Anonymous type grid binding issue

[Mike]

Hello!
I have a web service that returns a collection of anonymous types. Here is an example of something that works for me.

var allMyFoo = (from w in fooService.GiveMeFoo()

                 select new

                 {

                   ID = w.ID,

                   Foo = w.Foo.Name                        

                 });

 

var myFooCount = fooService.CountMyFoo();

return new Dictionary<string, object> {

  {"foo", allMyFoo},

  {"fooCount", myFooCount}

};

in aspx...

<telerik:GridBoundColumn UniqueName="FooName" SortExpression="Foo.Name" DataField="Foo" HeaderText="Foo" DataType="System.String">
</telerik:GridBoundColumn>

But this is what I wanted to do with bolded changes in code and aspx

var allMyFoo = (from w in fooService.GiveMeFoo()
                 select new
                 {
                   ID = w.ID,
                   Foo = new { Name = w.Foo.Name }
                 });

var myFooCount = fooService.CountMyFoo();
return new Dictionary<string, object> {
  {"foo", allMyFoo},
  {"fooCount", myFooCount}
};

in aspx...

<telerik:GridBoundColumn UniqueName="FooName" SortExpression="Foo.Name" DataField="Foo.Name" HeaderText="Foo" DataType="System.String">
</telerik:GridBoundColumn>

Could you tell me why the grid doesn't display the Name of Foo when I try the second example?

[Veli]

Hello Mike,

RadGrid does not support binding to sub objects (in the form Property.SubProperty) when client-side databinding is used.

Veli
the Telerik team

[Tajes]

Hello,
   Is there any way to disable client-side databinding, in order to binding to sub objects?

Thanks

[Marin]

Hi Tajes,

You can bind to sub object using the standard NeedDataSource event for the grid as shown in this help article.

Kind regards,
Marin
the Telerik team