IItemContainerGenerator.PrepareItemContainer Method

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Prepares the specified element as the container for the corresponding item.

Namespace:  System.Windows.Controls.Primitives
Assembly:  System.Windows (in System.Windows.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Sub PrepareItemContainer ( _
    container As DependencyObject _
)
void PrepareItemContainer(
    DependencyObject container
)

Parameters

Remarks

Preparing the specified element includes applying the container style, forwarding information from the host control, such as the DataTemplate value of the ItemTemplate property, and other small adjustments.

PrepareItemContainer must be called after the element has been added to the visual tree, so that resource references and inherited properties work correctly.

Version Information

Silverlight

Supported in: 5, 4, 3

Silverlight for Windows Phone

Supported in: Windows Phone OS 7.1, Windows Phone OS 7.0

Platforms

For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.