WCF: Programmatically set dataContractSerializer's maxItemsInObjectGraph value

When programmtically setting up a WCF Client, one often have to set the dataContractSerializer's maxItemsInObjectGraph parameter (within the serviceBehaviors) to a higher value than the default 65536.

I struggled a bit to find this one on-line, but finally came across a solution on here.

Here's the way to do it:

foreach (OperationDescription operation in myClient.Contract.Operations)
   operation.Behaviors.Find<DataContractSerializerOperationBehavior>().MaxItemsInObjectGraph = 2147483646;

Where the myClient object is an instance of the ServiceClient.

WPF: Dynamically create a Table

Being new to WPF, there are a few funnies you'd need to know about before being able to create a simple table with text.

First, one can't simply add a Table within a Grid container. Tables need to be housed within a FlowDocument. One also need a container to display these FlowDocuments. I found the FlowDocumentScrollViewer to be the simplest. Some code to display a blank table:

<FlowDocumentScrollViewer
      VerticalScrollBarVisibility="Disabled"
      HorizontalScrollBarVisibility="Disabled">
   <FlowDocument>
      <Table Name="myTable"></Table>
   </FlowDocument>
</FlowDocumentScrollViewer>

To populate the table programmatically with some basic text one need to follow the next procedure (the code is pretty much self-explanatory):

int cols = 5;
int rows = 10;

for (int c = 0; c < cols; c++)
   myTable.Columns.Add(New TableColumn());

for (int r = 0; r < rows; r++)
{
   TableRow tr = new TableRow();

   for (int c = 0; c < cols; c++)
      tr.Cells.Add(New TableCell(New Paragraph(New Run("Some Text"))));

   TableRowGroup trg = new TableRowGroup();
   trg.Rows.Add(tr);
   myTable.RowGroups.Add(trg);
}

I must say that this approach (a Run within a Paragraph within a TableCell within a Row within a RowGroup) isn't terribly intuitive and the process seems a bit tedious when only trying to create a simple table.