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Why is my DataGrid going off screen no matter what solution I try?

I am new to C# and WPF trying to get what I should think is a simple thing, but it doesn't work.
I have a data grid being populated by SQL, and no matter what I try, I can't get the Height of the DataGrid to stay within the window. It always just extends down. I want it to be dynamic to the window size.
My very simple code is below, or at least this most recent iteration.
<Page x:Class="TMSMaintenance.PaymentError"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:local="clr-namespace:TMSMaintenance"
Title="PaymentError">
<!--<DataGrid Name="MydataGrid" CanUserAddRows="False" SelectionMode="Single" />-->
<Grid>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="1*"/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<DockPanel Grid.Row="0" VerticalAlignment="Stretch" >
<DataGrid x:Name="MydataGrid"
VerticalAlignment="Stretch"
MinHeight="100"
VerticalScrollBarVisibility="Auto" VerticalContentAlignment="Stretch">
</DataGrid>
</DockPanel>
</Grid>
</Page>
I have tried wrapping in a ScrollView - it didn't work. I tried setting the Height by binding it to the window - it didn't work. I have tried the Grid.RowDefinition Height = "*" and "1*" - it didn't work. VerticalAlignment = "Stretch" also didn't work.
So what am I missing?
Edit: Maybe I should also say that this is on a Page file called within a frame tag. Not sure if it makes a difference here.
<StackPanel CanVerticallyScroll="True" CanHorizontallyScroll="True">
<!-- Navigation -->
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal" Margin="0,10,0,0">
<Button Content="Files Lookup" Margin="0,0,10,0"/>
<Button Content="Payment Error" Margin="0,0,10,0"/>
<Button Content="Carrier Maintenance" Margin="0,0,10,0"/>
<Button Content="Payment File" Margin="0,0,10,0" />
</StackPanel>
<ScrollViewer>
<Frame x:Name="MainFrame" NavigationUIVisibility="Hidden" ></Frame>
</ScrollViewer>
</StackPanel>

Get rid of that DockPanel. Grid is a much more flexible container for controls and you don't need to pack container into container at all. This alone should do the trick.
Good practice is to not use DockPanels at all. Never. Everything you can achieve with DockPanels can be achieved with Grids (with a bit more of coding, but it gives you more flexible solution and better maintainability of your code).
Also get rid of VerticalContentAlignment (not needed in case you described) and you don't need to define VerticalAlignment (nor HorizontalAlignment) to Stretch, since it's a default value of that property.
EDIT:
I haven't noticed the second sample of your code. Everything I wrote before still applies and will make your code better, but I think your problem is with nesting your Page in your main container (Window or whatever it is).
Try replacing:
<StackPanel CanVerticallyScroll="True" CanHorizontallyScroll="True">
<!-- Navigation -->
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal" Margin="0,10,0,0">
<Button Content="Files Lookup" Margin="0,0,10,0"/>
<Button Content="Payment Error" Margin="0,0,10,0"/>
<Button Content="Carrier Maintenance" Margin="0,0,10,0"/>
<Button Content="Payment File" Margin="0,0,10,0" />
</StackPanel>
<ScrollViewer>
<Frame x:Name="MainFrame" NavigationUIVisibility="Hidden" ></Frame>
</ScrollViewer>
</StackPanel>
To:
<Grid>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="auto" />
<RowDefinition Height="*" />
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<StackPanel Grid.Row="0"
Orientation="Horizontal"
Margin="0,10,0,0">
<StackPanel.Resources>
<Style TargetType="{x:Type Button}">
<Setter Property="Margin" Value="0,0,10,0" />
</Style>
</StackPanel.Resources>
<Button Content="Files Lookup"/>
<Button Content="Payment Error"/>
<Button Content="Carrier Maintenance"/>
<Button Content="Payment File"/>
</StackPanel>
<Frame x:Name="MainFrame"
Grid.Row="1"
NavigationUIVisibility="Hidden" />
</Grid>
I have also simplified your styling on Buttons and I'd recommend you to change your Page to UserControl.

