Dynamic Data Object Column Type Binding

[Maurice]

When binding to a dynamic object in the grid, we all know that the Dynamic column will be treated as an object and the cell templates will not be what is expected for some columns. Is there a property on the Column (I haven't found one digging in the source yet) to set the columns data type or do I need to use a Template Selector to achieve this per column that I don't want to be treated as a string?

 

Thanks,
Maurice

[Dilyan Traykov]

Hello Maurice,

If I understood your requirement correctly, you can set the DataType property of the GridViewDataColumn in the AutoGeneratingColumn event, like so:

private void Grid_AutoGeneratingColumn(object sender, GridViewAutoGeneratingColumnEventArgs e)
{
    var column = e.Column as GridViewDataColumn;
    if (e.ItemPropertyInfo.Name == "IsDirty")
    {
        column.DataType = typeof(bool);
    }
    else if (e.ItemPropertyInfo.Name == "Date")
    {
        column.DataType = typeof(DateTime);
    }
}

For your convenience, I've attached a small sample project demonstrating this approach.

Please let me know if this is what you had in mind. If that is not the case, please provide more details on your exact requirement so that I can better assist you. I look forward to your reply.

Regards,
Dilyan Traykov
Progress Telerik

[Maurice]

Thank you, Dilyan, I am not sure how I missed seeing that.

Regards,
Maurice