Enum TypeConverter and description

[Simon Wolters]

Hi,

I am using an EnumTypeConverter and description annotations to localize enums in my application (the description values are resource keys) like this:

[TypeConverter(typeof(EnumToStringUsingDescription))]
    public enum AssetType
    {
        [Description("Strings.AssetTypeOvernightLoanCaption")]
        OvernightLoan = 0,
        [Description("Strings.AssetTypeTimeDepositCaption")]
        TimeDeposit
    }

Now my problem is that the telerik RadGridView seems to ignore the TypeConverter and just calls Enum.ToString(). 

Is there any way to force the usage of my TypeConverter? There are many enums in serveral languages in my application, so IValueConverters are not an option.

Thank you very much in advance.

[Stefan Dobrev]

Hi Simon,

Can you try with custom CellTemplate for this enum columns? Something like this:

<telerik:GridViewDataColumn DataMemberBinding="{Binding MyEnum}">
    <telerik:GridViewDataColumn.CellTemplate>
        <DataTemplate>
            <TextBlock Text="{Binding MyEnum}" />
        </DataTemplate>
    </telerik:GridViewDataColumn.CellTemplate>
</telerik:GridViewDataColumn>

Kind regards,
Stefan Dobrev
the Telerik team

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[Simon Wolters]

Hi Stefan,
That works great - thank you very much!

[Raphael]

Hallo Stefan,

Although this solution works fine, I'd like to have like to see something less workaround-ish in my code. Is there some alternative solution for the problem?

Kind Regards,
Raphael

[Dilyan Traykov]

Hello Raphael,

Another way to achieve the desired behavior would be to use the approach suggested in this blog post. I'm attaching a sample project with the implementation.

Please let me know whether such an approach would work for you.

Regards,
Dilyan Traykov
Telerik by Progress

[Raphael]

Hallo,

 

Works great for me, thank you very much!

 

Kind Regards,

Raphael