Formatting the Grid...

[mark]

I was wondering if I could ask a couple of formatting questions.  I can bind the data to the grid but...

1.  For the Header, I want to make the column skinnier, but have the Header twice as fat because it is two words...Can I do that?  How...
2.  For a column with negative numbers, if a number is negative, I want to make the value have () around the value and show as red...How can I achieve that?
3.  Last one...For datetime columns...I don't want the time to show up, just the date.  I know how to do this in ASP.net grids, but not your grid...help?

thanks

mark

[Rossen Hristov]

Hello mark,

1. You should use the HeaderCellStyle property of the column to redefine the style for header cells. Then in the Style you should override the Template for the header style, preferably  with Blend. Here are some forum threads that discuss something similar:

How to Style RadGridView row style.

Wrap Header Text.
Wrap Text Across Columns

2. You can attach to the RowLoaded event of the grid and paint the desired cell. Please examine the attached project in order to see how to do that. As for the "()" you should use an IValueConverter in the column's binding and reformat the value in the converter in whatever way you like. For an example of using a converter please see the following forum post (the idea is exactly the same):

How to display cell content in upper / lower case.

3. You should use the DataFormatString property of the column and specify the appropriate format for the value, for example "{}{0:MM/dd/yyyy}".

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Ross
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[Laurel Carpenter]

Thank you very much.

mark

[mark]

2 things.  The "Wrap Header Text" link above doesn't work or I can't get to it.

second, I have requested to be added as the "licensed developer" for your product.  Sorry about that.

thanks

mark

[Rossen Hristov]

Hello mark,

My mistake -- here is the real one. Please, excuse me,

Sincerely yours,
Ross
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[Rudolf Bösch]

Hi there,
has someone sucessfuly implemented the HeaderText-Wrapping Sample using SL3?

I just tried to use the one from the link above (which works fine with the shipped dll's), but not with Silverlight version 3.0.40723.0 and GridView version 2009.2.812.1030, I get a AG_E_PARSER_BAD_PROPERTY_VALUE error.

[Pavel Pavlov]

Hello Rudolf ,

I have tested the solution with the specified version. It seems you have hit a known issue  - there was a bug in RadGridView which caused exception in certain cases when FrameworkElement is placed as a Header to the column. The issue was fixed. My recommendation is to download the dlls from the  latest internal build and give it a try.  It should be available for download in your Client.NET account. Please excuse us for the inconvenience caused.

Sincerely yours,
Pavel Pavlov
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[Rudolf Bösch]

Hello Pavel,

Using the latest dev-version did in fact the trick, thanks for your help.

Regards,
Rudolf