Add converter to autogenerated column

[Tim]

Hi,

I have a RadGridView that I want to autogenerate columns for, but I also need to add converters to the bindings based on the datatype of the column. I got as far as creating a  to attach to the RadGridView.AutoGeneratingColumn event:

 

private void AutoGeneratingColumn(object sender, GridViewAutoGeneratingColumnEventArgs e)
{
    if (e.ItemPropertyInfo.PropertyType == typeof(DateTimeOffset))
    {
        var col = e.Column;
        var binding = new Binding()
        {
            Converter = new Converters.DateTimeOffsetToLocalDateTimeConverter()
        };

        // How to add the converter to the columns binding?!?!

    }
}

 

I can't see any way to access the binding of the column to apply the converter. Am I missing something?

 

Thanks,

Pat

[Ivan Ivanov]

Hi,

RadGridView operates with two types of columns: data-bound (GridVeiwBoundColumnBase) and non data-bound (GridViewColumn). When the auto-generating setting is used, a data-bound column is created for each property of the business object type. In this way, they can be accessed through the event arguments and their binding can be altered, like this:

private void gridAutoGeneratingColumn(object sender, GridViewAutoGeneratingColumnEventArgs e)
        {
            var boundColumn = e.Column as GridViewBoundColumnBase;
            if (boundColumn != null && boundColumn.UniqueName == "Name")
            {
                boundColumn.DataMemberBinding.Converter = new MyConverter();
            }
        }

Regards,
Ivan Ivanov
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