The following example demonstrates how to bind a grid to an XML query on an XDocument that loads the XML version of the Orders table of the Northwind database.

The content of the resulting grid will not be editable.
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 RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType={x:Type Window}},

                                     Path=XmlData}"/>

  </Grid.Resources>

 

  <xcdg:DataGridControl x:Name="OrdersGrid"

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

</Grid>

The following code provides the implementation for the XmlData property, which returns the query result.

VB.NET
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Public ReadOnly Property XmlData() As IEnumerable

  Get

    Dim document As XDocument = App.NorthwindDocument

    Dim data As IEnumerable = From order In document.Element("dataroot").Descendants("Orders") _

                              Select New With {.ShipCountry = order.Element("ShipCountry").Value, _

                                .ShipCity = order.Element("ShipCity").Value, _

                                .ShipAddress = order.Element("ShipAddress").Value, _

                                .ShipName = order.Element("ShipName").Value, _

                                .Freight = order.Element("Freight").Value}

    Return data

  End Get

End Property
C#
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public IEnumerable XmlData

{

 get

 {

   XDocument document = App.NorthwindDocument;

   IEnumerable data = from order in document.Element( "dataroot" ).Descendants( "Orders" )

                      select new

                      {

                        ShipCountry = order.Element( "ShipCountry" ).Value,

                        ShipCity = order.Element( "ShipCity" ).Value,

                        ShipAddress = order.Element( "ShipAddress" ).Value,

                        ShipName = order.Element( "ShipName" ).Value,

                        ShipVia = order.Element( "ShipVia" ).Value,

                        Freight = order.Element( "Freight" ).Value

                      };

   return data;

 }

}