Cant add time in GridDateTimeColumn?

[Jonathan Zee]

Hi guys,

this may sound stupid but how do you add edit the time in a GridDateTimeColumn in the grid view? Everytime i click on the column, the text box shows only the date component e.g.[ Thursday, 1 April 2011 ] which is fine but I would also like to be able to edit the time in the column... clicking on the dropdownbutton in the editor calls up the calendar but that only allows me to change the dates.

Please Advise.

Thanks

[Emanuel Varga]

Hello Jonathan,

Please take a look at the following example:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Globalization;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using Telerik.WinControls.UI;

public partial class Form1 : Form
{
    private RadGridView radGridView1;
    private List<Test> list;
    public Form1()
    {
        InitializeComponent();
        this.Controls.Add(radGridView1 = new RadGridView());
        radGridView1.DataBindingComplete += new GridViewBindingCompleteEventHandler(radGridView1_DataBindingComplete);
        radGridView1.Dock = DockStyle.Fill;
        radGridView1.AutoSizeColumnsMode = GridViewAutoSizeColumnsMode.Fill;

        list = new List<Test>();
        for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
        {
            list.Add(new Test
            {
                Id = i,
                Name = "Name " + i,
                Date = DateTime.Now.AddDays(1).AddHours(1).AddMinutes(1)
            });
        }

        radGridView1.DataSource = list;
    }

    void radGridView1_DataBindingComplete(object sender, GridViewBindingCompleteEventArgs e)
    {
        var dateColumn = radGridView1.Columns["Date"] as GridViewDateTimeColumn;
        dateColumn.Format = DateTimePickerFormat.Custom;
        var format = CultureInfo.CurrentUICulture.DateTimeFormat.ShortDatePattern + " " + CultureInfo.CurrentUICulture.DateTimeFormat.ShortTimePattern;
        dateColumn.CustomFormat = format;
        dateColumn.FormatInfo = CultureInfo.CurrentUICulture;
        dateColumn.FormatString = "{0:"+format+"}";
    }
}

public class Test
{
    public int Id
    {
        get;
        set;
    }

    public DateTime Date
    {
        get;
        set;
    }

    public String Name
    {
        get;
        set;
    }
}

Hope this helps, if you have any other questions or comments, please let me know,

Best Regards,
Emanuel Varga

Telerik WinForms MVP

[Jonathan Zee]

Hi Emanuel,

Thanks for the help! It works great! On a side note, I wonder why the column is defaulted to setting of dates only and not the full DateTime format.

Regards

Jonathan.

[Martin Vasilev]

Hi Jonathan Zee,

We have set DateTime column to use only the date part by default because this is most common scenario. Nevertheless I think Emanuel has provided a good and complete example how to implement this according to your requirements. Do not hesitate to contact us again if you have any other questions.

Kind regards,
Martin Vasilev
the Telerik team