I can't seem to find a solution for this issue. I have a simple form which I created as a test for an insurance log file. When I open the xaml file in the web browser (IE 8) it displays the form properly, but when I go to print it to a printer, the dialog box appears as normal, but nothing happens after hitting the print button. Ultimately I'd need this to print as part of a document imaging system, but I was using the web browser to single out that variable.
I am very new to xaml, so I may have overlooked something simple to enable the rendered form to be printed. Is there something that needs to be added to the code somewhere? Or do I need to add a driver to my printer to be able to compile XAML into a printable format? Below is the code that I have currently. I'm using WPF with Visual Studio Express 2013. Thanks!
<Grid x:Name="Form"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
Width="500" Height="620" xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008" xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006" mc:Ignorable="d">
<Grid.Resources>
<XmlDataProvider x:Key="xmlData" XPath="/data" IsAsynchronous="False">
<x:XData>
<data xmlns="">
</data>
</x:XData>
</XmlDataProvider>
</Grid.Resources>
<Grid VerticalAlignment="Top">
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="79*"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<TextBlock TextWrapping="Wrap" Text="POLICY HANDLING - INCEPTION" VerticalAlignment="Center" TextAlignment="Center" Height="12" Margin="0,4"/>
</Grid>
<Grid VerticalAlignment="Top" HorizontalAlignment="Right" Width="120" Height="40">
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition/>
<RowDefinition/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="8*"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="15*"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<TextBox Grid.Column="0" TextWrapping="NoWrap" Width="40" TextAlignment="Center" BorderThickness="0,0,0,3" VerticalAlignment="Top" HorizontalAlignment="Right"/>
<TextBox Grid.Column="0" TextWrapping="NoWrap" Width="40" TextAlignment="Center" BorderThickness="0,0,0,3" VerticalAlignment="Top" Grid.Row="1" HorizontalAlignment="Right"/>
<TextBlock Grid.Column="2" TextWrapping="NoWrap" Text="TEAM" Height="14" FontSize="10" HorizontalAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Center"/>
<TextBlock TextWrapping="NoWrap" Text="TIA PRODUCER" VerticalAlignment="Center" Height="14" FontSize="10" Grid.Column="1" Margin="0,3" Grid.Row="1" HorizontalAlignment="Left"/>
</Grid>
</Grid>
I believe I have it figured out now. I gave the grid/form a background color ("White") and it prints just fine now. It had been transparent before. It must be a constraint of the document imaging system we're using.
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I have some DataTemplate for Windows GridView in corresponding platform. In this template there should be picture with some text. This text should have background, but only for readibility purposes. I want to have this background to be transparent so image could be seen through it. However, when I set background in format #4C000000, nothing happens and it stays solid black.
<DataTemplate x:Key="GridViewPlayerDataTemplate">
<Grid Height="100" Width="100" >
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="2*"/>
<RowDefinition Height="1*"/>
<RowDefinition Height="1*"/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Image x:Name="ImageRoleImage" Stretch="UniformToFill" Source="{Binding Guess.PlayerRole.ImageSource , Mode=OneWay, Converter={StaticResource ImageConverterHou}}" />
<Grid Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="0" Grid.ColumnSpan="1" Opacity="0.1" Grid.RowSpan="1" Background="#4C000000">
<TextBlock x:Name="TextBlockPlayerName" Opacity="1" TextWrapping="Wrap" Text="{Binding Actor.Name}" TextAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center"/>
</Grid>
<Grid Grid.Row="2" Grid.Column="0" Grid.ColumnSpan="1" Grid.RowSpan="1" Background="#4C000000">
<TextBlock x:Name="TextBlockPlayerGuessedRole" TextWrapping="Wrap" Text="{Binding Guess.PlayerRole.Name}" TextAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center"/>
</Grid>
</Grid>
</DataTemplate>
I tried to create this pure Windows Store application and transparency works just fine.
Can anyone tell me something about this strange behaviour and/or how to fix it?
