DataField and c# extensions?

[kyle]

Does the telerik ajax grid support setting a column DataField to a C# extension?
Right now it doesnt error, but it is not returning the value in the grid.


        public static string CustomerNameWhole(this ResResidentSearchDataItem item)
        {
            return item.FirstName + " " + item.LastName;
        }

[Georgi Krustev]

Hi Kyle,

I am not sure if I fully understand what your scenario is, but there should be no problem using extension methods. In attempt to test this functionality I created an extension method for the GridDataItem, which returns string value.

Here is the code snippet showing what I have done:

    public static class GridExtensions
    {
        public static string ProductNameWhole(this GridDataItem item)
        {
            return String.Format("Product Name: {0}", item["ProductName"].Text);
        }
    }

    protected void RadGrid1_ItemDataBound(object sender, GridItemEventArgs e)
    {
        if (e.Item is GridDataItem)
        {
            var item = e.Item as GridDataItem;

            string result = item.ProductNameWhole();
        }
    }

The result variable will be populated with the returned string value from the extension method.

All the best,
Georgi Krustev
the Telerik team

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[kyle]

thanks so much!  I was trying to do it for the item that was bound to the grid not the gridDataItem... that actually makes sense..

Thank you Telerik!