Changing Datafield Control in autogenerating event

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  1. David Ocasio
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    Posted 17 Mar 2011 Link to this post

    May be doing this wrong
    but i assume the purpose of exposing the datafield is being able to replace with a more appropiate or complex type
    unfortunately it seems to loose its binding and dataannotations (label and description)

    Private Sub dfRangeSelector_AutoGeneratingField(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As Telerik.Windows.Controls.Data.DataForm.AutoGeneratingFieldEventArgs) Handles dfRangeSelector.AutoGeneratingField
        Select Case e.PropertyName
            Case "StartDate"
                e.DataField = New Telerik.Windows.Controls.DataFormComboBoxField
        End Select

    thanks
    dco
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  3. David Ocasio
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    Posted 17 Mar 2011 Link to this post

    i see
    just need to set the binding after creating the datafield

    thanks
    dco
  5. Pavel Pavlov
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    Posted 21 Mar 2011 Link to this post

    Hi David,

    I am attaching a small sample which I believe does what you are trying to achieve (placing a combo box field ) .

    Greetings,
    Pavel Pavlov
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  7. David Ocasio
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    Posted 21 Mar 2011 Link to this post

    Thanks pavel for the sample

    I ended up doing a similar thing

    Instead i replaced the content member of the existing datafield with a combobox

    It there any advantage in replacing the datafield
    with the DataFormComboBoxField as opposed to setting the content property
    Is it considered better "Form"

    just wondering
    dco
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  9. Pavel Pavlov
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    Posted 22 Mar 2011 Link to this post

    Hi David Ocasio,

    Both approaches are good.  Indeed we allow direct setting/replacing the content for more flexibility. However letting the field to initialize its content generally is better as all neccessary bindings, initialization etc. are done automatically .

    Best wishes,
    Pavel Pavlov
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