[Solved] Bind Data Column Header to Nested Type

[bill]

Hello,

  I have a grid that im trying to bind to a collection of customer objects. Each customer object contains a PrimaryAddress object. I would like to bind several of the grid columns to the PrimaryAddress object's fields as demonstrated below but it doesn't work.


​ <Grid:DataGridDateColumn HeaderStyle="{StaticResource HeaderStyle}" PropertyName="DisplayName" Header="Customer"/>
<Grid:DataGridDateColumn HeaderStyle="{StaticResource HeaderStyle}" PropertyName="PrimaryAddress.Address" Header="Address"/>
<Grid:DataGridDateColumn HeaderStyle="{StaticResource HeaderStyle}" PropertyName="PrimaryAddress.City" Header="City"/>
<Grid:DataGridDateColumn HeaderStyle="{StaticResource HeaderStyle}" PropertyName="PrimaryAddress.State" Header="State"/>

Any ideas?

Thank You,
Bill Spaulding

[Rosy Topchiyska]

Hello Bill,

Thank you for the question.

In this case you can use a DatGridTemplateColumn. The cell context is the data item and you can bind to its properties in the cell template:

<telerikGrid:DataGridTemplateColumn Header="Address">
    <telerikGrid:DataGridTemplateColumn.CellContentTemplate>
        <DataTemplate>
            <TextBlock Text="{Binding PrimaryAddress.Address}"/>
        </DataTemplate>
    </telerikGrid:DataGridTemplateColumn.CellContentTemplate>
</telerikGrid:DataGridTemplateColumn>

I hope this helps. Let us know if you have further questions.

Regards,
Rositsa Topchiyska
Telerik