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POListBox showing "Namespace.Accounts" instead of actual text
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    copied!<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1659157/wpf-listbox-display-properties-of-the-itemsource">WPF ListBox - Display properties of the ItemSource</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>I'm trying to implement a solution that will show items in a ListBox after adding them via a text box and Add button... Being new to WPF, I've almost got this figured out (after a week of banging my head against my desk...lol)</p> <p>The problem is that the listbox is being populated with the "WinBudget.Accounts" instead of the actual item that is typed into the list box.</p> <p>Please help.</p> <p><strong>MODEL</strong> </p> <pre><code>// the model is the basic design of an object containing properties // and methods of that object. This is an account object. public class Account : INotifyPropertyChanged { private string m_AccountName; public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged; public string AccountName { get { return m_AccountName;} set { m_AccountName = value; OnPropertyChanged("AccountName"); } } protected void OnPropertyChanged(string name) { PropertyChangedEventHandler handler = PropertyChanged; if (handler != null) { handler(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(name)); } } } </code></pre> <p><strong>ListBox XAML</strong></p> <pre><code> &lt;ListBox Name="MyAccounts" /&gt; </code></pre> <p><strong>CODE BEHIND</strong> </p> <pre><code>// create a collection of accounts, then whenever the button is clicked, //create a new account object and add to the collection. public partial class Window1 : Window { private ObservableCollection&lt;Account&gt; AccountList = new ObservableCollection&lt;Account&gt;(); public Window1() { InitializeComponent(); AccountList.Add(new Account{ AccountName = "My Account" }); this.MyAccounts.ItemsSource = AccountList; } private void okBtn_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e) { AccountList.Add(new Account{ AccountName = accountaddTextBox.Text}); } } </code></pre>
 

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