loaded="Window_Loaded">
<Window.Resources>
<CollectionViewSource x:Key="MasterView" />
<CollectionViewSource x:Key="PartProperties"
Source="{Binding Source={StaticResource MasterView},
Path='PartProperties'}"/>
<!--<CollectionViewSource x:Key="PartNumberView"
Source="{Binding Source={StaticResource MasterView},
Path='PartNumbers'}"/>-->
</Window.Resources>
<Grid DataContext="{Binding Source={StaticResource MasterView}}">
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="42" />
<RowDefinition Height="310" />
<RowDefinition Height="42" />
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Grid Grid.Row="0" Name="Grid0">
<StackPanel Name="StackPanel1" Orientation="Horizontal">
<Label Content="Class Filter" Height="28" Name="label1" Margin="3" />
<TextBox Height="28" Name="classNameTextBox" Width="120" Margin="3"/>
<Button Content="Apply" Height="28" Name="applyButton" Width="80" Margin="3"/>
</StackPanel>
</Grid>
<ListView Grid.Row="1" Name="ListView1" VerticalContentAlignment="Top"
VerticalAlignment="Top" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Height="310"
Width="320"
IsSynchronizedWithCurrentItem="True"
ItemsSource="{Binding }">
<ListView.ItemContainerStyle>
<Style TargetType="ListViewItem">
<Setter Property="HorizontalContentAlignment" Value="Stretch" />
</Style>
</ListView.ItemContainerStyle>
<ListView.View>
<GridView>
<GridViewColumn Header="Part Class Name" Width="150">
<GridViewColumn.CellTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<Label Content="{Binding Path=PartClass.chrPCName}" Margin="-6,0,-6,0"/>
</DataTemplate>
</GridViewColumn.CellTemplate>
</GridViewColumn>
<GridViewColumn Header="Part Number" Width="130">
<GridViewColumn.CellTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<!--<Label Content="{Binding Source={StaticResource PartNumberView},Path=chrPNPartNumber}" Margin="-6,0,-6,0"/>-->
<Label Content="{Binding Path=chrPNPartNumber}" Margin="-6,0,-6,0"/>
</DataTemplate>
</GridViewColumn.CellTemplate>
</GridViewColumn>
</GridView>
</ListView.View>
</ListView>
<ListView Grid.Row="1" Height="310" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="350,0,0,0" Name="listView2"
VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="375"
IsSynchronizedWithCurrentItem="True"
ItemsSource="{Binding Source={StaticResource PartProperties}}">
<ListView.ItemContainerStyle>
<Style TargetType="ListViewItem">
<Setter Property="HorizontalContentAlignment" Value="Stretch" />
</Style>
</ListView.ItemContainerStyle>
<ListView.View>
<GridView>
<GridViewColumn Header="Name" Width="150">
<GridViewColumn.CellTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<Label Content="{Binding Path=ConfigurationProperty.chrCPProperty}" Margin="-6,0,-6,0"/>
</DataTemplate>
</GridViewColumn.CellTemplate>
</GridViewColumn>
<GridViewColumn Header="Datatype" Width="130">
<GridViewColumn.CellTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<Label Content="{Binding Path=ConfigurationProperty.bitCPIsNumeric}" Margin="-6,0,-6,0"/>
</DataTemplate>
</GridViewColumn.CellTemplate>
</GridViewColumn>
</GridView>
</ListView.View>
</ListView>
<StackPanel Name="StackPanel4" Orientation="Horizontal" Grid.Row="2">
<Button Height="25" Name="btnAddDetail" Width="82" Margin="3">Save</Button>
<Button Height="26" Name="btnDeleteDetail" Width="83" Margin="3">Delete</Button>
</StackPanel>
</Grid>
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Answer 1

I have used data Trigger to solve this problem..
Here is my XAML for it.
<GridViewColumn Header="Datatype" Width="130">
<GridViewColumn.CellTemplate>
<DataTemplate >
<Label>
<Label.Resources>
<Style TargetType="{x:Type Label}">
<Style.Triggers>
<DataTrigger Binding="{Binding Path = 'ConfigurationProperty.bitCPIsNumeric'}" Value="True">
<Setter Property="Content" Value="Numeric" />
</DataTrigger>
<DataTrigger Binding="{Binding Path = 'ConfigurationProperty.bitCPIsNumeric'}" Value="False">
<Setter Property="Content" Value="String" />
</DataTrigger>
</Style.Triggers>
</Style>
</Label.Resources>
</Label>
</DataTemplate>
</GridViewColumn.CellTemplate>
</GridViewColumn>