Why does my UWP (Universal Windows Platform) App force extra space at the top and bottom of my app even though there is nothing there?
Here's what it looks like:
Even though in Visual Studio 2013 (design mode) you can see that the blue bounding box displays the bottom of the page as follows:
The outer grey is the device it would be running on.
The XAML looks like the following:
<Page
x:Class="CYaPass.MainPage"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:local="using:CYaPass"
xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
mc:Ignorable="d"
Height="515" Width="570" Background="LightGray" Loaded="Page_Loaded">
<Grid>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="320"/>
<RowDefinition Height="*"/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<StackPanel Grid.Column="0" Grid.Row="0">
<TextBlock FontSize="16" HorizontalAlignment="Center">1. Select a Site/Key</TextBlock>
<ListView BorderThickness="2" BorderBrush="Aquamarine"
x:Name="SiteListBox" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" VerticalAlignment="Center" Height="251"
Margin="10,10,0,0" Width="Auto" SelectionChanged="SiteListBox_SelectionChanged">
<ListView.ItemContainerStyle>
<Style TargetType="ListViewItem">
<Setter Property="Padding" Value="5,0,0,0" />
</Style>
</ListView.ItemContainerStyle>
<ListViewItem Content="Item 2"/>
</ListView>
<StackPanel Margin="10,0,0,0" Orientation="Horizontal" Grid.Column="0">
<Button x:Name="DeleteSiteButton" Content="Delete Site"
HorizontalAlignment="Right" Margin="0,0,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Click="DeleteSiteButton_Click"/>
<Button x:Name="AddSiteButton" Content="Add Site" HorizontalAlignment="Right"
Margin="10,0,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Click="AddSiteButton_Click"/>
</StackPanel>
</StackPanel>
<TextBox x:Name="passwordTextBox" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="7,150,0,0" Grid.Row="1" Grid.ColumnSpan="2"
TextWrapping="Wrap" Text="" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="560"/>
<StackPanel HorizontalAlignment="Left" Height="128" Margin="10,0,0,0" Grid.Column="0" Grid.Row="1"
VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="285">
<Grid Margin="0,0,-11,0">
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="40" ></RowDefinition>
<RowDefinition Height="40" ></RowDefinition>
<RowDefinition Height="40" ></RowDefinition>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="180"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<CheckBox x:Name="addUppercaseCheckbox" Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="0" Content="Add Uppercase" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" VerticalAlignment="Center" Width="254" Click="addUppercaseCheckbox_Click" Margin="7,0,3,0"/>
<CheckBox x:Name="addSpecialCharscheckBox" Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="0" Content="Add Special Chars" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" VerticalAlignment="Center" Margin="7,0,3,0"/>
<TextBox x:Name="specialCharsTextBox" Grid.Column="1" Grid.Row="1" Margin="7,0,3,0" VerticalAlignment="Center" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" Grid.RowSpan="1" TextWrapping="NoWrap" Text="#"/>
<CheckBox x:Name="setMaxLengthCheckBox" Grid.Row="2" Grid.Column="0" Content="Set Max Length" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" VerticalAlignment="Center" Margin="7,0,3,0"/>
<local:NumericUpDown Grid.Column="1" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="7,0,3,0" Grid.Row="2" VerticalAlignment="Center" Width="64"/>
</Grid>
</StackPanel>
<StackPanel Grid.Column="1" Grid.Row="0">
<TextBlock Grid.Column="1" Grid.Row="0" FontSize="16" HorizontalAlignment="Center">2. Draw a pattern</TextBlock>
<Canvas HorizontalAlignment="Center" x:Name="MainCanvas"
Height="252" Width="252" Margin="7,10,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Background="AliceBlue" Tapped="MainCanvas_Tapped" PointerMoved="MainCanvas_PointerMoved"/>
<Button x:Name="ClearGridButton" Content="Clear"
Margin="50,0,10,0" VerticalAlignment="Center" Click="ClearGridButton_Click" HorizontalAlignment="Right"/>
</StackPanel>
</Grid>
</Page>
You can see the page's width is wider than the height, but when the app runs on a desktop or a simulator device (like 7" pad) the extra space is pushed into the top and the bottom.
