Bug in ColumnGroupDescriptor.CreateGroupSortExpression

[Alex]

There is a bug in this method (ColumnGroupDescriptor.CreateGroupSortExpression), where by it attempts to create the Expression "o.Key" instead of "o.XXX" (where XXX is the property name)
e.g. If I wanted to sort by MyEntity.Value, instead of creating an expression of "o.Value", it will attempt to create "o.Key"



*edit* I was suppose to title this post as GroupDescriptorBase.CreateGroupSortExpression (not ColumnGroupDescriptor) but I can not edit the title.

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Instance property 'Key' is not defined for type 'xxxxxx (type name)'

   at System.Linq.Expressions.Expression.Property(Expression expression, String propertyName)
   at Telerik.Windows.Data.GroupDescriptorBase.CreateGroupSortExpression(Expression groupingExpression)

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Class:
Telerik.Windows.Controls.GridView.ColumnGroupDescriptor, Telerik.Windows.Controls.GridView, Version=2012.1.326.1050, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=5803cfa389c90ce7

Method
Expression CreateGroupSortExpression(Expression expression);

[Rossen Hristov]

Hi,

How can we reproduce this exception? Can you send us a very little dummy project that reproduces it?

Thanks in advance.

Greetings,
Ross
the Telerik team

[Alex]

Duplicate post

[Alex]

A really simple example is:

IGroupDescriptor groupDescriptor = ...... //From an IQueryableCollectionView bound to a RadGridView
ParameterExpression parameterExpression = Expression.Parameter(typeof(MyEntity));
Expression sortExpression = groupDescriptor.CreateGroupSortExpression(parameterExpression);

If the ColumnGroupDescriptor column was set to group by, e.g. MyEntityId, you would expect the sortExpression to be "Param_0.MyEntityId", instead it will attempt to do "Param_0.Key"

I can't access my ftp sites at the moment, I will try to open up a support ticket so I can upload the problem. I suspect whom ever from Telerik who coded this, simply did Expression.Property(expression, "Key") instead of Expression.Property(expression, key)


Support ticket id is:
553948

[Rossen Hristov]

Hello,

You should use the CreateGroupKeyExpression method as I described in the other thread.

Kind regards,
Ross
the Telerik team