This first code example demonstrates how to create a connection to the Access version of the Northwind database and create a property named "Orders" to which the grid will be bound. The code should be placed in the App.xaml.cs file.

VB.NET
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Public Partial Class App

    Inherits Application

    Public Property Data As DataSet

    Public Property Orders As DataTable

    Protected Overrides Sub OnStartup(ByVal e As StartupEventArgs)

        ' Set the licence key

        Xceed.Wpf.DataGrid.Licenser.LicenseKey = "Enter your license key here"

        Data = Xceed.Wpf.DataGrid.Samples.SampleData.DataProvider.GetNorthwindDataSet()

        Orders = Data.Tables("Orders")

        MyBase.OnStartup(e)

    End Sub

End Class
C#
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public partial class App : Application

  {

    public DataSet Data

    {

      get; set;

    }

    public DataTable Orders

    {

      get; set;

    }

    protected override void OnStartup( StartupEventArgs e )

    {

      // Set the licence key

      Xceed.Wpf.DataGrid.Licenser.LicenseKey = "Enter your license key here";

      Data = Xceed.Wpf.DataGrid.Samples.SampleData.DataProvider.GetNorthwindDataSet();

      Orders = Data.Tables[ "Orders" ];

      base.OnStartup( e );

    }

  }

The next example demonstrates how to bind a grid to the Orders table, which is retrieved through the Orders property implemented in the code above.

XAML
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<Grid xmlns:xcdg="http://schemas.xceed.com/wpf/xaml/datagrid">

  <Grid.Resources>      

  <xcdg:DataGridCollectionViewSource x:Key="cvs_orders"

                                  Source="{Binding Source={x:Static Application.Current},

                                                      Path=Orders}"/>

  </Grid.Resources>

  <xcdg:DataGridControl x:Name="OrdersGrid"

                        ItemsSource="{Binding Source={StaticResource cvs_orders}}"/>

</Grid>