Add Buttons and a Textblock With Each Binded Image

I'm developing an UWP app and i'm trying to add two buttons and a textblock for each image that binded.
I'm binding the images in XAML like this; (Updated with the full code)
<GridView Name="display"
Margin="30,100,30,5"
Foreground="#FFFFFF"
IsItemClickEnabled="True"
ItemClick="display_ItemClick"
ItemsSource="{Binding}">
<GridView.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<StackPanel Orientation="Vertical">
<Image Width="240"
Height="240"
Source="{Binding Path=Image}" />
<StackPanel Name="buttonPanel"
Orientation="Horizontal"
Margin="0,-45,10,0"
HorizontalAlignment="Center">
<Button Name="button_minus"
Content="-"
Width="40"
Height="30"
Click="eksi_click"
FontWeight="Bold">
<Button.Background>
<ImageBrush ImageSource="Assets/btn2.png" Stretch="Fill" />
</Button.Background>
</Button>
<Border Background="White" CornerRadius="10" Height="30">
<TextBlock x:Name="popupNumber"
Width="50"
Height="25"
Margin="0,6,0,0"
Text="{Binding Path=numberOfCopy}"
TextAlignment="Center">
</TextBlock>
</Border>
<Button Name="button_plus" Content="+" Width="40" Height="30" Click="artı_Click" FontWeight="Bold">
<Button.Background>
<ImageBrush ImageSource="Assets/btn2.png" Stretch="Fill" />
</Button.Background>
</Button>
</StackPanel>
</StackPanel>
</DataTemplate>
</GridView.ItemTemplate>
</GridView>
I added a stackpanel that contains the Buton-TextBlock-Button format in the seciton of code that i commented out. When i do this, some buttons are not working and i don't actually know is it the best way to do my task.
When i launch the program, some buttons are not available to click. I can see them in the UI but i can't click them. The most awkward thing is only in a specific area on the UI, buttons are unavailable.
My click events are just fine, i have some binding issues, i am wondering is it the proper way to to something like that. Is it the way i am using causes the binding problem?
In in each TextBlock the values should be different for each image and i can't access buttons and textblocks in .cs file because they are in DataTemplate. So i might be doing this in a wrong way.
So do you have any solutions for adding buttons and textblocks for each binded image in Datatemplate? I'm not sure my way is the best way.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.

WPF How do I make a Border width expand to fill available space in a DockPanel

I have a custom control ButtonRow which will end up going into a different control.
It is very simple, it has one Border, on label and one button.
I need to make it so that the border will extend its width to fill up to where the button is.
This is not happening as you can see in the below image:
The XAML can be found below. I have tried fiddling about with the horizontal alignment of both he label and the border, but they will only ever re-size to fit the text content of the label.
I know there are existing question with very similar problems and names, but none have needed to do quite the same thing or have helped me solve my problem.
I have tried using a StackPanel in horizontal alignment but all it did was make the button go next to the border.
How can I make the border expand to fill the available space?
<Grid>
<DockPanel Height="Auto" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" Margin="0" Name="dockPanel1" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="Auto">
<Border BorderBrush="#FFDADFE1" Background="#FFECF0F1" BorderThickness="1" Height="20" Name="bdrFilter" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch">
<Label Content="Filter..." FontStyle="Italic" Foreground="#FF6C7A89" Height="20" Name="lblFilter" Padding="5,0" HorizontalContentAlignment="Stretch" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" />
</Border>
<Button Style="{StaticResource FlatButtonStyle}" Content="+" Height="20" HorizontalAlignment="Right" Name="btnAddFilter" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="20" Foreground="#FF6C7A89" ForceCursor="True" BorderBrush="{x:Null}" />
</DockPanel>
</Grid>
(The button style does not affect its alignment or any other relevant properties)

A DockPanel is not the correct Panel to use for this requirement... like a StackPanel, it does not resize its contents. Instead, just use a regular Grid (which also uses less resources than a DockPanel):
<Grid>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition />
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto" />
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Border BorderBrush="#FFDADFE1" Background="#FFECF0F1" BorderThickness="1"
Height="20" Name="bdrFilter" VerticalAlignment="Top">
<Label Content="Filter..." FontStyle="Italic" Foreground="#FF6C7A89"
Height="20" Name="lblFilter" Padding="5,0" />
</Border>
<Button Grid.Column="1" Content="+" Height="20" HorizontalAlignment="Right"
Name="btnAddFilter" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="20" Foreground="#FF6C7A89"
ForceCursor="True" BorderBrush="{x:Null}" />
</Grid>
Please see the Panels Overview page on MSDN for more information about the different Panels in WPF.