UWP Forced Minimum?
Is this due to some minimum size or something that UWP forces on apps?
Cannot Resize Smaller When Running
Even if I grab the form's bottom or top bounding frame when the app is running, I cannot make it any smaller.
The Default Content-Alignment is set to Center because you set the Height and Width of your Page, so your page is placed in the Center and isn't filling the whole Screen.
One Possible Solution is to add to the Page xaml Attributes this Piece of Code:
VerticalAlignment="Top".
To set the HorizontalAlignment to the left add this:
HorizontalAlignment="Left".
One more advise: When you don't Need to Display more than one xaml Page at the Screen leave the Page Height and Width to Default.
I'm trying to add a banner that remains fixed in the window to my page and I'm having a tough time.
This is what I am trying to achieve: I want a banner that floats at the top of the window (for an ad), then I want the rest of the content in a scrollable area. First item should be a textBlock, then a textBox, then a button.
This is the code I've got now and it looks right except for the scrolling. Help would be appreciated.
<Page
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:local="using:App2"
xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
xmlns:Universal="using:Microsoft.AdMediator.Universal"
x:Class="App2.MainPage"
mc:Ignorable="d" RequestedTheme="Dark">
<Grid Background="{ThemeResource ApplicationPageBackgroundThemeBrush}">
<StackPanel Grid.RowSpan="3">
<Universal:AdMediatorControl x:Name="AdMediatorName" Height="90" Id="AdMediator-Id" Margin="10,0"/>
<ScrollViewer x:Name="myScrollViewer" VerticalScrollMode="Enabled">
<StackPanel Grid.RowSpan="2">
<TextBlock x:Name ="outputConsole" FontSize="15" RenderTransformOrigin="0.5,0" TextWrapping="WrapWholeWords" Margin="0,0,10,0" FontFamily="Consolas" IsTextSelectionEnabled="True">
<TextBlock.RenderTransform>
<CompositeTransform/>
</TextBlock.RenderTransform>
<TextBlock.Projection>
<PlaneProjection/>
</TextBlock.Projection>
<Run/>
<LineBreak/>
<Run/>
</TextBlock>
<TextBox x:Name="inputConsole" FontSize="20" KeyUp="inputKeyUp" Margin="0,0,10,0" FontFamily="Consolas" IsTapEnabled="True" IsTextPredictionEnabled="True"/>
<Button x:Name="submitButton" Content="Submit" Click="submitButtonClick"/>
</StackPanel>
</ScrollViewer>
</StackPanel>
</Grid>
</Page>
I figured it out. I just needed to put it directly in the grid. Sorry, still learning XAML.
You just answered your question. You have to do something like this,
<Grid HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" VerticalAlignment="Stretch">
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="50"/>
<RowDefinition Height="*"/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<StackPanel Grid.Row="0" Orientation="Horizontal"><TextBlock x:Name ="outputConsole" FontSize="15" RenderTransformOrigin="0.5,0" TextWrapping="WrapWholeWords" Margin="0,0,10,0" FontFamily="Consolas" IsTextSelectionEnabled="True">
<TextBlock.RenderTransform>
<CompositeTransform/>
</TextBlock.RenderTransform>
<TextBlock.Projection>
<PlaneProjection/>
</TextBlock.Projection>
<Run/>
<LineBreak/>
<Run/>
</TextBlock>
<TextBox x:Name="inputConsole" FontSize="20" KeyUp="inputKeyUp" Margin="0,0,10,0" FontFamily="Consolas" IsTapEnabled="True" IsTextPredictionEnabled="True"/>
<Button x:Name="submitButton" Content="Submit" Click="submitButtonClick"/>
</StackPanel>
<ScrollViewer Grid.Row="1">
</ScrollViewer>
I have written code in mainpage.xaml in universal app project and windows phone 8.1 section. The preview in visual studio and blend is showing as empty. Pictures are attached.
