Execute Silverlight 4 Command on Load - silverlight

Question

How do you implement a Silverlight 4 command to execute when the user control loads instead of being mapped to an explicit button click?

Answer 1

Or simply add a trigger in xaml for your UserControl:
<i:Interaction.Triggers>
<i:EventTrigger EventName="Loaded">
<si:InvokeDataCommand Command="{Binding MyCommand}"/>
</i:EventTrigger>
</i:Interaction.Triggers>

Answer 2

Create a DependencyProperty of type ICommand:-
#region public ICommand LoadedCommand
public ICommand LoadedCommand
{
get { return GetValue(LoadedCommandProperty) as ICommand; }
set { SetValue(LoadedCommandProperty, value); }
}
public static readonly DependencyProperty LoadedCommandProperty =
DependencyProperty.Register(
"LoadedCommand",
typeof(ICommand),
typeof(MainPage),
new PropertyMetadata(null));
#endregion public ICommand LoadedCommand
Also add a something to act as the command parameter:-
#region public object LoadedCommandParameter
public object LoadedCommandParameter
{
get { return GetValue(LoadedCommandParameterProperty) as object; }
set { SetValue(LoadedCommandParameterProperty, value); }
}
public static readonly DependencyProperty LoadedCommandParameterProperty =
DependencyProperty.Register(
"LoadedCommandParameter",
typeof(object),
typeof(MainPage),
new PropertyMetadata(null));
#endregion public object LoadedCommandParameter
Now set up its execution like this:-
public UserControl1()
{
InitializeComponent();
Loaded += UserControl1_Loaded;
}
void UserControl1_Loaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
if (LoadedCommand != null && LoadedCommand.CanExecute(LoadedCommandParameter))
{
LoadedCommand.Execute(LoadedCommandParameter);
}
}
Now if your ViewModel (has a command called StartStuff) then:-
<UserControl1 LoadedCommand="{Binding StartStuff}" .... >

Answer 3

Thats a load of code. The concise version without the code behind
public class LoadedBehaviour
{
public static ICommand GetLoadedCommand(DependencyObject dependencyObject)
{
return (ICommand)dependencyObject.GetValue(LoadedCommandProperty);
}
public static void SetLoadedCommand(DependencyObject dependencyObject, ICommand value)
{
dependencyObject.SetValue(LoadedCommandProperty, value);
}
public static Action GetLoadedCommandExecutor(DependencyObject dependencyObject)
{
return (Action)dependencyObject.GetValue(LoadedCommandExecutorProperty);
}
public static void SetLoadedCommandExecutor(DependencyObject dependencyObject, Action value)
{
dependencyObject.SetValue(LoadedCommandExecutorProperty, value);
}
public static readonly DependencyProperty LoadedCommandProperty = DependencyProperty.Register("LoadedCommand", typeof(ICommand), typeof(FrameworkElement), new PropertyMetadata(OnPropertyChanged));
public static readonly DependencyProperty LoadedCommandExecutorProperty = DependencyProperty.Register("LoadedCommandExecutor", typeof(Action), typeof(FrameworkElement), new PropertyMetadata(OnPropertyChanged));
private static void OnPropertyChanged(DependencyObject d, DependencyPropertyChangedEventArgs e)
{
if (!(d is FrameworkElement))
{
throw new ArgumentException("Loaded command can only be used on FrameworkElements");
var executor = GetLoadedCommandExecutor(d);
if(executor == null)
{
executor = () =>
{
var command = GetLoadedCommand(d);
command.Execute(e);
};
SetLoadedCommandExecutor(d, executor);
((FrameworkElement)d).Loaded += (obj, args) => executor();
}
}
}