This might help you out. Setting LastChildFill=True inside a DockPanel does exactly what the name suggests.

Enlarging image in WPF

I have a WPF application which checks for new images in a certain parent directory, and if there are new images, it switches the currently displayed images (I have 6 images).
I would like to add a feature which will allow a user to click on one of the images, and upon that click, a 'new' window will appear, showing that image enlarged, and another click anywhere on the screen will quit this enlargement and put the focus back to the other (6) images.
Is that possible? I tried googling zoom image wpf but found only mouse-drag related solutions.
I also tried using viewport but that didn't to work so well either.
Update - XAML
<Grid Grid.Row="0">
<GroupBox x:Name="AccuracyGraphsGroupBox" Header="Accuracy" Foreground="Red">
<Grid >
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="0.5*" />
<ColumnDefinition Width="0.5*" />
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Image Grid.Column="0" Width="Auto" Height="Auto" Stretch="Fill" x:Name="AccuracyPicBox" MouseUp="AccuracyPicBox_OnMouseUp"></Image>
<Image Grid.Column="1" Width="Auto" Height="Auto" Stretch="Fill" x:Name="AccuracyPerioPicBox" MouseUp="AccuracyPerioPicBox_OnMouseUp"></Image>
</Grid>
</GroupBox>
</Grid>

As the guys mentioned in the comments, your best bet is to use a ToolTip to popup your full size image. There is a slight problem with data binding the Image.Source value from the original Image in your ToolTip, because they are not part of the normal UI visual tree and exist in their own tree. However, we can overcome this by using the ToolTip.PlacementTarget property:
<Image Name="Image" Source="/WpfApplication1;component/Images/Tulips.jpg" Height="100"
Stretch="Uniform">
<Image.ToolTip>
<ToolTip DataContext="{Binding PlacementTarget,
RelativeSource={RelativeSource Self}}">
<Border BorderBrush="Black" BorderThickness="1" Margin="5,7,5,5">
<Image Source="{Binding Source}" Stretch="None" />
</Border>
</ToolTip>
</Image.ToolTip>
</Image>
Of course, you could just use the same Binding Path in both Image.Source properties, but I never like repeating code.

Trying to define a 'View' for a control by using a scrollviewer. Different results between Silverlight but not WP7?

I’m trying to create a simple image rotator control where a user can click an arrow and an image will slide to another one. I’m doing this with a stackpanel of images inside of a scrollviewer.
n silverlight, the following code works as expected:
<Grid x:Name="RootLayout" Margin="200" Width="480">
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="50" />
<RowDefinition Height="50" />
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="50" />
<ColumnDefinition Width="50" />
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ScrollViewer Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="0" HorizontalScrollBarVisibility="Hidden" VerticalScrollBarVisibility="Hidden">
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
<StackPanel.RenderTransform>
<TranslateTransform x:Name="tt" />
</StackPanel.RenderTransform>
<StackPanel.Resources>
<Storyboard x:Name="sb">
<DoubleAnimation
Storyboard.TargetName="tt"
Storyboard.TargetProperty="X"
From="0"
To="-50"
Duration="0:0:0.25" />
</Storyboard>
</StackPanel.Resources>
<Rectangle Width="50" Height="50" Fill="Blue" />
<Rectangle Width="50" Height="50" Fill="Green" />
</StackPanel>
</ScrollViewer>
<Button Content="Push" Click="test" Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="1" />
</Grid>
The "Push" button simply begins the storyboard.
Now, when I use this same code in a wp7 page, I get a runtime error on the Begin method of the storyboard saying that the targetname could not be resolved. Interestingly enough, if I remove the ScrollViewer wrapped around the StackPanel completely, the page runs just fine. Why would it fail on wp7 when the stackpanel is contained inside the scrollviewer? (Note that the root level of the phone page is phone:PhoneApplicationPage)
Thanks!

Can't answer why there is a difference, but generally when I have been writing storyboards on WP7 I reference the transform I want like this.
Storyboard.TargetName="myStackPanel" Storyboard.TargetProperty="(UIElement.RenderTransform).(TranslateTransform.X)
Perhaps there is a difference in the traveral algorithms.