</ iframe > </noscript> <!-- End Google Tag Manager (noscript) --> <div id="BeforeHeaderContent"> </div> <div id="HeaderContent"> <!--DXMETADATA start type="Literal" condition="communityenabled" value="%%scrap:name=_COMMUNITY_RATING%%" --><!--DXMETADATA end --> <!--DXMETADATA start type="LogoImage" --><!--DXMETADATA end--> <div id="ProjectTitle"><!--DXMETADATA start type="ProjectTitle" -->Scheduler for WPF and Silverlight<!--DXMETADATA end--></div> <div id="PageTitle"><div id="PageTitleText"><!--DXMETADATA start type="ItemTitle" -->Simplifying User Interface Creation<!--DXMETADATA end--></div></div> </div> <div id="AfterHeaderContent"> <!-- Spacing --> <span id="ToggleAllSectionsLink" class="FunctionLink"> <label id="CollapseAllLabel"><!--DXMETADATA start type="Phrase" name="COLLAPSE_ALL" -->Collapse All<!--DXMETADATA end--></label> <label id="ExpandAllLabel" style="display: none;"><!--DXMETADATA start type="Phrase" name="EXPAND_ALL" -->Expand All<!--DXMETADATA end--></label> </span><!--DXMETADATA start type="Literal" condition="communityenabled" value="%%scrap:name=_COMMUNITY_DROPDOWN%%" --><!--DXMETADATA end --> </div> <!--DXMETADATA start type="Breadcrumbs" scrap="_BREADCRUMBS" --><div class="BreadcrumbsContainer"><table><tr><td> <a href="Scheduler_Components_and_Controls.html">Scheduler Components and Controls</a> > <a href="Scheduler_for_Silverlight_Appearance.html">Scheduler for Silverlight Appearance</a> > Simplifying User Interface Creation</td></tr></table></div><!--DXMETADATA end --> <div id="BodyContent"> <!--DXMETADATA start type="TopicSection" name="BodyText"--><p>In order to simplify the building of a user interface based on C1Scheduler's visual data model, the <a href="C1.WPF.Schedule.4~C1.WPF.Schedule.AutoDistributionGrid.html">AutoDistributionGrid</a> grid has been created. It is derived from the <strong>System.Windows.Controls.Grid</strong> control, but it provides additional functionality. For example:</p> <ol> <li>Child elements are scattered by rows or columns depending on the <strong>Orientation</strong> property value (<strong>Horizontal</strong> or <strong>Vertical</strong> respectively).</li> <li>Settable and bindable <a href="C1.WPF.Schedule.4~C1.WPF.Schedule.AutoDistributionGrid~RowCount.html">RowCount</a> and <a href="C1.WPF.Schedule.4~C1.WPF.Schedule.AutoDistributionGrid~ColumnCount.html">ColumnCount</a> properties, for example the <strong>DependencyProperty</strong>, allows you to define row and column counts numerically, without adding or removing items in the <strong>Grid.RowDefinitions</strong>/<strong>ColumnDefinitions</strong> collections. Along with the bindable <a href="C1.WPF.Schedule.4~C1.WPF.Schedule.AutoDistributionGrid~VisualChildCount.html">VisualChildCount</a> property, it provides the ability to have as many rows as children.</li> <li>You can define grid specific characteristics, such as position and span, for certain child elements. <a href="C1.WPF.Schedule.4~C1.WPF.Schedule.AutoDistributionGrid.html">AutoDistributionGrid</a> has a <a href="C1.WPF.Schedule.4~C1.WPF.Schedule.AutoDistributionGrid~ChildrenDistributionInfo.html">ChildrenDistributionInfo</a> collection of <a href="C1.WPF.Schedule.4~C1.WPF.Schedule.DistributionInfo.html">DistributionInfo</a> objects; each <a href="C1.WPF.Schedule.4~C1.WPF.Schedule.DistributionInfo.html">DistributionInfo</a> object instructs the grid's child object at index <strong>ElementIndex</strong> to be (optionally) placed in a cell with <strong>Row</strong> and <strong>Column</strong> indexes and to have <strong>RowSpan</strong> and <strong>ColumnSpan</strong> spans. If the position is redefined for a certain element, then the next element will be placed in a cell next to this element according to the <strong>Orientation</strong> specified. If a span is defined and the span direction conforms to the <strong>Orientation</strong>, then the next element will skip over the span. Each <a href="C1.WPF.Schedule.4~C1.WPF.Schedule.DistributionInfo.html">DistributionInfo</a> item's information can be propagated to a number (fixed or infinite) of next elements, which is specified in the <strong>Propagate</strong> property.</li> </ol><!--DXMETADATA end--> <a name="seealsobookmark"></a> <!--DXMETADATA start type="FilteredItemList" scrap="CATEGORISED_LINKS" namespace="linkcategory" source="Item" filter="" NoHeader="True" NoFooter="True" format="%%replaceinquotes:value=false%%%%scrap:name=_COLLAPSIBLE_HEADER,idprefix=seealso,caption=""%%phrase:name=SeeAlso%%%%designlist:tagidentifier=seealso,itemtype=See Also%%""%%%%filtereditemlist%%</div>"--><!--DXMETADATA end--> </div> <div id="FooterContent"> <!--DXMETADATA start type="Scrap" condition="communityenabled" name="_COMMUNITY_FOOTER" --><!--DXMETADATA end --> <!--DXMETADATA start type="Variable" name="CopyrightNotice" format="<p> </p><p> </p><hr style=""height: 1px"" /><p>%%variable%%</p>" --><p> </p><p> </p><hr style="height: 1px"><p>Copyright (c) <script type="text/javascript"> var theDate=new Date() document.write(theDate.getFullYear()) </script> GrapeCity, inc. All rights reserved. <script> $(document).ready(function() { if (!(window.self !== window.top)) { // Not running in a frameset // Get the page name var pageName = location.href.substring(location.href.lastIndexOf("/") + 1); if (pageName.indexOf("#") != -1) { pageName = pageName.substring(0, pageName.indexOf("#")); } // Append to webframe.html var framePage = "webframe.html#" + pageName; location.href = framePage; } }); </script> </p><!--DXMETADATA end --> <!--DXMETADATA start type="Variable" name="FeedbackLink" format="" --><a target="_blank" href="http://our.componentone.com/groups/">Product Support Forum</a> | <a target="_blank" href="http://feedback.componentone.com/forums/272000-wpf-and-silverlight-documentation">Documentation Feedback</a> <!--DXMETADATA end--> </div> </body> </html>