ADO.NET Data Services : How to consume my ADO.NET Data Services in WPF

Introduction

In this post I will talk about how you can consume your ADO.NET Data Services. My examples will be based on WPF.

For more information on Data Services, I suggest you to read my previous posts:

• How to create an ADO.NET Data Services with Visual Studio 2010 beta2
• How to request your ADO.NET DataServices
• Operations and Interceptors Consuming ADO.NET Data Services in WPF

Consuming in WPF

Creates a WPF application named MyWPFApplication.

Add a reference to your Data Service, right click on MyWPFApplication project, and select Add service reference. A windows appears, define the address, rename the namespace with MyDataServiceProxy and click on OK button.

In MainWindow.xaml.cs, write the following code:

Code Snippet

1. public partial class MainWindow : Window
2. {
3.     public MainWindow()
4.     {
5.         InitializeComponent();
6.         this.Loaded += new RoutedEventHandler(MainWindow_Loaded);
7.     }
8.  
9.     void MainWindow_Loaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
10.     {
11.  
12.         // Define the URI of the Data Service Query
13.         Uri uri = new Uri(@"https://localhost:34570/AdventureWorksService.svc/");
14.         // Create an instance of the Data Service context
15.         MyDataServiceProxy.AdventureWorksModel.AdventureWorksEntities adventureWorksProxy = new MyDataServiceProxy.AdventureWorksModel.AdventureWorksEntities(uri);
16.         // Create your query
17.         var query = (from product in adventureWorksProxy.Products
18.                     select product).Take(10);
19.         // Set the qury result into the DataContext
20.         this.DataContext = query;
21.     }
22. }

In the loaded event, instantiate your DataService. Create a simple request using Linq syntax and put this query into the DataContext.

In MainWindow.xaml, bind the data grid with the DataContext :

Code Snippet

1. <Window x:Class="MyWpfApplication.MainWindow"
2.         xmlns="https://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
3.         xmlns:x="https://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
4.         Title="MainWindow" Height="350" Width="525">
5.     <Grid>
6.         <DataGrid AutoGenerateColumns="true" Height="287" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="12,12,0,0" Name="dataGrid1" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="479"
7.                   ItemsSource="{Binding}">
8.         </DataGrid>
9.     </Grid>
10. </Window>

Press F5 and here is the result:

This post shows how easy it is to consume Data Services with WPF. Just few code lines are needed ;-)