Binding cell background

[Matt]

Hi,

I'm using a CellStyle to bind the cell backgrounds to a property on the bound item.  The item exposes a color as a string and I'm using a converter to convert this into a SolidColorBrush.

At runtime this seems to produce unhandled exceptions:

WrappedException: Error HRESULT E_FAIL has been returned from a call to a COM component

Stepping through the code it seems that the converter is working correctly, so this appears to be an issue with the grid.

I did some searching and found this thread which has a sample application that shows how this can be done in WPF.  It's very similar to my approach.  Is there a different approach for Silverlight?

I have a sample app but can't attach it.

Cheers,
Matt.

[Vanya Pavlova]

Hi Matt,

 

The referenced project works and throws and exception, because most probably you are using Silverlight 4.
In Silverlight  binding within style setters is supported  only in SL5 (SL4 not). 
Why not try with CellStyleSelector instead? This approach works for both WPF/Silverlight.
You may also check our live demos for further reference.   

Regards,
Vanya Pavlova
the Telerik team

[Matt]

Thanks Vanya.  You're right - it is SL4.

The CellStyleSelector is working well.

Cheers!