NO TEXT of text block set from back c# code. all code is set here.
Windows phone ouput is also attached.
Following is the code
<Page
x:Class="PakistanNewspapers.MainPage"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:local="using:PakistanNewspapers"
xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
mc:Ignorable="d"
Background="{ThemeResource ApplicationPageBackgroundThemeBrush}">
<Hub>
<Hub.HeaderTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<TextBlock x:Name="lblHeader" Text="Pakistani Newspapers"></TextBlock>
</DataTemplate>
</Hub.HeaderTemplate>
<HubSection Header="Urdu Newspapers" >
<DataTemplate>
<Grid>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="*"></RowDefinition>
<RowDefinition Height="*"></RowDefinition>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<StackPanel Orientation="Vertical">
<GridView>
<GridView.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<StackPanel Margin="0,0,0,0" Orientation="Horizontal">
<Image x:Name="txtNewspaperImage" Height="60" Width="60" VerticalAlignment="Center" Margin="0,0,10,0"/>
<StackPanel Orientation="Vertical">
<TextBlock x:Name="txtNewspaperHeader" TextWrapping="Wrap" Foreground="{StaticResource ApplicationForegroundThemeBrush}" FontSize="14.667" FontWeight="Light" Width="200" VerticalAlignment="Center" HorizontalAlignment="Left" FontFamily="Segoe UI"/>
<TextBlock x:Name="txtNewsHeader" TextWrapping="Wrap" Foreground="{StaticResource ApplicationForegroundThemeBrush}" FontSize="14.667" FontWeight="Light" Width="200" MaxHeight="20" VerticalAlignment="Center" HorizontalAlignment="Left"/>
</StackPanel>
</StackPanel>
</DataTemplate>
</GridView.ItemTemplate>
</GridView>
</StackPanel>
</Grid>
</DataTemplate>
</HubSection>
<HubSection Header="English Newspapers"/>
<HubSection Header="About"/>
</Hub>
While the preview in visual studio and blend is showing as :
A pretty strange thing happens when trying to use DataTemplate.DataTriggers in my XAML for Windows 8 Metro app.
In my App.xaml, I am defining template for my data. I'd like to use the DataTriggers, but when I type it my VS2012 editor, I get errors stating that
The attachable property 'DataTriggers' was not found in type 'DataTemplate'.
and
The member "DataTriggers" is not recognized or is not accessible.
A similar issue happens when I try to set the DataType property for DataTemplate:
The property 'DataType' was not found in type 'DataTemplate'.
What am I missing here? The DataTemplate works fine without these things, but still it would be much easier for me to use them in my project. Here a short snippet of my XAML:
<DataTemplate x:Key="MyTemplate" >
<Grid HorizontalAlignment="Left" Width="450" Height="100">
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition/>
<RowDefinition/>
<RowDefinition/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="10" />
<ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Rectangle Grid.Row="0" Grid.RowSpan="3" Stretch="UniformToFill" Width="10">
<Rectangle.Fill>
<SolidColorBrush Color="#FF425400" />
</Rectangle.Fill>
</Rectangle>
<TextBlock Text="{Binding Title}" Style="{StaticResource TitleTextStyle}" Grid.Column="1" Grid.Row="0" Grid.ColumnSpan="2" />
<TextBlock Text="{Binding Teaser}" Style="{StaticResource SubtitleTextStyle}" Grid.Column="1" Grid.Row="1" Grid.ColumnSpan="2"/>
<TextBlock Text="{Binding Content}" Style="{StaticResource BasicTextStyle}" Grid.Column="1" Grid.Row="2" />
<TextBlock Text="{Binding TimeDesc}" Style="{StaticResource BasicTextStyle}" Grid.Column="2" Grid.Row="2" />
</Grid>
<DataTemplate.DataTriggers>
</DataTemplate.DataTriggers>
</DataTemplate>
Triggers are only available in WPF, and not on any of the other XAML platforms. Common alternatives are VisualStates, converters, or making changes from code.