I created an ObservableCollectionEx.cs
class that inherits the ObservableCollection
class to suppress notifications while the collection is being updated until it's done updating from the answer here.
The class:
public class ObservableCollectionEx<T> : ObservableCollection<T>
{
private bool _notificationSupressed = false;
private bool _supressNotification = false;
public bool SupressNotification
{
get
{
return _supressNotification;
}
set
{
_supressNotification = value;
if (_supressNotification == false && _notificationSupressed)
{
this.OnCollectionChanged(new NotifyCollectionChangedEventArgs(NotifyCollectionChangedAction.Reset));
_notificationSupressed = false;
}
}
}
protected override void OnCollectionChanged(NotifyCollectionChangedEventArgs e)
{
if (SupressNotification)
{
_notificationSupressed = true;
return;
}
base.OnCollectionChanged(e);
}
}
A collection of models is created in a class that is meant to update in response to a number of events. One is based on an observable sequence that simply updates the collection at an interval and another is based on a button click event. Stepping through the codes, I see that both events are causing the collection to update successfully, but only the button click causes the WPF ListView
to be notified and updated accordingly. The UI is a WPF UserControl
that is used to create a CustomTaskPane
in Microsoft Word using VSTO.
The code that updates the collection via Observable
sequence:
public partial class CrossReferenceControl : UserControl, ICrossReferenceControl
{
private ICrossReferenceControlViewModel referenceControlViewModel;
private IOpenDocumentModel OpenDocumentModel;
private ICrossReferenceGuy CrossReferenceGuy;
private bool isOpen;
private IObservable<bool> openDocModelUpdateObservable;
private static TimeSpan period = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(20);
private IObservable<long> observable = Observable.Interval(period);
public readonly Subject<bool> OpenDocModelUpdateActionSubject = new Subject<bool>();
public ICrossReferenceControlViewModel ReferenceControlViewModel => referenceControlViewModel;
public bool IsOpen
{
get { return isOpen; }
set { isOpen = value; }
}
public CrossReferenceControl(IOpenDocumentModel openDocumentModel, ICrossReferenceControlViewModel referenceControlViewModel, ICrossReferenceGuy crossReferenceGuy)
{
InitializeComponent();
this.referenceControlViewModel = referenceControlViewModel;
OpenDocumentModel = openDocumentModel;
CrossReferenceGuy = crossReferenceGuy;
//CrossReferenceControlViewModel controlViewModel = new CrossReferenceControlViewModel((OpenDocumentModel)openDocumentModel);
DataContext = referenceControlViewModel;
observable.Subscribe(O => OpenDocumentModel.UpdateCaptionsSubject.OnNext(IsOpen));
}
}
The code that updates via button click event (this works fine):
private void ButtonRefresh_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
OpenDocumentModel.UpdateCaptionsSubject.OnNext(IsOpen);
}
Note: The codes are cut down to provide only what I think is essential.