wpf devexpress generates Tree in unbound mode

TreeListControl can operate in unbound mode without a data source. This tutorial demonstrates how to create a tree without a data source.

Generate tree in XAML

Create a ProjectObject class to implement data objects displayed in TreeListControl:

public class ProjectObject {
    public string Name { get; set; }
    public string Executor { get; set; }
}

Add a TreeListControl to the window. Call TreeListControl Quick Action and add two rows

Bind rows to Name and Executor fields:

<dxg:TreeListControl Name="treeListControl1">
    <dxg:TreeListControl.Columns>
        <dxg:TreeListColumn FieldName="Name"/>
        <dxg:TreeListColumn FieldName="Executor"/>
    </dxg:TreeListControl.Columns>
</dxg:TreeListControl>

Switch to XAML view. Define the TreeListControl view:

<dxg:TreeListControl Name="treeListControl1">
    <dxg:TreeListControl.Columns>
        <dxg:TreeListColumn FieldName="Name"/>
        <dxg:TreeListColumn FieldName="Executor"/>
    </dxg:TreeListControl.Columns>
    <dxg:TreeListControl.View>
        <dxg:TreeListView Name="treeListView1"/>
    </dxg:TreeListControl.View>
</dxg:TreeListControl>

Create root and child nodes. TreeListControl stores root and child nodes in the TreeListView.Nodes and TreeListNode.Nodes collections:

<dxg:TreeListControl.View>
    <dxg:TreeListView Name="treeListView1">
        <dxg:TreeListView.Nodes>
            <dxg:TreeListNode>
                <dxg:TreeListNode.Content>
                    <local:ProjectObject Name="Project: Betaron" Executor="Destiny Tabisola" />
                </dxg:TreeListNode.Content>
                <dxg:TreeListNode.Nodes>
                    <dxg:TreeListNode>
                        <dxg:TreeListNode.Content>
                            <local:ProjectObject Name="Development" Executor="Kairra Hogg" />
                        </dxg:TreeListNode.Content>
                        <dxg:TreeListNode.Nodes>
                            <dxg:TreeListNode>
                                <dxg:TreeListNode.Content>
                                    <local:ProjectObject Name="Coding" Executor="Sabato Durley" />
                                </dxg:TreeListNode.Content>
                            </dxg:TreeListNode>
                        </dxg:TreeListNode.Nodes>
                    </dxg:TreeListNode>
                </dxg:TreeListNode.Nodes>
            </dxg:TreeListNode>
        </dxg:TreeListView.Nodes>
    </dxg:TreeListView>
</dxg:TreeListControl.View>

Generate tree in code

Create a ProjectObject class to implement data objects displayed in TreeListControl:

public class ProjectObject {
    public string Name { get; set; }
    public string Executor { get; set; }
}

Add TreeListControl to window control

Create two rows and bind the Name and Executor fields:
 

<dxg:TreeListControl Name="treeListControl1">
    <dxg:TreeListControl.Columns>
        <dxg:TreeListColumn FieldName="Name"/>
        <dxg:TreeListColumn FieldName="Executor"/>
    </dxg:TreeListControl.Columns>
    <dxg:TreeListControl.View>
        <dxg:TreeListView Name="treeListView1"/>
    </dxg:TreeListControl.View>
</dxg:TreeListControl>

Create root and child nodes in code:
 

using DevExpress.Xpf.Grid;

// ...
public partial class MainWindow : Window {
    public MainWindow() {
        InitializeComponent();
        BuildTree();
    }

    void BuildTree() {
        TreeListNode rootNode = CreateRootNode(new ProjectObject() { Name = "Project: Stanton", Executor = "Nicholas Llams" });
        TreeListNode childNode = CreateChildNode(rootNode, new ProjectObject() { Name = "Information Gathering", Executor = "Ankie Galva" });
        CreateChildNode(childNode, new ProjectObject() { Name = "Design", Executor = "Reardon Felton" });
    }

    TreeListNode CreateRootNode(object dataObject) {
        TreeListNode rootNode = new TreeListNode(dataObject);
        treeListView1.Nodes.Add(rootNode);
        return rootNode;
    }

    TreeListNode CreateChildNode(TreeListNode parentNode, object dataObject) {
        TreeListNode childNode = new TreeListNode(dataObject);
        parentNode.Nodes.Add(childNode);
        return childNode;
    }
}