Quick Start - WPF KerbalData - KSP Data Unlocked!

Quickstart Guide for WPF This walkthrough will help you quickly get started with a WPF application that can load KSP data through user selection.

Create a new Project

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  2. Second step

Add KerbalData to your Project

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  1. First step

  2. Second step

Prepare for Development

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  1. First step

  2. Second step

View/ViewModel

Create the ViewModel and Update MainView

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                              namespace MyApp
{
    using System;
    using System.Collections.Generic;
    using System.Linq;
    using System.Text;
    using System.ComponentModel;
    using System.Windows.Input;
    using System.Windows.Forms;

    using KerbalData;

    public class MainWindowViewModel : INotifyPropertyChanged
    {
        const string PropNameKerbalData = "KerbalData";
        const string PropNameInstallPath = "InstallPath";

        private string installPath;
        private KerbalData kerbalData;

        public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;

        public MainWindowViewModel()
        {
            Init();
        }

        public ICommand OpenKspInstallFolderCommand { get; private set; }

        public KerbalData KerbalData
        {
            get
            {
                return kerbalData;
            }
            set
            {
                if (value != kerbalData)
                {
                    kerbalData = value;
                    OnPropertyChanged(PropNameKerbalData);
                }
            }
        }

        public string InstallPath
        {
            get
            {
                return installPath;
            }
            set
            {
                if (value != installPath)
                {
                    installPath = value;
                    OnPropertyChanged(PropNameInstallPath);
                    UpdateInstallPath();
                }

            }
        }

        private void Init()
        {
            OpenKspInstallFolderCommand = new DelegateCommand(
                () =>
                {
                    var dlg = new FolderBrowserDialog();
                    System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult result = dlg.ShowDialog();

                    if (result.ToString() == "OK")
                    {
                        InstallPath = dlg.SelectedPath;
                    }
                });
        }

        private void UpdateInstallPath()
        {
            KerbalData = null;
            KerbalData = KerbalData.Create(installPath);
        }

        private void OnPropertyChanged(string name, object value = null)
        {
            if (PropertyChanged != null)
            {
                PropertyChanged(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(name));
            }
        }
    }
}
  2. XML
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                              <
                          Window x:Class="MyApp.Views.MainWindow" 
        xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation" 
        xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml" 
        xmlns:local="clr-namespace:KerbalEdit" 
        xmlns:vm="clr-namespace:MyApp.ViewModels" 
        Title="MyApp" Height="768" Width="1360"> 
    <Window.DataContext> 
        <vm:MainWindowViewModel /> 
    </Window.DataContext> 
    <Grid> 
        <TextBox Text="{Binding Path=InstallPath}" 
          HorizontalAlignment="Left" Height="28" Margin="10,10,0,0" 
          TextWrapping="Wrap" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="999" /> 
        <Button Content="Load" HorizontalAlignment="Left" 
          Margin="1062,10,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="35"/> 
        <Button Content="Folder" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="1014,10,0,0" 
          VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="43" Command="{Binding Path=OpenKspInstallFolderCommand}" /> 
    </Grid> 
</Window>