[Solved] Binding columns at run time

[Gil]

Hi,

I have a code that uses the standard Silverlight DataGrid and does the following:

In run time, it gets a collection of items.
Each item has a 'name' property and a collection of items (dates with appointments data inside).
Using the code itself, I managed to dynamically create one column for the name property and few columns for each item in the dates collection so that it looks as if it's a flat grid.

The first column presents a simple text (the name)
The other columns presents a user control - which is relevant to the specific date and presents a list of appointments.

The implementation included overriding the DataGridColumn class and overriding the GenerateElement function in order to create the user control and bind it to a specific item in the collection using converters.

I'm looking for ways to implement the same thing with the new GridView.
The samples I saw so far were mostly XAML based, and I'm looking for a way to do it by code.

I need to be able to define in runtime - how many columns will be in the grid, which user controls to place inside and perform the binding to a specific item in the collection.

Thanks in advance.

[Stefan Dobrev]

Hi Gil,

I have prepared an example that illustrates your scenario. Hope you will find it useful.

Kind regards,
Stefan Dobrev
the Telerik team

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