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WPF Database CollectionViewSource Question

I'm a WPF newbie so go easy on me.

Generally I've created a window to lookup a person in table. After closing that window I want to display more information about that selected user.

In one dialog window I have used a DataGrid to select a row representing a person.
After selecting the person, I exit the dialog with the System.Data.DataRow information saved. In the calling dialog I have a CollectionViewSource that contains all of the people. It seems like I should be able to use the row information that I've saved to move to the same row in the CollectionViewSource, but I can't find a way to do it. Is there a better way to do this or is there just something that I'm missing?

//C# code saving the person in the find a person window.
selectedItem = dtgPerson.SelectedItem as FAPDataSet.TblPersonRow;

XAML CollectionViewSource binding to table
<CollectionViewSource x:Key="tblPersonViewSource" Source="{Binding Path=TblPerson, Source={StaticResource FAPDataSet}}" />

Thank you in advance for your help.

kaylanreilor

I suppose that you will have to navigate through your collection, for each item cast the CurrentItem as a FAPDataSet.TblPersonRow object and make a comparison (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms754244.aspx).
Or you may want to implement a more complex procedure to allow some enhancement later on by using some filter, like allow a multi selection : http://bea.stollnitz.com/blog/?p=31.

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