Bind to dictionary list where value is object

[Chris]

        RadListBoxDataType.DataTextField = "Value.DisplayName";
        RadListBoxDataType.DataValueField = "Key";
        RadListBoxDataType.DataSource = dataTypeList;
        RadListBoxDataType.DataBind();

The above does not work.  What I want to know is it possible to bind to a property of "Value" where "Value" is an object.

[Hristo Valyavicharski]

Hi Chris,

Handle the OnItemDataBound event and set the text of the item:

<telerik:RadListBox runat="server" ID="RadListBoxDataType" OnItemDataBound="RadListBoxDataType_ItemDataBound"></telerik:RadListBox>

public partial class Default : System.Web.UI.Page
{
    protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        Dictionary<string, User> dataTypeList = new Dictionary<string, User>();

        User user = new User();
        user.DisplayName = "User1";

        dataTypeList.Add("1", user);

        RadListBoxDataType.DataValueField = "Key";
        RadListBoxDataType.DataSource = dataTypeList;
        RadListBoxDataType.DataBind();

    }
    protected void RadListBoxDataType_ItemDataBound(object sender, RadListBoxItemEventArgs e)
    {
        KeyValuePair<string, User> kvp = (KeyValuePair<string, User>) e.Item.DataItem;
        e.Item.Text = kvp.Value.DisplayName;
    }
}

public class User
{
    public string DisplayName { get; set; }
}

I hope this helps.

Regards,
Hristo Valyavicharski
Telerik

 

 

[Chris]

Thank you Hristo, I'm not sure why I didn't think fo that (thanks for replying to my support ticket about this as well)

I had found some mentions for what I think was examples of WPF or WinForms where people were able to do something like {Binding Value.DisplayName} so I was kind of hoping for the same but your solution works as well.